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.