Грамматический блок Повторение Past /Present Simple

Exercise 1.Откройте скобки, используя глаголы в утвердительной, отрицательной и вопросительных формах прошедшего времени:

1    That boy (break) my window.                  2    I (drive) to work every day last year.  3    Laura  (hit) that boy.  4    James (keep) the book about films.  5    We (meet) them at the same place every week.  6    You (put) that there.  7    We  (sit) at the same desks.  8    An American (win) Wimbledon last year.

Exercise 2. Перепишите следующий текст в про­шедшем времени.  On Monday we have five lessons. The first les­son is English. At this lesson we write a dictation and do some exercises. Nick goes to the blackboard.  He answers well and gets a "five". Pete does not get a "five" because he does not know his lesson. After the second lesson I go to the canteen. I eat a sandwich and drink a cup of tea. I do not drink milk. After school I do not go home at once. I go to the library and take a book. Then I go home. 

Exercise 3. Перепишите следующий текст в настоящем времени.  Barry waked up when it was already quite light.  He looked at his watch. It was a quarter to seven. Quick! Barry jumped out of bed and ran to the bath-room. He had just time to take a cold shower and I drank a glass of tea with bread and butter. He was in a hurry to catch the eight o'clock train. At the railway station he met three other boys from his group. They all had small backpacks and fishing-rods. In less than an hour they got off the train at a small station near a wood. They walked very quickly and soon found themselves on the shore of a large lake. The boys spent the whole day there fishing, boating and swimming. They returned home late at night, tired but happy.

 Exercise 4. Раскройте скобки, употребляя глаголы в Present или Past Simple.

1. I (to go) to the gym at seven o'clock every day.  2. I (to go) to the gym at seven o'clock yesterday. 3. John (to clean) his teeth every morning at 7.30 o’clock.  4. Yesterday John (to clean) his teeth at a half past seven in the morning.  5. Jane (not to do) English exercises every day.  6. Jane (not to do) English exercises yesterday.  7. His brother (to drink) coffee with milk every day.  

Exercise 5. Раскройте скобки, употребляя глаголы в Present или Past Simple.

1. I (to study) English every day.  2. You (to come) to my place yesterday?  3. He (to live) in Dubai.  4. How long it (to take) you to get to the City Mall? 5. What you (to study) every Friday? 6. We (to have) dinner with my family yesterday.  7. His computer (to be) ready yesterday. 8. My friend (to like) running in the park every morning.  9. Their family (to invite) everybody to the party last week.  10. Jesse always (to come) to work early.

Тема 3

The United States of America

Лексический блок

After 350 years of development the United States of America still holds the leading position in the western world. The USA is the most powerful and highly developed country of the world. The United States of America lies in the central part of North American continent. Its western coast is washed by the Pacific Ocean. Its eastern coast is washed by the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico.

The USA consists of three separate parts. They are the Hawaiian Islands, Alaska and the rest major part of the USA. There are fifty states and district of Columbia. The states differ very much in size, population and economical development. The population of the United States is about 250 million people.

What makes the USA the leader of the western world is its economical, political and military dominance over other countries.

The United States is a federal republic. The Government is divided into three branches: legislative (the US Congress), executive (the President and his Administration) and judicial (the US Supreme Court).

There are two main political parties in the USA: the Democratic and the Republican.

The flag of the USA is called "Stars and Stripes". The 50 stars — white on a blue field — represent the 50 states, 18 stripes represent 13 original English colonies, which in 1776 became independent of England.

The capital of the United States is Washington. It was named in honour of the first president whose name was George Washington. The biggest cities of the USA are New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago and other.  Questions:

1. Where is the US situated? 2. What are the major political parties? 3. Who is the US president now? 4. How many States are there in the country? 5. What is the US population? 6. What is the political structure in the country? 7. What is the capital of the USA? 8. What is the name of American flag?

Vocabulary:

development — развитие to hold — держать leading — ведущий powerful — могущественный, мощный coast — побережье to consist — состоять to be washed by — омываться separate — отдельный dominance — преобладание branch — ветвь, отрасль to divide — разделять legislative — законодательный executive — исполнительный judicial — судебный to represent — представлять