1. Mr. Burton taught physics in a public high school five years ago. 2. Mary left for New York last week. 3. Ann bought a present for her younger brother yesterday. 4. He saw Peter in the language laboratory last Friday. 5. He did his homework and then went to see his friend. 6. We often played chess on Sundays. 7. He tried to help them yesterday. 8. She translated this text into Spanish this morning. 9. They watched TV a lot last weekend. 10. She read this book last month.
2. Задайте специальные вопросы к предложениям:
1. I woke up at 6 o’clock this morning. (When?) 2. His mother helped him to do the sums yesterday. (Who?) 3. I met Mr. Smith last Tuesday. 4. Last Sunday we went to the cinema and watched “Titanic”. (What? When?) 5. Yesterday I had my English class. (When?) 6. It took me half an hour to get to the subway station. (How long?) 7. Mr. Brown was adviser to the school English club last year. (Who?) 8. She was on a diet last month. (When?) 9. Mary worked in our office two years ago. (Who? When?) 10. I saw Peter in the University library last Wednesday.
Скажите, что действие совершилось в прошлом.
Example: Is he going to buy a present for Mary tomorrow? (the day before yesterday) – No, he bought it the day before yesterday.
1. Are you going to see Peter tonight? (last night) 2. Is Ann going to write to Mary tomorrow? (yesterday) 3. Is Jane going to meet Mr. Brown next Friday? (last Saturday) 4. Are you going to have dinner now? (an hour ago) 5. Is Jim going to help them tomorrow? (the day before yesterday) 6. Is Jill going to dictate letters after lunch? (two hours ago) 7. Is the teacher going to answer your questions tomorrow? (yesterday) 8. Is Mike going to play the piano tonight? (this morning)
Используйте глаголы, данные в скобках, в нужной временной форме.
Harry: You (to get up) early this morning, didn’t you?
Dan: Yes, I (to do). I (to get up) at 5.00.
Harry: Why you (to get up) so early?
Dan: I (to want) to finish my homework.
Harry: You (to study) last night, didn’t you?
Dan: Yes, but I (not to finish).
Harry: What (to be) your homework?
Dan: Translation. Now I (to translate) this text from Russian into English.
Harry: It (to be) hard?
Dan: Yes, it (to be).
Harry: You (to like) languages, don’t you?
Dan: Yes, I do. I (to like) to study languages.
Harry: How many languages you (to speak)?
Dan: Three: French, English and Spanish.
Поставьте глаголы в скобках в форме the Past Simple tense.
` Bad Luck
I (to oversleep) and (to miss) the train
(to slip) on the pavement in a heavy rain,
(to sprain) my leg, (to skin) my knees,
(to break) my glasses, (to lose) my keys,
(to get stuck) in the elevator.
It (not to go),
I (to kick) it twice and (to hurt) my toe.
I (to buy) a pen that (not to write),
I (to take) it back and (to have) a fight,
(to go) home angry, (to lock) the door,
(to crawl) into bed, (cannot) take any more.
Используйте глаголы, данные в скобках, в правильной временной форме.
A Story Too Terrible To Tell
Three men (to come) to New York for the first time. They (to take) a room in a hotel. In the evening they (to go) sightseeing and (not to come) back till 3 o’clock in the morning. The room they (to take) (to be) on the 43rd floor. “I (to be) sorry, gentlemen,” the porter (to say), “but the elevator (not to work). There (to be) something wrong with it. You’ll have to walk up to your room.” This (to be) too bad. But the men (to agree) to tell stories on the way up in order to while away the time.
By the time the first man had told his story they had climbed up to the 14th floor. The next story (to keep) them amused till they (to reach) the 31st floor. At last it (to be) time for the third man to tell his story, but he (to refuse). He (to say) that his story (to be) so terrible that he simply couldn’t tell it. They (to continue) climbing and all the time the two (to ask) him to begin. At last they (to stop) and (to refuse) to go on unless he (to tell) them his terrible story. “The story I have to tell you (to be) a short one,” he (to say) at last, “we have left the key to our room downstairs.”
