Exercise 4. Choose suitable remarks for each of the left side of the page.

1. It is dark. 2. It is time to get up. 3. It is cold. 4. The day is dull. 5. The streets are quite white. 6. The streets are muddy. 7. She feels so tired. 8. Oh, the water is so hot! 9. I don’t hear his steps. 10. I am not tired any more. 11. Look! The ground is like iron! 12. I don’t see my cup. The alarm-clock has rung Well, he has put on his slippers. It has frozen. She has not slept tonight. Of course you aren’t, you have taken a shower. A thick fog has spread over the city. It has rained since the very morning. Winter has come. Sure it is. I’ve turned on the hot water tap. Sure it is. I’ve turned on the hot water tap. The thaw has begun. I’ve taken it to the kitchen.

 

Exercise 5. Combine the following words and word-groups into sentences paying special attention to the position of adverbs.

1. Everything, she, has, discovered. 2. She, my heart, in two has cut. 3. Yet, has, she, not left, her room. 4. Once, only, has, there, been, he. 5. Just, me, he, told, about his friend, has. 6. Up to town, gone, your outfit, she, to buy, has. 7. Never this, from town, come, I, have, you, to tell. 9. Often, spoken, has, to us, he, on the subject. 10. Returned, have, sooner, I expected, than, I.

 

Exercise 6. Translate into English using the Present Perfect.

1. Что случилось? 2. Куда он ушел? 3. Я уже прочитала эту книгу. 4. Начался дождь. 5. Я его еще не видела. 6. Мать уже испекла булочки. 7. Ты когда-нибудь катался на коньках по замершей реке? 8. Сегодня я не была в библиотеке. 9.Реки и пруды уже замерзли. 10. В этом году я часто видела их в кино. 11. Я не встречала его с весны.

 

Exercise 7. Insert predicates in the Present Perfect or in the Past Simple and other missing parts of the sentence using the phrases in brackets.

A.The doctor … today (to visit ten of his patients). 2. His brother …. that day. (not to go to the picture). 3. It …the day before yesterday. (to rain heavily). 4. The professor …two days ago. (to examine him). 5. He…the other day. (to call on us).

B.1. The tourists … this week. (to arrive here). 2. Mother … that week. (to take the children to the Zoo). 3. My husband and I…last week. (to be at the theatre). 4. The children …a week ago. (to come from the country). 5. My aunt … for a week. (to stay with us).

ТИПЫ ВОПРОСОВ

В английском языке существуют четыре типа вопросительных предложений: общий вопрос, специальный вопрос, разделительный и альтернативный вопросы.

Ex.1. Задайте общие вопросы:

1. They are students. 2. The task is easy. 3. His father is a policeman. 4. I like reading. 5. My sister goes to the Institute every day. 6. She will come tomorrow. 7. Tom was born in Moscow. 8. This work is a difficult. 9. He came home at 6 o’clock last night. 10. They know English well.