Lesson 2
Now, Often, Always
A.
Answers these
questions in not more than 50 words.
The writer always get
up late on Sundays. Telephone rang, it was my aunt Lucy. “I’ve arrived by
train”, she said. She coming to see him. He said, “I’m still having breakfast”.
She is very surprised. She said,”do you always get up so late? It’s One
o’clock.
B.
Write out these
paragraph. Give the right form of the words in brackets:
I am looking out of
the window. I can see some children in the street. The children playing (play) football. They always playing (play)
football in the street. They always playing (play) football in the street. Now
a little boy kicking (kick)
the ball. Another boy running (run) after him but he cannot catch
him.
C.
Write these sentences
again. Put the words in brackets in the right place:
1.
She rarely answers
my letters. (rarely)
2.
We never work
after six o’clock. (never)
3.
The shops always close on Saturday afternoons. (always)
4.
Do you always go to work by car? (always)
5.
Our teacher frequently collects our copybooks? (frequently)
6.
We sometimes spend our holidays abroad.
(sometimes)
7.
I often buy gramophone records. (often)
8.
Do you ever buy
gramophone records. (ever)
Lesson 3
What happened? (Past Tense)
Exercises
D.
Give the correct form
of all the verbs in brackets. Each verb must tell us what happened:
Last summer, I went (go)
to Italy. I visited (visit)
museums and sat (sit) in public gardens. A friendly
waiter taught (teach) me a few words of Italian. Then
he lent (lend) me a book. I read (read) a few lines, but I didn’t understand (not understand) a
word. Every day I thought (think)
about postcards. My holiday passed (pass) quickly, but I didn’t send (not
send) any cards to my friends. On the last day, I made (make) a big desicion. I got (get) up early and buy (buy) thirty-seven cards. I spent (spend) the whole day in my room, but I didn’t write (not
write) a single day!
Lesson
4
Simple
Future Tense
Exercises
E. Give
the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Change the verbs in bracket so that
they tell us what will happen.
Our neighbour, Captain Charles Alison, will sail (sail)
from Postmouth tomorrow. We will meet (meet) him at the harbour early in the morning. He will be (be) in his small boat, Topsail.
Topsail is a famous little boat. It has sailed acros the Atlantic many
times. Captain Alison set out (set out) at eight o’clock , so we shall have (have)
plenty of time. We shall see (see) his boat and then we shall say (say) goodbye to him. He will be (be) away for two months. We are very proud to him. He will take part (take part) in
an important race across the Atlantic.
F. In
the paragraph below, the verbs in italics tell us what happened. Write the passage again. Change the verbs in italics
so that they tell us what will happen.
I shall go to the theatre with my friend Reg. Reg and I shall see the
first perfomance of a play called “The End of the Road”. After the play, the
producer will give a short speech. He will spoke to the audience about the play. The play will be very
successful and I think a great many people will enjoy it very much.
G. Put
in shall or will:
1. The plane will arrive
in two hours’ time.
2. I shall wait here until he comes.
3. When shall we see you again?
4. I shall send you
a telegram fro Nassau.
5. My secretary will write to you shortly.