(was/were) very hard-working. He (do/does/did) his work very well.
7) Mother (give/gave/given) her daughter a present for the birthday.
Tongue-twisters. To read and remember
1. Swan swam over the sea.
Swim, swan, swim!
Swan swam back again.
Well swam, swan!
2. One-One was a racehorse;
Two-Two was one, too.
When One-One won one race,
Two-Two won one, too.
Module 8
I. Vocabulary section
Active vocabulary
Vocabulary Revision and Expansion Exercises
Exercise 1. Choose any 10 words from Vocabulary of this Module and make up a story with them in the past.
Exercise 2. Answer the following questions using the words of this Module.
1. What do you usually buy in the shop? What did you buy yesterday?
2. Do you read books? What did you read last week?
3. When did you wake up today? And yesterday?
4. What did you eat for breakfast today? Did you like it? Who cooked it for you?
5. What did you drink for supper yesterday?
6. When did you come to school/university/work yesterday?
7. What did you wear yesterday?
8. What did you see in the morning when you opened your eyes?
Exercise 3. Find the unnecessary verb in each line. Explain your choice.
a) See, give, write, wash, go, drive.
b) Fell, drank, went, came, give, saw.
c) Slept, bought, drunk, found, had.
d) Given, written, worn, gone, been, eaten, fallen, woke.
II. Grammar section
Past Simple: negatives and questions.
Exercise 1. Write the Past Simple sentences and questions.
Exercise 2. Work with a partner. Ask and answer questions with “When did you last …?” Ask another question for more information.
Exercise 3. Choose the correct answer.
Exercise 4. Put the words in the correct order to make questions. Then ask these questions to your partner.
1) made, morning, this, breakfast, who, your?
2) did, last, what, eat, for, night, supper, you?
3) lessons, yesterday, you, did, what, have?
4) was, today, you, saw, who, the, person, first?
5) birthday, was, last, when, your?
6) shop, did, to, a, last, you, go, week?
7) swimming, last, when, you, was, time, the, went?
8) where, on holiday, year, you, go, last, did?
Exercise 5. Translate the following sentences into English using the words and grammar of Module 8.
1. Они купили новый дом в прошлом году. 2. Когда вы видели его в последний раз? 3. На прошлой неделе мы никуда не выходили из дома по вечерам. 4. Кто встречал вас на вокзале? 5. Я не нашла твой шарф в шкафу. 6. Когда она сказала вам об этом? 7. Он начал писать стихи, когда ему было 14 лет. 8. В прошлые выходные мы смотрели удивительный фильм. 9. Кто показывал вам эти фильмы? 10. Она увидела на улице собаку и закрыла дверь. 11. Кошка съела все мясо и с интересом посмотрела на меня. 12. Она не отправляла это письмо бабушке. 13. Дождь не прекращался до вечера. 14. Вчера я съела два бутерброда на завтрак. 15. Кому вы отдали эти журналы? 16. В прошлом году мы не изучали французский. Мы изучали английский. 17. Ее не было дома в 5 часов.
Revision
Exercise 1. Imagine that you’re speaking with your partner telling him/her information about yourself. And you want your partner to tell you the same facts about his/her life. So you ask him/her questions for which the following sentences could be answers.
1. I learned many English songs when I was at school.
2. I finished school with a gold medal.
3. I entered the institute the same year that I finished school.
4. At the institute I passed most exams quite easily. I enjoyed my studies.
5. Only once I got a bad mark.
6. I got married while I was a student.
7. I received my first job right after graduation.
Exercise 2. Complete the following story using the verbs in brackets.
My “Rome Holidays”
“At last, for the first time, I live”.
Writer Henry James, on his first day in Rome.
I _______ in Rome last winter (be). It _______ my first visit to the Eternal (вечный) city (be). I ________ there at Christmas time (go). So Rome _______ even more beautiful with its Christmas decorations (look – выглядеть). My hotel _______ situated in the centre, near the Vatican (be). When I _______ to the hotel, I _______ my things in my room & _______ out quickly (get, put, go). I _______ my camera
