Grammar

Упражнение 1. Заполните пропуски предлогами.

1. The train leaves ____ 13:45 ____ the platform number 5.
2. The picture is ___ the wall.
3. I was born ____ May, ____ 1885.
4. I have read this book ___ 15:00.
5. I am going ___ England next summer.

Упражнение 2. Поставьте глаголы Present Continuous или Present Perfect Continuous.

1. My father still (to work) in the office. He (to work) in this company since 1999.

2. They (to sleep) now. They (to sleep) for 2 hours.

3. Lisa (to speak) on the phone for half an hour and she still (to speak).

4. His grandmother (to read) a new book. She (to read) since morning.

Упражнение 3. Раскройте скобки и поставьте глаголы в Past Perfect.

1. They (to live) in Russia before they moved to America.

2. She (to read) the book by 13:00 yesterday?

3. The train (not/arrive) by that time yet.

4. I already (to cook) dinner when my mother came home.

Упражнение 4. Поставьте глаголы в Past Perfect Continuous.

1. I (to try) to find him for years but I failed.
2. We (to study) at school for 10 years before we entered the University.
3. What you (to do) in the garden before I came?
4. The child (not/to sleep) for an hour before we came.

Упражнение 5. Поставьте глаголы Past Perfect или Past Perfect Continuous.

1. She (to suffer) from flu when she was interviewed.
2. She (to suffer) from asthma when she was a child.
3. I (to finish) all my work, so I had very little to do.
4. I (to finish) some work in the garden and (not/to see) Sue come home.

Упражнение 6. Поставьте глаголы в Past Perfect или Past Simple.

1. When I (to come) home, mother already (to cook) dinner.
2. By the time the train (to reach) the city, he (to make) friends with many passengers.
3. She (to give) me the book which she (to buy) the day before.
4. When we (to come) to the station, the train already (to leave).

Упражнение 7. Поставьте глаголы в Past Continuous или Past Perfect Continuous.

1. Mary (to sit) on the floor. She was very scared. She (to watch) a horror film.

2. When I arrived, everybody (to sit) around the table and (to talk).

3. When we came he (to wait) for us. He (to wait) for a long time already.

4. Yesterday Lisa (to help) her mother about the house since morning and at 12 o’clock they (to cook) dinner together.

Упражнение 8. Раскройте скобки и поставьте глаголы в одно из настоящих времен.

1. This man (to be) a writer. He (to write) books. He (to write) books since he was a young man. He already (to write) nine books.

2. What they (to do) now? They (to work) in the reading room. They (to work) there for three hours already. They (to be) students.

3. I (to stay) with some American friends in New York. I (to stay) with them for two weeks now. I (to have) a great time here. I (to take) the opportunity to improve my English. I just (to take) some pictures.

4. He (to do) his homework now. He (to do) it since morning and he (not/to finish) it yet.

Упражнение 9. Поставьте глаголы в одно из прошедших времен.

1. Yesterday I (to watch) TV. I (to watch) TV at 9 o’clock in the evening. I (to watch) TV for half an hour before I realized that I (not/to finish) my homework.
2. I often (to go) to this cinema when I (to work) here.
3. When we (to come) to the bus-stop the bus already (to leave).
4. He (to go) for a walk after he (to have) dinner.