Exercise 4.2.Put the verbs in the Present Simple form.

1. One fly_____________ (to fly), two flies _____________ (to fly).

2. One girl _____________ (to cry), four girls _____________ (to cry).

3. When a wolf _____________ (to see) the moon, it _____________ (to begin) to howl.

4. Wolves and sheep _____________ (to be) never friends.

5. Our hens _____________ (to lay) a lot of eggs.

6. Boys _____________ (to fight) and_____________ (to shout).

7. That boy _____________ (to try) to catch some balls.

8. These girls _____________ (to try) to run away from an angry turkey.

 

Exercise 4.3.Yan is at a summer camp in Poland. Write what he usually does in the camp. Put the verbs in bracket in the correct form.

1. He ________ (get) up at 7. 2. He ________ (have) his English lesson every day. 3. Не ________ (speak) English to his friends. 4. He ________ (play) board games in the afternoon. 5. Sometimes he ________ (swim) in the lake. 6. He often ________ (go) hiking. 7. He sometimes ________ (sit) by the camp fire in the evenings. 8. He never ________ (go) on a trip without his friends.

 

Exercise 4.4.Put the verbs in the Present Simple form.

go, like, love, watch, read, like, walk, come, do, watch

 

My name's Pavel. In the evening I usually (1) ___________ my homework. Then I (2) ___________ TV or video. I (3) ___________ action films! They are super! Then I (4) ___________ my dog. After that I (5) ___________ home, (6) ___________ a book and (7) ___________ to bed. My sister is little. She doesn't (8) ___________ action films. She (9) ___________ cartoons. She (10) ___________ them every day.

 

Exercise 4.5.Look at the chart and write about Ellie.

 

	sports programmes	comedies	action films	the news
Often		✓	✓
Sometimes	✓
Rarely	✓
Never				✓

 

Ellie often watches comedies.

________________________.

________________________.

________________________.

 

Exercise 4.6. Pair work. Look at the chart again Ex.4.5. Agree or disagree with the partner. Follow the model:

- Ellie often watches the news. – No, she doesn’t. She never watches the news, she often watches comedies.

 

Exercise 4.7. Take turn to ask and answer the questions about Ellie:

- Does she often watch action films? – Yes, she does. She often watches action films and she often watches comedies.

 

Exercise 4.8. Say which sentences are true for your family. Use the following words.

always, usually, often, sometimes, rarely, never

 

1. We ____________ celebrate Christmas.

2. My mum ____________ decorates a Christmas tree.

3. My dad ____________ buys a Christmas tree.

4. My granny ____________ makes a cake.

5. My parents ____________ send Christmas cards.

6. I ____________ get presents.

7. We ____________ sing Christmas carols.

Exercise 4.9.Complete the poem.

’m, end, go, have, is, is, start, starts, starts, watch

 

My lessons (1) _______ at ten to eight,

But, poor me! I (2) _______ always late.

English (3) _______ at ten to nine,

That’s when my eyes begin to shine.

Russian (4) _______ at half past ten,

But I haven’t got my pen.

It’s not on my desk, or under my chair.

Oh, here it (5) _______, in Silvia’s hair.

My lessons (6) _______ at five past two,

But I haven’t got my shoe.

Oh, here it (7) _______, behind the door.

I’m late again, it’s half past four.

At five o’clock I (8) _______ my tea,

At ten to six I (9) _______ TV.

I (10) _______ to bed at ten to eight.

To have a rest is always great!

 

Unit 5.PastSimple

Прошедшее простое время

Время PastSimple используется для обозначения действия, которое произошло в определенное время в прошлом и время совершения которого уже истекло. Для уточнения момента совершения действия в прошлом при использовании времени PastSimple обычно используются такие указатели времени, как fivedaysago (пять дней назад), lastyear (в прошлом году), yesterday (вчера), in 1980 (в 1980 году) и т.п.

Образование PastSimple

Утвердительные предложения: I played Weplayed

You played You played

He / she / it played They played

 

 

Вопросительныепредложения: Did I play? Did we play?

Did you play? Did you play?

Did he / she / it play?Did they play?

 

 

Отрицательныепредложения: I did not play We did not play

You did not play You did not play

He / she / it did not play They did not play

 

Для того, чтобы поставить английский глагол вPastSimple, нужно использовать его «вторую форму». Для большинства глаголов (правильные глаголы) она образуется прибавлением окончания - ed:

examine – examin ed, enjoy – enjoy ed, close – clos ed

Однако есть также достаточно большая группа неправильных английских глаголов, которые образуют форму прошедшего времени не по общим правилам, для них форму прошедшего времени нужно просто запомнить.

We s aw your dog two blocks from here.

Мы видели вашу собаку в двух кварталах отсюда.

В вопросительном предложении перед подлежащим нужно использовать вспомогательный глагол did, а после подлежащего поставить основной, значимый глагол в начальной форме:

Did you wash your hands?

Тыпомылруки?

Did they sign the contract?

Они подписали контракт?

В отрицательных предложениях перед глаголом нужно поставить вспомогательный глагол did и отрицательную частицу not:

We did not find our car.

Мы не нашли свою машину.

I did not understand this question.

Я не понял этот вопрос.

Правила орфографии

Если глагол оканчивается на -e → + - d	Если после ударнойгласной следует согласная → удвоение согласной + - ed	Согласная + y→ y + - ied	Гласная + y→ + - ed
like- liked	prefer - preferred	carry - carried	play - played
hate- hated	stop - stopped	study - studied	enjoy - enjoyed