Lesson 2
Now, Often, Always
A.
Answers these questions in not more than 50 words.
The writer always get up late on Sundays. Telephone
rang, it was my aunt Lucy.“I’ve arrived by train”, she said. She coming to see
him. He said, “I’m still having breakfast”. She is very surprised. She said,”do
youalways get up so late? It’s One o’clock.
B.
Write out these paragraph. Give the right form of the
words in brackets:
I am looking out of the window. I can see some children
in the street. The children playing (play)
football. They always playing(play)
football in the street. They always playing(play)
football in the street. Now a little boy kicking (kick)
the ball. Another boy running(run)
after him but he cannot catch him.
C.
Write these sentences again. Put the words in brackets
in the right place:
1.
She
rarely answers my letters. (rarely)
2.
We
never work after six o’clock. (never)
3.
The
shops alwaysclose on Saturday
afternoons. (always)
4.
Do
you always go to work by car? (always)
5.
Our
teacher frequently collects our copybooks? (frequently)
6.
We
sometimesspend our holidays abroad.
(sometimes)
7.
I
often buy gramophone records. (often)
8.
Do
you ever buy gramophone records. (ever)
Lesson 3
What
happened? (Past Tense)
Exercises
D.
Give the correct form of all the verbs in brackets.
Each verb must tell us what happened:
Last
summer, I went(go) to Italy. I visited(visit) museums and sat(sit) in public gardens. A friendly
waiter taught(teach) me a few words
of Italian. Then he lent(lend) me a book. I read(read)
a few lines, but I didn’t
understand(not understand) a word. Every day I thought (think) about postcards. My
holiday passed(pass) quickly, but I didn’t send(not send) any cards to my
friends. On the last day, I made (make)
a big desicion. I got(get) up early and buy(buy) thirty-seven cards. I spent (spend) the whole day in my room,
but I didn’t write(not write) a
single day!
Lesson
4
Simple
Future Tense
Exercises
E. Give the correct form
of the verbs in brackets. Change the verbs in bracket so that they tell us what will happen.
Our
neighbour, Captain Charles Alison, will sail(sail)
from Postmouth tomorrow. We will meet(meet)
him at the harbour early in the morning. He will
be(be) in his small boat, Topsail.
Topsail is a famous little boat. It has sailed acros the Atlantic many
times. Captain Alison set out(set
out) at eight o’clock , so we shall have(have)
plenty of time. We shall see(see) his boat and
then we shall say(say) goodbye to
him. He will be (be) away for two
months. We are very proud to him. He will take part(take
part) in an important race across the Atlantic.
F. In the paragraph below,
the verbs in italics tell us what
happened. Write the passage again. Change the verbs in italics so that they
tell us what will happen.
I
shall goto the theatre with my friend Reg.
Reg and I shall seethe first
perfomance of a play called “The End of the Road”. After the play, the producer
will givea short speech. He will spoketo the audience about the play.
The play will bevery successful and I
think a great many people will enjoyit
very much.
G. Put in shall or will:
1. The
plane willarrive in two hours’
time.
2. I
shallwait here until he comes.
3. When
shallwe see you again?
4. I
shallsend you a telegram fro Nassau.