To be going to do sth

Выражение to be going to do something используется для передачи намерений говорящего, относящихся к будущему. На русский язык это выражение переводится как «собираться что-то делать»:

I am going to visit my relatives next week. She is going to watch this movie at the weekend.

Я собираюсь навестить своих родственников на следующей неделе. Она собирается посмотреть этот фильм на выходных.

Exercise 81. What are your plans for this evening? Are you going to do any of these things?

Model:

I’m going to write letters. I’m not going to write letters.

write letters play cards watch TV listen to music

see a film see friends wash your hair study

Exercise 82. Say what you are going to do after classes. Ask and answer the questions in pairs.

Model:

Are you going to watch TV? No, I’m not (Yes, I am)

have a cup of coffee catch a bus eat in a restaurant meet some friends

cook a meal go shopping do your homework read an interesting book

The past continuous tense

Утвердительная форма	Отрицательная форма
I was reading We were reading You were reading He was reading They were reading	I wasn’t reading We weren’t reading You weren’t reading He wasn’t reading They weren’t reading
Вопросительная форма
Was I reading? Were we reading? Were you reading? Was he (she, it) reading? Were they reading?

Past Continuous Tense употребляется для передачи:

действия, которое проходило в прошлом в определенный момент времени. Временными маркерами данного времени являются выражения: at 5 o’clock; from 5 to 6 on Sunday, etc	I was writing a letter to my friend at 5 o’clock yesterday. I was watching television from 5 to 6 yesterday.
длительного действия в прошлом, которое прерывается кратким действием, для передачи которого используется Past Simple Tense	He was walking when he slipped on a banana skin. I was sleeping when the phone rang.

Exercise 83. Open the brackets using the verbs in the Present Continuous or Past Continuous Tense.

1. I … (write) an English exercise now. 2. I … (write) an English exercise at this time yesterday. 3. My little sister … (sleep) now. 4. My little sister … (sleep) at this time yesterday. 5. My friends … (not do) their homework now, they … (play) volley-ball now. 6. My sister … (not do) their homework at seven o’clock yesterday. She … (play) volley-ball. 7. She … (read) the whole evening yesterday. 8. She … (not read) now. 8. Look! My cat … (play) with a ball. 9. When I went into the garden yesterday, the sun … (shine) and the birds … (sing). 10. You … (eat) ice-cream when I called you yesterday? 11. What your father … (do) now? 12. What your father … (do) from eight to nine yesterday?

Exercise 84. Join the sentences using as, when, and while, as in the model.

Kim was looking out of the window. She saw Mike. As / when / while Kim was looking out of the window, she saw Mike.

1. Kathy was washing the dishes. She dropped a glass.

2. The children were playing. Their father came home.

3. Robert was driving home. He got a car accident.

4. Mick and Charlie were leaving the bank. The police arrested them.

Exercise 85. Open the brackets using the verbs in the Present Continuous or Past Continuous Tense.

Model:

They were cleaning (clean) the windows when it started (start) to rain.

1. As he … (drive) to work, he … (remember) that his briefcase was still at home.

2. Melanie … (cook) dinner when her husband … (come) home.

3. She … (type) a letter when her boss … (arrive).

4. While the dog … (dig), it … (find) a bone.

5. Mary … (ride) a bicycle when she … (notice) a small kitten.

6. When I … (do) my homework, the phone … (ring).

Exercise 86. Open the brackets using the verb in Past Simple or Past Continuous Tense.

1. When I … (come) home, my sister … (sleep). 2. When my mother … (come) home, I … (do) my homework. 3. When I … (get up), my mother and father … (drink) tea. 4. When Tom … (cross) the street, he … (fall down). 5. When I … (come) to the kitchen, my mother … (cook). 6. We … (clean) the room from 5 till 6 p.m. yesterday. 7. What Nick … (do) when you … (come) to visit him? 8. When Henry … (walk) in the park, he … (find) a hedgehog. 9. The reptile (to exhibit) the symptoms of a fracture when it was examined by the surgeon yesterday. 10. The surgeon (to repair) the fractured bone from 3 till 5 p.m. yesterday.

Exercise 87. Answer the questions using when and the verb in the subordinate clause in the Past Continuous Tense.

Model:

When did she meet Helen? (walk along the street) She met Helen when she was walking along the street.

1. When did you catch cold? (skate on a frosty day)

2. When did he buy those souvenirs? (travel in France)

3. When did she hear that song? (listen to the concert on the radio)

4. When did you hurt yourself (ride a bicycle)

5. When did she call you? (have supper)

Exercise 88. Here is a page from Nick’s diary.

8.00 – have breakfast 10.30 – listen to the lecturer 2.00 – have lunch

4.30 – 5.30 – visit the dentist 7.00 – 9.00 – do homework 10. 00 – meet Boris

Write the sentences saying what Nick was doing at these times:

At 8.00 Nick was having his breakfast. At 10.30 Nick____________________. At 2. 00 Nick____________________. From 4.30 till 5.30 Nick____________. From 7.00 till 9.00 Nick___________. At 10.30 Nick____________________.

Exercise 89. Translate from Russian into English.

1. Вчера с 7 до 8 вечера он проводил операцию (perform operation). 2. Когда вчера мы зашли в операционную (operating room), он проводил операцию. 3. Вчера с 9 до 12 мы сдавали экзамен по химии. 4. Когда я читала книгу по анатомии, позвонил мой друг. 5. Вчера с 5 до 11 мы готовились к экзамену (read up for our exams). 6. Вчера, когда мы шли в Академию, мы встретили нашего преподавателя английского языка. 7. На конференции с 12.00 до 3.00. мы обсуждали проблемы болезней домашних животных. 8. Когда мы осматривали животных на ферме, мы обнаружили двух коров в плохом состоянии (poor condition).