- •1. Contrast the use of the indefinite and definite articles:
- •2. Insert either a/an or the:
- •3. Use the proper article:
- •4. Use the proper article. Pay attention to the of-phrases:
- •5. Use the proper article where necessary:
- •6. Translate the words in brackets:
- •A bad customer
- •Thank you, I feel much better
- •8. Complete the sentences and the extract from a history book using the definite article with the following
- •9. Answer these questions about yourself and your favourite things:
- •10. Uncountable material nouns:
- •11. Abstract nouns:
- •12. Supply the required articles for nouns in the following sentences, paying special attention to the nouns
- •13. Complete the following speech by inserting “the” where necessary:
- •14. Complete the exclamations with a or an only where necessary:
- •15. Fill in the blanks:
- •16. Fill in the blanks:
- •17. Fill in the blanks:
- •18. (Morning, day, afternoon, evening, night):
- •19. Use the proper article. Pay attention to the use of the article with nouns denoting parts of the day:
- •20. Supply the required articles for nouns in the following sentences, paying special attention to those
- •Indicating parts of the day:
- •21. (Days, months):
- •22. Use the proper article. Pay attention to the use of the article with the names of seasons:
- •23. Supply the required articles for nouns in the following sentences, paying special attantion to those denoting
- •24. Use the proper article. Pay attention to the use of the article with the names of meals:
- •25. Supply a/an where necessary. Note where you can use a/an or zero (-):
- •26. Supply the required articles for nouns in the following sentences, paying special attention to those denoting
- •27. Supply the required articles for nouns in the following sentences, paying special attention to the nouns
- •28. (Bed, prison, school, college):
- •29. Insert the definite article where necessary:
- •30. Use the proper article:
- •31. Fill in the blanks:
- •32. Fill in the blanks:
- •33. Insert the definite article where necessary:
- •34. Supply "the" or "-':
- •35. Insert articles where necessary:
- •36. Set expressions:
- •37. Use the proper article. Pay attention to the article in adverbial phrases of manner:
- •38. Translate into English:
- •39. Translate into English:
- •40. Translate into English:
- •41. Translate into English:
- •42. Translate the following sentences into English. Mind the use of the articles:
- •43. Translate into English:
- •44. Dictation-translation:
- •45. Translate into English:
- •46. Translate the following into English. Mind the use of the article with: news, advice, information, money, work,
- •47. Translate into English:
- •48. Translate the following sentences into English. Mind the use of proper nouns:
- •1. Translate the sentences and comment on the use of the Present Indefinite Tense:
- •2. Write the following sentences a) in the negative, b) in the interrogative:
- •3. Answer the questions using the Simple Present:
- •4. Answer the questions using the Present Indefinite:
- •5. Read quickly in the Singular:
- •6. Write the following sentences in the 3rd person singular:
- •7. Change the following a) into the negative, b) into the interrogative:
- •8. Write the following sentences a) in the negative, b) in the interrogative:
- •9. Use the required tense instead of the infinitives in brackets:
- •10. Put the verb in brackets into the Present Indefinite:
- •11. Put the verb in brackets into the correct form:
- •12. Correct the sentences. The English is correct but the information is wrong. Write two correct sentences each
- •13. Correct these sentences. The English is correct but the information is wrong. Write two correct sentences each
- •14. Put the verb into the correct form:
- •15. Translate the sentences into English:
- •16. Translate the sentences into English:
- •17. Translate the sentences into English:
- •18. Translate the sentences into English:
- •19. Translate using the Present Indefinite Tense:
- •20. Translate using the Present Indefinite Tense:
- •21. Translate using the Present Indefinite Tense:
- •1. Translate the sentences and comment on the use of the Past Indefinite Tense:
- •2. Read a sentence about the present and then write a sentence about the past:
- •3. Complete these sentences by putting the verbs in brackets into the past simple form:
- •4. Open the brackets using the Past Indefinite:
- •5. Read the following sentences a) in the interrogative, b) in the negative:
- •6. Make up questions and give answers:
- •7. Open the brackets:
- •8. Replace the infinitives in brackets by the Present Indefinite or the Past Indefinite:
- •9. Make sentences with a similar meaning by using used to:
- •10. In this exercise you have to complete the sentence with used to:
- •11. Write some sentences about Denis who started following his friend Henry's life-style. Denis stopped doing
- •12. Paraphrase these sentences to show the actions or states that have now ended:
- •13. Translate:
- •14. Translate:
- •15. Translate:
- •16. Translate:
- •17. Translate:
- •18. Translate:
- •1. Translate the sentences and comment on the use of the Future Indefinite Tense:
- •2. Refer these statements to the future using the given adverbial modifiers of time and making necessary changes:
- •3. Translate what is given in brackets using the Present Indefinite or the Future Indefinite:
- •4. Complete the following sentences using the Present Indefinite or the Future Indefinite:
- •5. Add the missing information:
- •6. Paraphrase these sentences to use an adverbial clause of time or condition:
- •7. Complete these sentences by putting in the right tenses:
- •8. Complete the following using the Present Indefinite or the Future Indefinite:
- •9. Replace the infinitives in brackets by the Future indefinite or the Present Indefinite:
- •10. Put the verb in brackets into the Simple Present and the Simple Future:
- •11. Put the verb in brackets into the Present Indefinite and the Future Indefinite:
- •12. Translate into English:
- •13. Translate into English:
- •14. Translate into English:
- •15. Translate into English:
- •1. Translate the sentences and comment on the use of the Past Continuous Tense:
- •2. Use the Present Continuous instead of the infinitive in brackets:
- •3. Put each verb into the present progressive tense form:
- •4. Complete the sentences by using the words in brackets. Use the Simple Present or the Present Progressive:
- •5. Complete the sentences with the words in parentheses. Use the Simple Present or the Present Progressive:
- •6. Use the Present Indefinite or the Present Continuous instead of the infinitives in brackets:
- •7. Use the verbs given in brackets in the Present Indefinite or the Present Continuous tenses:
- •8. Use the Present Continuous or the Present Indefinite instead of the infinitives in brackets:
- •9. Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Indefinite and the Present Continuous:
- •10. Use the Present Indefinite or the Present Continuous instead of the infinitives in brackets:
- •11. Replace the Infinitives in brackets by the Present Indefinite or the Present Continuous where necessary:
- •12. Open the brackets:
- •13. Translate into English, using the Present Indefinite Tense or the Present Continuous Tense:
- •14. Translate into English, using the Present Indefinite Tense or the Present Continuous Tense:
- •15. Translate the following into English. Pay attention to the use of the Present Continuous to express an action
- •In the near future:
- •16. Translate into English:
- •17. Translate into English:
- •18. Translate into English:
- •1. Translate the sentences and comment on the use of the Past Continuous Tense:
- •2. Answer the questions using when and the verb of the subordinate clause in the Past Continuous Tense:
- •3. One evening there was some gun shooting in the park near your house. Use the words in brackets to make
- •4. A group of people were staying in a hotel. One evening the fire alarm rang. Use the words in brackets to make
- •5. Write a compound sentence made of two simple sentences, saying that two actions were going on at the same
- •6. Ask questions to the following statements. Begin with a given interrogative word (words):
- •7. Open the brackets:
- •8. Open the brackets:
- •9. Complete the sentences with the words in the brackets. Use the Simple Past or the Past Progressive:
- •10. Put the verb into the correct form, the Past Progressive or the Simple Past:
- •11. Open the brackets using the Past Indefinite or the Past Continuous:
- •12. Open the brackets. Use the Past Indefinite or the Past Continuous:
- •13. Use the Past Indefinite or the Past Continuous instead of the infinitives in brackets:
- •14. Replace the infinitives in brackets by the Past Indefinite or the Past Continuous:
- •15. Put the verbs into the correct form, the Past Progressive or the Past Simple:
- •16. Express the same idea using the past progressive tense forms to denote a frequently repeated habitual action
- •In the past:
- •17. Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Indefinite and the Past Continuous:
- •18. Translate:
- •19. Translate into English, using the Past Indefinite or the Past Continuous Tense:
- •20. Translate into English:
- •21. Translate into English:
- •22. Translate into English:
- •23. Translate into English: Бешкетник
- •24. Translate into English:
- •25. Translate into English:
- •26. Translate into English:
- •27. Translate the sentences. Pay attention to the ways of expressing speaker’s emotions by using the Present,
- •28. Translate into English:
- •1. Translate the sentences and comment on the use of the Future Continuous Tense:
- •2. Say what other people will be doing at a given moment in the future:
- •3. Answer the questions in the Future Continuous Tense, using the given suggestions:
- •4. You misheard your partner who's talking about his plans. Using a given interrogative word (words), ask
- •5. Use the Future Continuous where possible:
- •6. Open the brackets using the Future Indefinite or Future Continuous:
- •7. Put the verb in brackets into the Simple Present, the Simple Future and the Future Progressive:
- •8. Put the verb in brackets into the Present Indefinite, the Future Indefinite and the Future Continuous:
- •9. Open the brackets. Use the Future Indefinite if the action is permanent, repeated or it is a one-time action. Use
- •10. Translate into English using the Future Continuous Tense:
- •11. Translate into English:
- •12. Translate the sentences into English:
- •13. Translate the sentences into English:
5. Complete the sentences with the words in parentheses. Use the Simple Present or the Present Progressive:
1. Right now Yoko (read) is reading an article in the newspaper, but she (understand, not) doesn’t understand it. Some of the vocabulary (be) is too difficult for her. 2. Right now I (look)_________________at the board. I (see) _____________some words on the board. 3. I (need)__________________to call my parents today and tell them about my new apartment. They can't call me because they (know, not)____________my new telephone number. 4. This tea is good. I (like) ________________ it. What kind is it? I (prefer) ____________________ tea to coffee. How about you? 5. Sam is at the library. He (sit) __________ at a table. He (write)__________a composition. He (use)_______________a dictionary to look up the spelling of some words. The dictionary (belong, not) ________________ to him. It (belong)_________________ to his roommate. Sam (look)______________ up words in the dictionary because he (want) _______________ to make sure that he doesn't misspell any words. 6. Right now the children (be) ____________ at the beach. They (have)____________ a good time. They (have)_________ a beach ball, and they (play)_______________ catch with it. They (like)_______________ to play catch. Their parents (sunbathe). They (try) ___________ to get a tan. They (listen)_______________ to some music on a transistor radio. They also (hear)____________________ the sound of sea gulls and the sound of the waves. 7. Right now I (think)__________________ about sea gulls and waves. I (think)__________that sea gulls are beautiful birds.
6. Use the Present Indefinite or the Present Continuous instead of the infinitives in brackets:
1. My elder sister (to have) a music lesson. She always (to have) a music lesson on Friday. 2. Who (to sing) in the next room? 3. Father (to read) a newspaper. He usually (to read) something before going to bed. 4. Mother (to cook) breakfast in the kitchen. She always (to cook) in the mornings. 5. Who you (to wait) for? - I (to wait) for Ann, we must leave in ten minutes. 6. It often (to rain) in autumn. 7. Do not go out, it (to rain) heavily. 8. You (to understand) the use of the Present Indefinite and the Present Continuous quite well? 9. What you (to write)? You (to make) notes about the two present tenses? 10. Why you (to smile), Kitty? 11. I often (to meet) you at the corner of this street. You (to wait) for anybody? 12. You usually (to go) through the park? - Not usually, it's only today that I (to go) here. 13. You (to hear) anything? -Yes, somebody (to knock) at the door. 14. They still (to discuss) where to go now.
7. Use the verbs given in brackets in the Present Indefinite or the Present Continuous tenses:
1. Why you (to walk) so fast today? You usually (to walk) quite slowly, I (to hurry). I am afraid to miss the train. 2. Cuckoos (not to build) nests. They (to use) the nests of other birds. 3. I always (to buy) lottery tickets but I seldom (to win). 4. You can't have the book now because my brother (to read) it. 5. Some people (to do) everything with their left hand. 6. Who (to make) that terrible noise? - It's my son. 7. How you (to feel)? 8. Switch on the light. It (to get) dark. 9. You (to understand) the rule? 10. The sun (to set) late in summer. 11. What you (to look for)? - We (to look for) our grandmother's spectacles. 12. I (not to know) what he (to want). 13. What time she (to come) here as a rule? 14. Look, snow still (to fall). 15. It often (to rain) in October.