I. Vocabulary section

Active vocabulary

Vocabulary Revision and Expansion Exercises

Exercise 1. Translate the following sentences into English using the words of Modules 6-7.

1. Ты знаешь этого человека? – Да, знаю. Он изобрел мобильный телефон. 2. Это был удивительный год в жизни нашего города. 3. Она родилась в маленькой деревушке и с ранних лет стала интересоваться животными. 4. Я получил работу в этой компании месяц назад. 5. Он окончил университет в 1976 году и решил написать статью в газету. 6. Вчера вечером после работы я села в автобус и приехала домой очень быстро. 7. После окончания университета Джордж стал менеджером туристической компании. 8. В университете сестра Ольги изучала право и иностранные языки. 9. Три года назад они жили на севере России. 10. Как они решили назвать своего младшего сына?

Exercise 2. Complete the sentences using the words from the box. Be attentive: you may need to change the forms of the verbs.

II. Grammar section

Past Simple: was and wasn’t, were and weren’t.

Exercise 1. Read the questions. Complete the answers.

1. What day was it yesterday? – It was … .

2. What month was it last month? – It was … .

3. What year was it last year? – It was … .

4. Where were you yesterday? – I was in/at … .

5. Where was your partner yesterday? – He/She was in/at … .

6. Were you in England in 1999? – …, I was./…, I wasn’t.

Exercise 2. Ask and answer questions with a partner.

Exercise 3. Correct these sentences making them negative.

1. Cleopatra was the queen of England.

2. Romeo and Juliet were American.

3. The mini skirt was famous in the 1860s.

4. Picasso and Van Gogh were famous politicians.

5. John F Kennedy was a pop singer.

6. Marilyn Monroe was an English teacher.

Exercise 4. Put the words in each line in the correct order to make up sentences. Don’t forget about articles where necessary.

1) was, brother, journalist, Mary’s, famous.

2) Richard, company, president, big, was, of.

3) at Christmas, were, John, at home, wife, and.

4) Bill Clinton, USA, president, was.

5) Russia, republics, Soviet Union, Ukraine, were, and, of.

6) was, O’Henry, stories, of, master, short.

Past Simple: regular and irregular verbs.

Exercise 5. Do we use last and ago with these times?

Last:

Ago:

Exercise 6. Make the following sentences in the past.

a) They work at this company.

b) We go to work at 9 a.m.

c) She lives in the country with her relatives.

d) He knows the subject very well.

e) John and Mary live in the centre of the city.

f) I remember this day.

g) Peter comes home from work at 6 p.m.

h) We know these people.

Exercise 7. Choose 5 regular verbs and 5 irregular verbs from this Module and make up an English-English crossword with them.

Exercise 8. Translate the following sentences into English using the words and grammar of Module 7.

1. Его вчера не было в колледже. 2. Прошлая зима не была теплой. 3. Они уехали из дома рано утром. 4. Меня там не было. 5. Почему ты вчера опоздал?6. Мы начали это задание на прошлой неделе. 7. Они вернулись домой в 7 часов вечера. 8. Мы решили послать это письмо вчера. 9. Вчера я встретил Стива в библиотеке. 10. Наши занятия закончились в половину седьмого. 11. В прошлое воскресенье погода была хорошая, и мы с друзьями пошли в парк. 12. Где они были вчера вечером? 13. Мы получили от нее важное сообщение час назад. 14. Он ушел из дома, когда ему было 12 лет. 15. Когда я учился в школе, родители часто помогали мне с домашним заданием.

Exercise 9. Write down 15 sentences on the topic “A famous person”.

Revision

Exercise 1. Write down the missing letters of the following past forms of the verbs. Some of them are regular, some are irregular.

Exercise 2. a) Read the story. Circle all the verbs in the Past Simple. How many of them can you find?

Yesterday afternoon Lionel and Frankie were at the zoo. First, they went to see the elephants. The elephants had very big ears and they made strange noises with their long noses. Lionel said that elephants ran very fast, Frankie thought that it was impossible. “They’re too big to run fast”, he said.

Then Lionel took Frankie to see the dolphins. The dolphins swam in their pool and did tricks. Frankie gave the dolphins some fish. They ate the fish very quickly. Frankie was hungry but he didn’t think that the fish were good to eat so they went to the shop at the zoo.

Lionel and Frankie bought two very big chocolate and strawberry ice creams. Then they stood and ate them next to the monkey’s cage.

b) Now answer the questions.

1. Where were Lionel and Frankie yesterday?

2. Which animals did they see first?

3. Did the elephants have small ears?

4. What did Lionel say about the elephants?

5. Did Frankie believe Lionel?

6. Where did Lionel take Frankie next?

7. What did the dolphins do?

8. What did Frankie give the dolphins?

9. Frankie was hungry. Where did they go next?

10. What did Lionel and Frankie buy at the shop?

11. Where did Lionel and Frankie stand?

Exercise 3. Choose the correct form of the verb.

1) She (work/works) in the bookshop.

2) He (get/got) home at twenty minutes to seven in the evening, (switch/switched) on the light, (close/closed) the door and (go/went/gone) to the bathroom.

3) The old lady (go/went/gone) to bed but she (hear/heard) something from the street and (wake up/woke up). She (come/came) to the window, (open/opened) it, but she (see/saw/seen) nothing.

4) My young sister (am/is/are) a modern girl. She (wear/wears) fashionable clothes which our parents (buy/buys) for us in foreign countries.

5) He (think/thinks) that he (know/knows) everything.

6) This man (was/were) very hard-working. He (do/does/did) his work very well.

7) Mother (give/gave/given) her daughter a present for the birthday.

Tongue-twisters. To read and remember

1. Swan swam over the sea.

Swim, swan, swim!

Swan swam back again.

Well swam, swan!

2. One-One was a racehorse;

Two-Two was one, too.

When One-One won one race,

Two-Two won one, too.

Module 8

I. Vocabulary section

Active vocabulary

Vocabulary Revision and Expansion Exercises

Exercise 1. Choose any 10 words from Vocabulary of this Module and make up a story with them in the past.

Exercise 2. Answer the following questions using the words of this Module.

1. What do you usually buy in the shop? What did you buy yesterday?

2. Do you read books? What did you read last week?

3. When did you wake up today? And yesterday?

4. What did you eat for breakfast today? Did you like it? Who cooked it for you?

5. What did you drink for supper yesterday?

6. When did you come to school/university/work yesterday?

7. What did you wear yesterday?

8. What did you see in the morning when you opened your eyes?

Exercise 3. Find the unnecessary verb in each line. Explain your choice.

a) See, give, write, wash, go, drive.

b) Fell, drank, went, came, give, saw.

c) Slept, bought, drunk, found, had.

d) Given, written, worn, gone, been, eaten, fallen, woke.

II. Grammar section

Past Simple: negatives and questions.

Exercise 1. Write the Past Simple sentences and questions.

Exercise 2. Work with a partner. Ask and answer questions with “When did you last …?” Ask another question for more information.

Exercise 3. Choose the correct answer.

Exercise 4. Put the words in the correct order to make questions. Then ask these questions to your partner.

1) made, morning, this, breakfast, who, your?

2) did, last, what, eat, for, night, supper, you?

3) lessons, yesterday, you, did, what, have?

4) was, today, you, saw, who, the, person, first?

5) birthday, was, last, when, your?

6) shop, did, to, a, last, you, go, week?

7) swimming, last, when, you, was, time, the, went?

8) where, on holiday, year, you, go, last, did?

Exercise 5. Translate the following sentences into English using the words and grammar of Module 8.

1. Они купили новый дом в прошлом году. 2. Когда вы видели его в последний раз? 3. На прошлой неделе мы никуда не выходили из дома по вечерам. 4. Кто встречал вас на вокзале? 5. Я не нашла твой шарф в шкафу. 6. Когда она сказала вам об этом? 7. Он начал писать стихи, когда ему было 14 лет. 8. В прошлые выходные мы смотрели удивительный фильм. 9. Кто показывал вам эти фильмы? 10. Она увидела на улице собаку и закрыла дверь. 11. Кошка съела все мясо и с интересом посмотрела на меня. 12. Она не отправляла это письмо бабушке. 13. Дождь не прекращался до вечера. 14. Вчера я съела два бутерброда на завтрак. 15. Кому вы отдали эти журналы? 16. В прошлом году мы не изучали французский. Мы изучали английский. 17. Ее не было дома в 5 часов.

Revision

Exercise 1. Imagine that you’re speaking with your partner telling him/her information about yourself. And you want your partner to tell you the same facts about his/her life. So you ask him/her questions for which the following sentences could be answers.

1. I learned many English songs when I was at school.

2. I finished school with a gold medal.

3. I entered the institute the same year that I finished school.

4. At the institute I passed most exams quite easily. I enjoyed my studies.

5. Only once I got a bad mark.

6. I got married while I was a student.

7. I received my first job right after graduation.

Exercise 2. Complete the following story using the verbs in brackets.

My “Rome Holidays”

“At last, for the first time, I live”.

Writer Henry James, on his first day in Rome.

I _______ in Rome last winter (be). It _______ my first visit to the Eternal (вечный) city (be). I ________ there at Christmas time (go). So Rome _______ even more beautiful with its Christmas decorations (look – выглядеть). My hotel _______ situated in the centre, near the Vatican (be). When I _______ to the hotel, I _______ my things in my room & _______ out quickly (get, put, go). I _______ my camera with me (take). It _______ 10 pm (be), but there _______ life everywhere (be). I _______ along the streets, _______ and ________ (go, watch, listen). I ________ music, Italian speech, laughter & many other sounds of a great city (hear). I _______ beautiful people & fine architecture (see). I _______ both (like). I _______ Italian a little, or I ________ so (understand, think). People _______ very friendly, emotional & their hands ________ as much as their mouths (be, speak). They ______ very loudly (громко) (talk). I ________ brave (смелый) enough and I ________ some questions (be, ask). I even ________ with some Italians & ________ the names of bars, cafes, shops & streets (talk, read). I _______ so happy that I completely _______ about the time (be, forget). I _______ back to my hotel late at night (come). I think I’ll remember my first evening in Rome all my life.

Exercise 3. Change the underlined words and phrases into suitable pronouns.

Tongue-twisters. To read and remember

1. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

Did Peter Piper pick a peck of pickled peppers?

If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,

where’s the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?

2. Which witch wished which wicked wish?

3. The Queen of Hearts, she made some tarts,

All on a summer day;

The Knave of Hearts, he stole those tarts,

And took them quite away!

Module 9

I. Vocabulary section

Active vocabulary

Vocabulary Revision and Expansion Exercises

Exercise 1. Choose any 10 words from Vocabulary of this Module and make up sentences with them in the past and in the present.

Exercise 2. Match the words in column A with the words in column B. Find the opposites.

II. Grammar section

Comparative and superlative adjectives.

Exercise 1. Find adjectives in the following table. How many can you see? Circle them. Then make up sentences with them.

Exercise 2. Put these adjectives in the correct column of the table according to their comparative and superlative forms.

Long, old, slow, small, bad, warm, useful, difficult, good, expensive, short, funny, interesting, important, hot, friendly, uncomfortable, fast, happy.

Exercise 3. Give the original form of the following comparative and superlative adjectives.

Bigger, longest, oldest, more important, shortest, hotter, most comfortable, worst, more difficult, funnier, easiest, more expensive, slower, most attractive, smaller, cheapest, better.

Exercise 4. Choose the right forms of adjectives in these sentences.

1. Your record is (worse/worst) than mine.

2. My flat is (small/smaller) than yours.

3. She is (better/best) now.

4. It’s the (older/oldest) building in the city.

5. Today is (hot/hotter) than it was yesterday.

6. His poems are (popular/more popular) than his novels.

7. Your hair is (longest/longer) than your brother’s.

8. This test is the (more difficult/most difficult).

Exercise 5. Make two sentences for each item as in the example.

Exercise 6. Translate the following sentences into English using the words and grammar of Module 9.

1. Этот текст труднее того, который мы читали на прошлом уроке. 2. Это самая большая и самая удобная квартира в нашем доме. 3. Это самый легкий путь до озера. 4. Он больше занят, чем ты. 5. Этот год был для нас самым трудным. 6. Мой компьютер дороже твоего. 7. В аптеке рядом с моим домом лекарства дешевле, чем в той, что рядом с метро. 8. Брат Лены выше и привлекательнее брата Ольги. 9. Это самый оживленный и самый старый уличный рынок в нашем городе. 10. Эта еда полезнее, чем гамбургеры из МакДональдс.

Exercise 7. a) Write down 15 sentences on the topic “My favourite shop/market”.

b) Write down 15 sentences on the topic “My favourite restaurant/café”.

Revision

Exercise 1. By answering the questions find out the words. Then using only the first letters of these words solve the puzzles.

I. 1) What colour is a tomato drink?

2) The characteristic of a good book or film.

3) The antonym of the word “expensive”.

4) The antonym of the word “low”.

The word –

II. 1) What colour is asphalt?

2) What is the shape of a ball?

3) What continent is the smallest?

4) Who is the most important person for a child?

5) What is the drink for a baby?

6) “Old”, “young” and “middle-aged” are characteristics of what?

7) What kind of people are businessmen from Wall Street?

The word –

III. 1) The opposite to the word “right”.

2) The opposite to the word “new”.

3) What colour was the Soviet flag?

4) The opposite to the word “light”.

The word –

IV. 1) The opposite to the word “beautiful”.

2) What is not good for your teeth?

3) What is Shakespeare’s native country?

4) The opposite to the word “serious”.

5) Mother’s brother.

6) The opposite to the word “gentleman”.

The word –

Exercise 2. Correct the mistakes in the following sentences:

1. Last night, Samantha have pizza for supper.

2. My pet lizard was died last month.

3. Yesterday I spend two hours cleaning my living room.

4. Last week he forgets his passport and loses his plane ticket.

5. What was happened to your leg?

6. She doesn’t bring a bottle of wine for our yesterday’s party.

7. Last month I have a birthday and my aunt gives me a present.

8. Does she drink coffee or tea yesterday morning?

9. They are not at home yesterday that’s why when I call they don’t answer.

10. It doesn’t rain a lot last month.

Tongue-twisters. To read and remember

1. A sailor went to sea

To see, what he could see.

And all he could see

Was sea, sea, sea.

2. There was a Young Lady of Niger,

Who smiled as she rode on a tiger;

They returned from the ride

With the lady inside –

And the smile on the face of the tiger.

Module 10

I. Vocabulary section

Active vocabulary

Vocabulary Revision and Expansion Exercises

Exercise 1. Some clothes and accessories are countable (a dress) and some are uncountable (trousers). Look at the words in the box and put them in two columns: Countable (C) and Uncountable (U).

Exercise 2. Do the Fashion Maze in pairs and decide what kind of person is your partner: a fashion victim or a slob.

II. Grammar section

Present Continuous.

Exercise 1. Continue the following sentences in the negative.

Example: Mother is talking on the phone. (sleep) – She isn’t sleeping.

1. The boys are playing. (study)

2. Mary is running. (walk)

3. The teacher is speaking. (read)

4. I am eating. (drink)

5. We are dancing. (jump)

6. They are listening to the radio. (watch TV)

7. John is standing. (sit)

8. Father is shaving. (wash)

9. Mother is cooking. (clean the floor)

10. Jenny is opening the door. (close the window)

Exercise 2. Answer the questions using the words in brackets.

Example: Are you drawing? (write a story) – No, I’m not. I’m writing a story.

1. Is he writing a letter? (watch TV)

2. Is Dad smoking in his room? (read a newspaper)

3. Are they listening to the radio? (talk with a friend)

4. Are you reading Byron’s poems? (learn them by heart)

5. Is she washing the dishes? (cook)

6. Is Jack playing the piano? (listen to concert)

7. Are you playing computer games? (study English)

8. Is Henry skating? (ski)

9. Are they having breakfast? (have lunch)

10. Are the students writing a dictation? (answer the questions)

Exercise 3. Match the beginning of the sentence on the left with the appropriate ending on the right.

Exercise 4. Read about Mark. Then fill in the gaps with the words from the box.

Present Continuous and Present Simple.

Exercise 5. Bill (5 years old) is having a bad dream. Everything is wrong! Look at the two lists below. Fill in the gaps in the sentences. Use Present Simple and Present Continuous.

Example: Bill usually has a shower, but today he’s having a cold bath.

Exercise 6. Put the verbs in the brackets into Present Simple or Present Continuous.

Caller: Good morning, 1) is (be) Mr Brown there?

Man: No, 2) … (not/be) here. He 3) … (work) at the moment. He usually 4) … (work) until 4 pm.

Caller: What about Mrs Brown? Where 5) … (be) she?

Man: She 6) … (do) the shopping. She always 7) … (do) the shopping on Wednesday afternoons.

Caller: Where 8) … (be) the children?

Man: They 9) … (play) football. They always 10) … (play) football after school.

Caller: How 11) … (you/know) all this? Who are you?

Man: I 12) … (be) the burglar!

Exercise 7. a) Complete the sentences with the verb in Present Continuous or Present Simple