Task 19. Taken from “The Adventure of My Aunt” by w. Irwing

Exercise 1. Name the underlined forms of the verbs:

My aunt was a big woman, very tall, with a strong mind and will. She was what you may call a very manly woman. My uncle was a thin, small man, very weak, with no will at all. He was no match for my aunt. From the day of their marriage he began to grow smaller and weaker. His wife’s powerful mind was too much for him; it weakened his health. My aunt took all possible care of him; half the doctors in town visited him and prescribed medicine for him enough to cure a whole hospital. She made him take all the medicines prescribed by the doctors, but it didn’t help him. My uncle grew worse and worse, and one day she found him dead.

Some time passed, and my aunt decided to move to Derbyshire where she had a big country-house. The house stood in a lonely, wild part of the country among the grey Derbyshire hills.

One evening, after she had sent away her girl-servant she sat by her toilet-table, arranging her hair. Suddenly she thought she heard something move behind her. She looked round quickly, but there was nothing to be seen. Nothing but the painted portrait of her poor dear husband on the wall behind her.

“Oh, it is only the wind,” she thought and went on putting her hair in papers, but her eyes were still fixed on her own reflection and the reflection of her husband’s portrait in the looking-glass. Suddenly it seemed to her that in the glass she saw one of the eyes of the portrait move. It gave her a shock.

But her fear soon was over. Next moment, my aunt who, as I have said, had a remarkably strong will, became calm. She went on arranging her hair. She even sang her favourite song in a low voice and did not make a single false note. Then she walked quietly out downstairs she called the servants and ordered to pull down the picture.

A heavy sigh was heard from the portrait. The servants stepped back in fear.

“Pull it down at once,” cried my aunt.

The picture was pulled down, and from behind it, they pulled put a big, black-bearded fellow with a knife as long as my arm, but trembling with fear from head to foot.

He said that he had stolen into my aunt’s room to get her box of money laid jewels, when all the house was asleep. My aunt did not send for the police. She ordered the servants to pull the man through the horse-pond in order to wash away his crimes, and then to dry him well with a wooden “towel”.

Soon after she gave her hand to the rich gentleman of the neighbourhood.

Exercise 2. Change the Tense of the Sentence According to a Time Marker:

1. My aunt’s heart beats fast every time she is frightened. V1=beat(irreg.)

(when she saw the eye of the portrait moved, these days, all evening long)

2. My aunt didn’t send for the police yesterday. V1=send(irreg.)

(yet, next time, often)

3. Was she thinking about a rich gentleman when she was arranging her hair? V1=think(irreg.)

(since her girlhood, from time to time, next day from morning to night)

Exercise 3. Change Active into Passive:

She was putting her hair in papers. V1=put(irreg.)

Exercise 4. Change Passive into Active:

The candle was moved again. V1=move(reg.)

Task 20. Taken from “The Open Window” by H. Munro

Exercise 1. Name the underlined forms of the verbs:

“My aunt will come down in a few minutes, Mr Nuttel,” said a girl of fifteen, showing him into the sitting-room. Mr Nuttel was a young painter who had recently had a nervous breakdown. The doctors had told him that he should go away for a holiday. They warned him, however, against crowded resorts and recommended a complete rest in a quiet country-place. So here he was, in a little village, with letters of introduction from his sister.

“Do you know anything about my aunt, do you?” asked the girl.

“Only her name and address”, said the visitor.

“Her great tragedy happened just three years ago”, said the child.

“Her tragedy?” asked Mr Nuttel.

“Exactly three years ago my aunt’s husband and her two young brothers walked out through that window. They went shooting and never came back. When they were crossing the river their boat probably turn over and they were all drowned. Their bodies were never found. That was the most horrible part of the tragedy.” Here the girl stopped. There were tears in her eyes and she drew a handkerchief out of her pocket.

There was a long pause, and Mr Nuttel was glad when Mrs Sappleton entered the room.

“I’m sorry I’m late,’ she said, “but I hope my niece has entertained you well.”

“Yes, she’s been very amusing”, said Mr Nuttel.

“Do you mind the open window?” ask Mrs Sappleton. “My husband I and brothers will soon be home from shooting and they always come into the house this way.” She never took her eyes off the open window and suddenly cried out, “Here they are at last! Just in time for tea. How tired they look.”

Mr Nuttel looked at the girl and saw that she was looking out through the open window with horror in her eyes. Mr Nuttel turned round slowly in his seat, looked in the same direction and saw three figures walking across the garden towards the window. They all carried guns and. A tired brown dog was following them.

Mr Nuttel took his hat and ran out of the house like mad.

“I wonder what made that gentleman run out,” asked Mrs Sappleton’s husband.

“I think it was the dog,” said the niece calmly. “He told me that he was afraid of dogs. Once when he was attacked by a pack of dogs somewhere in India, he was so frightened that he started running like mad, and finding himself in a cemetery, climbed down into a newly-dug grave, where he had to spend the night. Since then he has always been afraid of dogs.”

She was very good at inventing stories and did it artistically.

Exercise 2. Change the Tense of the Sentence According to a Time Marker:

1. Mrs. Sappleton’s niece always tells interesting stories. V1=tell(irreg.)

(at the moment, when the window was open, all day long)

2. The tragedy didn’t take place many years ago. V1=take(irreg.)

(yet, next year, by next year)

3. Will the painter be staying at Sappletons’ house next summer from June to September? V1=stay(reg.)

(for many days, these days, before he saw the Sappletons coming back)

Exercise 3. Change Active into Passive:

Mrs. Sappleton was speaking gaily about shooting. V1=speak(irreg.)

Exercise 4. Change Passive into Active:

Mr. Nuttle had been advised to go away for a holiday. V1=advise(reg.)

TESTS

Test 1

Variant 1

TENSES OF ACTIVE VOICE

(5 Tenses)

Task 1. Identify the Tense of the Sentence:

1. He is cutting wood for the fireplace these days.

2. I enjoyed music at the last concert.

3. Mike was waiting for his wife at the front of the door, when he lost his key.

4. The nurse takes the patient’s temperature every four hours.

5. He will fly to Moscow tomorrow.

Task 2. Answer the Questions

1. Did he finish his work yesterday?

2. Will he pay for this cargo next week?

3. Is Jane playing the piano now?

4. Was she sleeping, when the doorbell rang?

5. Do you like traveling?

Task 3. Ask Questions:

1. She is feeling better now.

2. I usually go to work by bus.

3. She spent a lot of money yesterday.

4. We were writing the test from 9 a.m. to 10.30 a.m. yesterday.

5. John will buy a car next year.

Task 4. Change the Tense of the Sentence According to a Time Marker:

1. He will drive her to the airport tomorrow.

V1=drive(irreg.)

(last week, now, when I met him)

2. Mike wasn’t living in Moscow that time this year.

V1=live(reg.)

(next year, last year, at the moment)

3. Do you work here every evening?

V1=work(reg.)

(when the chief arrived, these days, in three days)

Task 5. Choose the Correct Verb Helper:

1. He … playing tennis, when we came.

is was will did

2. My sister … get up early every morning.

isn’t wasn’t won’t doesn’t

3. … you speak English well?

Are Were Will Do

Test 1

Variant 2

TENSES OF ACTIVE VOICE

(5 Tenses)

Task 1. Identify the Tense of the Sentence:

1. She was driving across the United States, when she was eighty.

2. Mike gave me this book yesterday.

3. We are moving to a new apartment today.

4. Victor speaks German very well.

5. The elections will take place next week.

Task 2. Answer the Questions:

1. Do you often go to the stadium to watch football?

2. Did A. Pushkin write poems?

3. Was Tom cooking dinner, when he burnt his hand?

4. Will this train arrive tomorrow at 6 a.m.?

5. Are you growing any vegetables this year?

Task 3. Ask Questions:

1. Mr. Smith spent a lot of money on the equipment last month.

2. A cloud of smoke always hangs over the city.

3. The company is working out new project these months.

4. Mark will make a report tomorrow.

5. I was typing the program, when the manager came in.

Task 4. Change the Tense of the Sentence According to a Time Marker:

1. My sister gets up early every morning.

V1=get(irreg.)

(these days, last Sunday, next morning)

2. I didn’t go to the South last summer.

V1=go(irreg.)

(next summer, when I met you, every summer)

3. Will his parents work at a factory next year?

V1=work(reg.)

(last year, at the moment, when they moved to this town)

Task 5. Choose the Correct Verb Helper:

1. Mary … cooking a wonderful cake now.

will does is was

2. I … graduate the University next year.

shan’t don’t am not wasn’t

3. … you reading a lot these months?

Will Do Are Were

Test 1

Variant 3

TENSES OF ACTIVE VOICE

(5 Tenses)

Task 1. Identify the Tense of the Sentence:

1. He told us this news yesterday.

2. The students were talking during a lecture yesterday.

3. We swim in the sea every summer.

4. I usually go shopping on the weekends.

5. We are paying for electricity too much these days.

Task 2. Answer the Questions:

1. Does the weather often change in this region?

2. Are you buying a car this year?

3. Will they travel to Italy next month?

4. Were the students writing a test yesterday from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.?

5. Did she tell you the news?

Task 3. Ask Questions:

1. They moved to London last year.

2. Jane eats a lot of fruit every day.

3. The doctor will examine the patient tomorrow.

4. She was working in the garden, when she cut her finger.

5. I am looking for a job these days.

Task 4. Change the Tense of the Sentence According to a Time Marker:

1. He is going home at the moment.

V1=go(irreg.)

(when I met him, yesterday, in a minute)

2. Dad doesn’t often spend time at the TV set.

V1=spend(irreg.)

(today, next day, last night)

3. Did you cook dinner yesterday?

V1=cook(reg.)

(every day, tomorrow, now)

Task 5. Choose the Correct Verb Helper:

1. I … take him round the town tomorrow.

am shall was does

2. They … selling apples these weeks.

aren’t won’t weren’t don’t

3. … you find your hat yesterday?

Are Will Were Did

Test 2

Variant 1

TENSES OF ACTIVE VOICE

(12 Tenses)

Task 1. Use Negative Form of the Following Sentences:

1. My friends study English at school.

2. The students wrote a dictation yesterday.

3. The students were talking in loud voices, when the professor entered the room.

4. They will have completed the new bridge by the end of the year.

5. She has been sleeping all night long.

Task 2. Ask Questions to the Underlined Words:

1. The girls water the flowers in the evening.

2. She has been packing the things for an hour and a half.

3. They have built a new school in the center of the town.

4. His sister has been learning French for two years.

5. Mother is cooking dinner now.

Task 3. Change the Tense of the Sentence According to the Time Marker:

1. Jack is buying the tickets for his journey at the moment.

V1=buy(irreg.)

(just, on Monday, tomorrow)

2. I don’t wear gloves often.

V1=wear(irreg.)

(last season, next season, these days)

3. Did you take medicine yesterday?

V1=take(irreg.)

(every six hours, already, when you had a high temperature)

Task 4. Choose the Correct Form of the Main Verb:

1. The baker has … with bread for many years.

a. deals b. dealing c. dealt

2. They aren’t … apples these weeks.

a. selling b. sold c. sell

3. Did you … your hat yesterday?

a. found b. finding c. find

Task 5. Translate from Russian into English:

1. Профессор Смит работает в лаборатории в настоящий момент.

V1=work(reg.)

2. Мы ещё не переехали на другую квартиру.

V1=move(reg.)

3. Вы прочитаете эту книгу до пятницы?

V1=read(irreg.)

Test 2

Variant 2

TENSES OF ACTIVE VOICE

(12 Tenses)

Task 1. Use Negative Form of the Following Sentences:

1. My parents have just received the parcel.

2. The teacher is explaining the new grammar rule.

3. We shall be flying to London at this time tomorrow.

4. I finished this work yesterday.

5. She cooks a meal every evening

Task 2. Ask Questions to the Underlined Words:

1. The children swam in the swimming pool yesterday.

2. The man was reading a newspaper, when the doorbell rang.

3. They will arrive to Berlin at 5.30 p.m.

4. She will have been teaching French for fifteen years by next Monday.

5. Mary has sent greeting cards to her relatives.

Task 3. Change the Tense of the Sentence According to a Time Marker:

1. I traveled by train last summer.

V1=travel(reg.)

(for many years, all day long, sometimes)

2. The doctor didn’t give me a sick list yesterday.

V1=give(irreg.)

(often, yet, next week)

3. Are you attending English classes these weeks?

V1=attend(reg.)

(from time to time, last year, next week from Monday to Friday)

Task 4. Choose the Correct Form of the Main Verb:

1. John has already … his article.

a. publishes b. publishing c. published

2. They weren’t … the project when the manager arrived.

a. discuss b. discussing c. discussed

3. Does he always … the truth?

a. tells b. tell c. told

Task 5. Translate from Russian into English:

1. Наш декан уехал в Москву два дня назад.

V1=leave(irreg.)

2. Они не изучают историю с прошлого года.

V1=study(reg.)

3. Часто ли кино оказывает влияние на нашу жизнь?

V1=influence(reg.)

Test 2

Variant 3

TENSES OF ACTIVE VOICE

(12 Tenses)

Task 1. Use Negative Form of the Following Sentences:

1. The boy broke the window yesterday.

2. Jack will be looking for his younger sister all afternoon tomorrow.

3. The girls had cleaned the room by the time their mother came back.

4. She will have cooked the supper by 6 p.m.

5. She receives letters every day.

Task 2. Ask Questions to the Underlined Words:

1. I shall pass the examination next week.

2. The students had already read three English books.

3. Jane bought this coat in the supermarket.

4. They have been studying English five years long.

5. The students were discussing the report, when the bell rang.

Task 3. Change the Tense of the Sentence According to a Time Marker:

1. The children are playing in the garden now.

V1=play(reg.)

(from time to time, in an hour, when I saw them)

2. They haven’t discussed the problem yet.

V1=discuss(reg.)

(last time, in the future, when the inspector arrived)

3. Will Dr. Smith’s be teaching your group next year from September to March?

V1=teach(irreg.)

(these weeks, for a week, from time to time)

Task 4. Choose the Correct Form of the Main Verb:

1. My father was … hard when he was young.

a. works b. working c. worked

2. She didn’t … German last year.

a. learnt b. learns c. learn

3. Are you … to the South this summer?

a. go b. went c. going

Task 5. Translate from Russian into English:

1. Я прочитал уже семь страниц из этой книги.

V1=read(irreg.)

2. Она не поверила ни слову из его истории вчера.

V1=believe(reg.)

3. Вы отправите телеграмму к пяти часам?

V1=send(irreg.)

Test 3