Английский язык: самоучитель

Language focus 1

The Past Simple (Indefinite) Tense (more practice)

Прошедшее неопределенное время (дополнительная практика)

1. Put these sentences into the Present Continuous and Past Simple Tenses.

Поставьте данные предложения в Настоящее продолженное и Прошедшее простое времена.

Example: He prepares application forms every day.

He is preparing an application form now.

He prepared an application form last month.

2. Ask General and Special Questions.

Задайте общие и специальные вопросы.

1. We had electricity and central heating on the farm.

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What....................................................................................?

2. The waiter served us very well in that restaurant.

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Where....................................................................................?

3. He got a diploma in architecture last month.

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What diploma...........................................................................?

4. Her choice was extremely rewarding.

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Whose choice............................................................................?

5. The twins came to their parents without any news.

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Why.......................................................................................?

6. They studied this subject at the age of ten.

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At what age...............................................................................?

7. They ordered a lot of delicious food.

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What.......................................................................................?

3. Write a short story in the Past. Use the words given.

Напишите небольшой рассказ в прошедшем времени, используя данные слова.

A. born, date, month, primary school, grandmother, parents, develop, get, extremely rewarding, subjects.

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B. application form, interview for a job, choice, extremely difficult, diploma, news, congratulations.

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C. restaurant, waiter, order, gravy, roast, enough, hungry, plain water, enjoy, delicious meal.

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4. Study some more Irregular Verbs.

Выучите еще несколько неправильных глаголов.

To break-broke

To buy-bought

To bring-brought [bro: t]

To drink-drank

To drive-drove

To eat-ate

To give-gave

To leave-left

To make-made

To meet-met

To put-put

To say-said [sed]

To sell-sold

To send-sent

To speak-spoke

To teach-taught [to: t]

To tell-told

To think-thought

To understand-understood

To write-wrote

Put these stories into Past.

Перепишите рассказы в прошедшем времени.

A. I always go to the same restaurant at the weekend. I drive my car there. I always leave my car at the entrance. The porter says «Good evening» to me. I take the table at the window. They always serve fresh tasty food there. I drink red wine and eat roast and marinated vegetables. For dessert they bring cakes and then ice- cream. Nothing special but...this is just what I want.

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B. My mother is a primary school teacher and I understand her choice very well. She meets new people all the time. And she makes them feel happy. She teaches very small children. It is difficult but extremely rewarding. She thinks very much about her job. In the evening she tells us a lot about her little students. Sometimes she speaks to the kids’ parents or sends notes to them.

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Language focus 2

The Degrees of Comparison of Adjectives

Степени сравнения прилагательных

Как и в русском языке, в английском прилагательные имеют три степени сравнения: положительную, сравнительную и превосходную.

Например, вкусный – вкуснее – самый вкусный

Образование:

У односложных и некоторых двусложных прилагательных (заканчивающихся на – r или – y) степени сравнения образуются путем прибавления к положительной форме суффиксов – er для сравнительной формы и – est для превосходной (эта форма используется с артиклем the).

Cheap – cheaper – t he cheapest

Happy – happier – the happiest

Правописание:

Удваивается согласная после краткой гласной (чтобы сохранить закрытый слог): big – bigger – the biggest.