- •What kind of person are you?
- •Read the following and say what kind of person the girl is.
- •There are three forms of the verb to be in English. They are are, is, am. Read the story once again and complete the table:
- •Complete the following sentences with the verb to be:
- •Complete the following sentences and say if they are right or not.
- •Complete the following tables with the correct words.
- •There are two forms of the verb to be in English in the past tense. They are was and were. Read the story once again and complete the following table.
- •Complete the following sentences with the verb to be:
- •Complete the following sentences and say if they are right or not.
- •Can you say something about yourself? Use the table for help.
- •I am interested in …
- •Read the following story about Jane’s childhood and say what it was like?
- •There are personal and possessive pronouns in English. Look at the following table and complete the story with the correct pronouns.
- •Complete the following tables with the correct words.
- •Tell us a few words about your childhood. Use the table for help.
- •What do you usually do at the weekend?
- •Read the following story about Jane’s everyday life and say what it is like?
- •To speak about usual typical actions, habits and things in general the Present Simple Tense is used. It has two forms. Look through the text again and complete the following table:
- •Complete the following sentences with the verb in the correct form:
- •Study the following table and turn the sentences into negatives or questions.
- •Look through the text once again and correct the following statements.
- •Write questions for the following sentences.
- •There are some special cases of the adjective comparative and superlative forms. They are:
- •Tom is a United fan. He never stops talking about them. Put in the superlative form of the adjectives.
- •9. Complete the advertisements with the comparative form of the adjective.
- •12. Write the correct forms.
- •Complete the following sentences with the correct form of the adjective.
- •Tell us a few words about your everyday life. Use the table for help.
- •And what are you doing at the moment?
- •Read the following letter from Jane to her friend and say how she is spending her holidays.
- •To speak about actions in process, present period or temporary actions the Present Continuous Tense is used. It has three forms. Look through the text again and complete the following table:
- •Complete the following sentences with the verb in the correct form:
- •Rachel is in the computer room at college. Complete her conversation with Andrew. Put in a present continuous form of the verb.
- •What can you say in these situations? Add a sentence with the present continuous.
- •Ask and answer the questions:
- •There are several ways to form plurals in English. The most common one is to add endings –s or –es to a noun. Look through the text ones again and complete the following table.
- •There are several exceptions when the nouns form plurals in a different way. Find them in the story and write them out in columns.
- •Give the plural of the following nouns.
- •Correct the statements if necessary.
- •What did you do during your vacations?
- •Read Jane’s story about her vacations and say how your spent your holidays.
- •Complete the newspaper story about a fire. Put in the past simple forms of the verbs.
- •To form negatives and questions an auxiliary verb did is used. Study the following table and complete the conversation. Put in the past simple negatives and questions.
- •Look through the text once again and correct the statements.
Can you say something about yourself? Use the table for help.
Hello! My name is …
I am … (age)
I am … (occupation)
I am … (character)
polite decent pleasant
kind shy faithful
lazy clever optimistic
merry intelligent irritable
I am interested in …
English computers science
music tennis my job
football books sports
I am also fond of …
keen on …
reading swimming playing volleyball
going out to … my friends my job
watching TV travelling having fun
foreign languages singing operating a computer
What was your childhood like?
Read the following story about Jane’s childhood and say what it was like?
My childhood was a happy time. I was a beloved child and my parents were very kind to me. My birth-place was a small town. It was a wonderful place. Its houses were small and nice, and its parks and other places were clean and green and the air was pure. The people here were very open-hearted and sympathetic.
Our family was a happy one. My father, Steve, was a nice man. He was a teacher of maths in the local school and his pupils were very fond of him and were very keen on his classes. My mother, Kate, was a doctor and her patients were very thankful to her for her work. I also had two brothers. They were twins. I was 6 when they were born. They were very much alike. Their eyes were blue and always burning and their hair was fair. They were very cheerful and nice and they were never tired or bored. Our parents were very caring and we were very pleased that our family was so friendly.
There are two forms of the verb to be in English in the past tense. They are was and were. Read the story once again and complete the following table.
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Complete the following sentences with the verb to be:
1. I … in Moscow last year. 2. They … in Paris last month. 3. She … very beautiful in her youth. 4. He … born in 1980. 5. … you in school yesterday? 6. The Smiths … lucky to win a car. 7. Jack … an engineer 20 years ago. 8. The party … awful last weekend. The place … not very comfortable and the environs … not clean. The host … very boastful. The guests … too many. The drinks … hot and the food … cold. The music … old-fashioned and the arrangement … poor. I … not glad to present there. Many people … drunk by the end of the party and some of them … very rude. My friends and I … very happy to leave the place.
Complete the following sentences and say if they are right or not.
Jane’s childhood … not happy.
Jane … a beloved child.
Her parents … not very kind to her.
She … born in a big city.
It … a wonderful place.
The houses … small, but the parks … dirty.
The people … very rude.
Her father’s name … John.
He … a teacher of Maths.
His pupils … very interested in his classes.
Her mother’s name … Kate.
She … a nurse.
Her patients … very thankful to her.
Jane’s brothers … twins.
Their eyes … green and their hair … dark.
They … a happy family.