Put the verbs in brackets into a suitable future tense.

1. Tomorrow afternoon at this time, we________ (to fly) over the Black Sea. 2. You ________(to stay) in Moscow for long? 3. I_________ (to live) with my sister while I am in Yalta. 4. Look! Those cars _________ (to collide) in a minute. 5. I wonder when they________ (to be) back. 6. My sister_______ (to come) to visit us tonight. 7. Hurry up or you_______ (to be) late for your appointment. 8. I _________(to leave) a message on the table for him. 9. I________ (to be) twenty-one tomorrow. 10. I think it________ (to rain) soon. 11. Your train______ (to arrive) there at 6 a.m. tomorrow. 12. I________ (to meet) you here at seven o'clock tomorrow. 13. I_________ (to show) you over. The house is ready for occupation. 14. "You _________(to repent) this," he threatened. 15. Please, come and help me tomorrow at 5 p.m. I ________ (to pack). 16. She writes she_________ (to finish) her course in June. 17. She writes she__________ (to finish) her course by next year. 18. When__________ (you/put on) another performance? 19. In two days time I__________ (to bathe) in the Red Sea. 20. When ________(the medicine /to be) ready? 21. I __________(to stay) if you_________ (not/ to mind). 22. She ________(to wait) for us at 10 a. m. tomorrow. 23. He_______ (not/to expect) a phone call from us till next week.

5. Translate into English.

1. Я собираюсь посмотреть этот фильм. Я уже купила билет.

2. Завтра, наверняка, будет солнечный день.

3. Завтра я поеду в университет на машине.

4. Пора упаковывать вещи. Мы выезжаем завтра утром.

5. Как только я приеду домой, я вам обязательно напишу

6. Джон через два дня сдаёт экзамен, он очень волнуется.

7. Завтра в это время я буду делать уборку в квартире.

8. Теперь, когда начались занятия в университете, я буду часто встречаться со своими друзьями.

9. Ты не будешь разговаривать с ребёнком таким тоном. Я этого не допущу.

10. Я дам вам эту книгу после того, как прочту ее

11. К этому времени мы уже закончим разговор.

12. Сколько времени ты будешь путешествовать до того, как вернёшься домой?

13. Я не успокоюсь, пока не узнаю, что они в безопасности.

14. Мы не сможем действовать, пока не получим ее согласия.

15. Сомневаюсь, что пьеса вам понравится.

16. Интересно, когда они вернутся.

17. Если Эмма опоздает, то мы уедем без нее.

18. Если Сэм об этом узнает, он придет в ярость.

The Past Tenses

The Past Simple Tense

    The Past Simple is used to denote:

1. An action performed in the past.

He left fifteen minutes ago.

2. Past actions in succession.

He threw down his spade and entered the house.

3. Repeated actions in the past.

He used to go skiing every Sunday.

4. The Past Simple denotes the future in the past action in the subordinate clauses of time and condition.

He said he would be delighted if I visited him.

A friend has come back from holiday and you are asking him about it.

Example:

1. Where/go? ____________________________________________

2. Food/good? ____________________________________________

3. Make any friends? _______________________________________

4. People friendly? ________________________________________

5. Stay in a hotel?   _________________________________________

6. How/travel? ____________________________________________

7. The weather/fine? _______________________________________

8. What/do in the evenings? _________________________________

9. Meet any interesting people? ______________________________

10. The room comfortable?                               ___________________________________

11. Go sightseeing? ________________________________________

12. What places of interest/visit?                                      ______________________________

13. Swim in the sea?   ________________________________________

14. The weather/splendid?                               ___________________________________

Complete the joke using the Past Simple of the verbs in brackets.

A businessman ____________(to want) to interview applicants for the position of divisional manager. There ___________(to be) several strong candidates, so he __________(to decide) to devise a simple test to select the most suitable person for the job. He ________ (to ask) each applicant the simple question, ‘What is two and two?’

The first applicant ________(to be) a journalist. He __________(to light) a cigarette, __________(to think) for a moment and then ___________ (to say) ‘twenty two’.

The second applicant __________ (to have) a degree in engineering. He _________(to take) out his calculator, _____________(to press) a few buttons, and ___________(to show) the answer to be between 3.999 and 4.001.

The next applicant ___________(to work) as a corporate lawyer. He ___________(to state) that two and two __________(can) only be four, and __________(to prove) it by referring to the well-known case of Gates v Monopolies Commission.

The last applicant ___________(to turn out) to be an accountant. The businessman again __________(to put) his question, ‘What’s two and two?’ The accountant _________(to get up) from his chair, __________(to go) over to the door, __________(to close) it, then __________(to come) back and ____________(to sit) down. Finally, he __________(to lean) across the desk and ____________(to whisper) in a low voice, ‘How much do you want it to be?’

Use the Present Perfect or the Past Simple in the following sentences.

1. “Mr Jones _________________(to be) arrested by the police.” “My goodness! You don’t say. What_________________(he/to do)?” 2. As we got into the taxi, my brother asked, “Well, _________________(you/to speak) to Harry?” “I _________________(to speak) to him for a moment.” 3. “Hello!”, the little girl said to her mother & looked at her companion. “Come and say “How do you do to Mr Ogden.” “I _________________(to see) him already” “You can’t have done, dear. He only _________________(just/to arrive) here. 4. She_________________(to come) into the room, _________________(to lean) over her father’s chair and _________________(to kiss) his cheek. “_________________(you/to have) a good trip?” 5. At school I _________________(never/to be) good at languages, but here I _________________(to pick) up a bit French. 6. You_________________(to say) just now that time _________________(to be) everything. What _________________(you/to mean) by that? 7. Oh, it is you, John. You_________________(to be) in touch with me for a long time. I’m glad you _________________(to ring) me up. Where________________(to be) all these weeks? I hope you _____________(not/to be) ill? 8. I_________________(to see) her name in the papers rather often of late. 9. How many examinations ________________(you/to pass) up by now? 10. Barbara! You________________(to have) the education of a lady. Please, let your father see that and don’t talk like a street girl. 11. I ________________(to meet) Ann at her father’s house twenty odd years and I______________(to know) her ever since.

9.4 Complete the sentences usingused toandwould to express a repeated action in the past.

Examples: Last year she used to keep to a special diet.

     Last year she would go jogging every morning.

1. Every weekend in winter we….

2. When they lived in Moscow they…

3. From time to time he….

4. This is the house where they…

5. When they met they…

6. Every year he…

7. When they wee in the second year they…

8. Every Saturday last year I….

9. Last month she…

10. When a child he…

Say what Mr. Reed used to do when he was young.

Example: Now he doesn’t play tennis. He used to play tennis a lot when he was young.

1. Now he doesn’t dance.

2. Now he doesn’t eat much.

3. Now he doesn’t drink beer.

4. Now he doesn’t play the violin.

5. Now he isn’t very rich.

6. Now he doesn’t travel.

7. Now he doesn’t drink strong coffee.

8. Now he doesn’t sing.

9. Now he doesn’t have many friends.

9.6 Answer the following questions using used toandwould

1. Did you listen to the texts when you were in the first year?

2. How many times a week did you go to the library?

3. How often did you have grammar tests?

4. How often did you work in the reading-hall?

5. Did you arrange get-togethers?

6. Did you often go to the library?

7. Did you like to ski last winter?

8. How many English classes did you have last year?

9. How often did you go to the theatre?

10. How often did you write dictations?

The Past Continuous Tense

The Past Continuous is used:

1) to denote an action which was going on at a definite moment in the past.. The definite moment is indicated either by an adverbial phrase or another past action expressed by the verb in the Past Simple.

When we returned home the children were sleeping.

At midnight he was still working.

The Past Continuous is often used after such phrases as the whole day, all day long.

Roy was playing in the garden al day long.

2) to create a descriptive background.

It was snowing heavily and a strong wind was still blowing. At last Jack braced himself up to go out.

3) in the sentences with emotional colouring.

She was always complaining of being lonely.