Model Verb should/ shouldn’t
Exercise 1. Insert where you should shouldn’t.
1. You __________ be late for your classes.
2. You __________ argue with your parents.
3. You __________ be attentive to your friends’ problems.
4. You ________ get on well with your family.
5. You __________ be honest with your friends.
6. You _________ eat too much.
7. You ______ inform your parents if you are getting late.
8. You ________ tell your friends about your problems.
9. You __________ mix with people who smoke.
10. You _____________ cross the road here.
Exercise 2. Translate the sentences and determine the meaning of the modal verb (advice, duty, reproach, bewilderment).
1. We should think twice before buying that yacht.
2. You should have thanked the teacher.
3. A real lady should be delicate in her words and doings.
4. Why should I wash their cups?
5. She shouldn’t be so light-minded.
6. They should inform the police immediately.
7. How should I know that?
8. You should have warned me beforehand.
9. The secretary should answer the phone-calls.
10. Your son should take part in this mathematical competition.
Exercise 3. Connect the words.
1. He is 10 years younger than Sara. A. You should go and wash it.
2. My plants are dying. B. She shouldn’t marry him.
3. I have put on 5 kilos lately. C. You should connect the charger.
4. Your hair looks greasy. D. You shouldn’t eat so many sweets.
5. My telephone battery is getting low. E. You should water them regularly.
Exercise 4. Set should or shouldn’t.
1. You ________ eat too much salt and sugar.
2. You ________ drive carefully.
3. It’s midnight. We ________ go home.
4. Your little daughter ________ spend so much money on toys.
5. It’s quite cold today. We ________ wear our jackets.
6. The service is awful here. We ________ complain to the manager.
7. Your shirt is dirty. You ________ change it.
8. The parcel is fragile. You ________ throw it.
Phrasal verb run.
Exercise 1. Fill in: after, out of, into.
1. Mike ran ____ Nick on his way home. We ran ____ bread, so we went to buy some. The police are rоunning ____ a robber.
2. Sharon thought David was out of town, but she ran into him at the cinema.
3. We’ve run ____ sugar – I’ll go and buy some.
4. I hope we won’t run ____ petrol before we get home!
5. I ran ____ Eddie in the supermarket yesterday.
We’ve run ____ petrol. We need to find a petrol station.
6. Guess what? I ran ____ Ivan at the library today.
Past Simple
Exercise 1. Uncover brackets using the Past Simple verbs.
1. He (to come) to school after the first lesson yesterday.
2. The weather (to be) cold last week.
3. When I (to be) a little girl I (to spend) summer in the village.
4. Why did you (to return) so late home yesterday?
5. I (to get) two good marks in English two days ago.
6. The children did not (to study) English two days ago.
7. Where (to be) you at three o’clock p.m. yesterday? I (to be) at home.
Exercise 2. Translate the words in brackets into English.
1. (Неделю назад) we wrote a dictation in English.
2. (Недавно) the children went to the cinema.
3. The boys played football in the yard (вчера).
4. (Прошлое воскресенье) went to the village to see our grandmother.
5. (Давно) my grandparents lived in the town of Minsk.
Exercise 3. Write questions for these suggestions.
1. Mike went to England a month ago.
a. Who?
b. Where?
c. When?
2. The boys played games out of doors last Sunday.
a. Who?
b. Where?
c. When?
D. What?
3. The children stayed at the seaside for two weeks a year ago.
a. Who?
b. Where?
c. When?
D. How long?
Exercise 4. Answer the questions.
a) 1. Where were you at 7 p.m. yesterday?
2. Where were you in summer?
3. Was your father at home in the afternoon yesterday?
4. Where was your mother yesterday?
5. Were you at home at this time yesterday?
b) 1. Did your parents learn English when they were schoolchildren?
2. When did you begin to learn English?
3. What did you do on Sunday?
4. When did you do your homework yesterday?
5. Where did you spend your last summer holidays?
Past Simple and used to.
Exercise 1. Form negative and interrogative sentences sentences with constructions "used to".
1. People used to make their own cheese and butter. (Бывало, люди готовили свой собственный сыр и масло.)
2. My sister used to wear jeans. (Когда-то моя сестра носила джинсы.)
3. Jill used to eat raw fish. (Бывало, Джилл ела сырую рыбу.)
Exercise 2. Open parenthesis. Use the used to construct.
1. Ann ____ (buy) white bread, but now she buys brown bread.
2. Susan ____ (drink) black coffee, but now she drinks white.
3. Henry ____ (smoke) a pipe, but now he doesn’t smoke at all.
4. My dad ____ (run) 5 km every day, but now he doesn’t run.
5. My wife ____ (spend) much money on clothes, but now she spends it on travelling.
Exercise 3. Open parenthesis. Put one verb in the Past Simple form, and the other using the used to construct.
1. I ____ (earn) enough money, but then I ____ (lose) my job.
2. Bob ____ (not like) football, but then he ____ (change) his mind.
3. My mum ____ (drive) a lot before she ____ (have) that accident.
4. This telephone ____ (work) well before my son ____ (drop) it.
5. Mary ____ (work) in a hotel, but then she ____ (get) married.
6. He ____ (play) basketball before he ____ (break) his leg.
Exercise 4. Translate the following sentences into English.
1. Моя подруга раньше была полной.
2. Он раньше не изучал английский.
3. Где раньше они работали?
4. Она раньше не любила его.
5. Твой отец путешествовал раньше?
6. Мы раньше были соседями.
7. Вы были лучшими друзьями раньше?
8. Сколько ты раньше весил?
Relative Pronouns and adverbs.
Exercise 1. Write out those sentences in which relative pronouns can be omitted, but the meaning will remain the same.
1. She met a woman who works on TV. (Она встретила женщину, которая работает на ТВ.)
2. The thing that I like about Nick is his punctuality. (Что мне нравится в Нике – это его пунктуальность.)
3. It was the funniest book that I have ever read. (Это была самая смешная книга, которую я когда-либо читала.)
4. What is the name of the perfume which you are wearing today? (Как называются духи, которыми вы пользуетесь сегодня?)
5. The hotel where they stayed was terrible. (Отель, в котором они остановились, был ужасным.)
6. I don’t really know why she is crying. (Я действительно не знаю, почему она плачет.)
7. Amanda is my best friend who I can always rely on. (Аманда – моя лучшая подруга, на которую я всегда могу положиться.)
8. My boss Ted, who is Spanish, plays the guitar. (Мой босс Тед, будучи испанцем, играет на гитаре.)
9. Who was that boy who you were talking to? (Кто был тот парень, с которым ты разговаривал?)
10. The company which I work for is based in Italy. (Компания, на которую я работаю, основана в Италии.)
Exercise 2. Put the appropriate relative pronoun who, which, that, when, why, where or which.
1. His sister, ____ name is Lara, works at the library.
2. Her last film, ____ I couldn’t understand at all, was a great success.
3. Give him something ____ will take away the pain.
4. I work in the town ____ my son lives.
5. We’ll show you the poem ____ changed my life.
6. Doctors, ____ claim money, are shameless.
7. Is there a shop near here ____ sells milk?
8. That’s the main reason ____ I came to you.
9. I’ll never forget my childhood ____ I was so happy.
10. People ____ live in flats shouldn’t have animals.
11. The car ____ he bought last month is fantastic.
12. This is the most beautiful waterfall ____ we have ever seen!
Exercise 3. Choose correct letter.
1. __ is that sitting over there on the bench?
a. Who
b. Whom
c. Which
2. I don't understand a word __ you are speaking about.
a. what
b. that
c. who
3. They have a very large house round __ there are some beautiful gardens.
a. that
b. which
c. whose
4. I'm looking at the photograph __ you sent me with your email.
a. which
b. who
c. whom
5. There is a new television program called: '__ wants to be a millionaire?'.
a. Which
b. What
c. Who
6. I think you will see that this is the best museum __ you can find in the city.
a. that
b.which
c.who
7. The police want to find out __ drove the green car into the shop window.
a. who
b. who's
c. whose
8. Did you meet the lady __ uncle works in the reception?
a. who
b. whose
c. who's
9. The person in the house next to mine knows someone __ met the King.
a. who
b. whom
c. which
10. The grass, __ I cut every week, seems to grow really quickly.
a. who
b. who's
c. which