GRAMMAR EXERCISES. Ex. 1. Put the verb to write in the appropriate form:Ex. 1. Put the verb to write in the appropriate form: 1. We often... letters to our parents. 2. What... you... now? 3. Yesterday they...... tests from 10 till 12 o'clock. 4. Who...... this letter tomorrow? 5. I...... some letters last week. 6. What... you... tomorrow at 10? 7. When I came in she...... a letter. 8. Do you often... letters to your parents? 9. I... not... this article now. I...... it in some days. 10.... he... his report at the moment? 11. What... she... in the evening yesterday? 12. As a rule he... tests well. Ex. 2. Match the phrases in the left column with those in the right column:
Ex. 3. Put the verbs in brackets in the right form: 1. Peter and Ann (go) away five minutes ago. 2. I (write) the letter but I (not send) it. 3. He just (go) away. 4. She already (answer) the letter. 5. She (answer) it on Tuesday. 6. I just (tell) you the answer. 7. I (read) that book in my summer holidays. 8. The greengrocer (sell) now all his vegetables. 9. He (sell) all of them half an hour ago. 10. I (not see) him for three years. I (be) glad to see him again some time. 11. What you (do)? I (copy) the text from the text-book now. 12. He (go) to Moscow next week? 13. He (not smoke) for a month. He is trying to give it up. 14. When he (arrive)? – He (arrive) at 2: 00. 15. You (switch off) the light before you left the house? 16. I (read) these books when I was at school. I (like) them very much. 17. I can't go out because I (not finish) my work. 18. I already (tell) you the answer yesterday. 19. What you (do) tomorrow in the morning? 20. I (not meet) him last week. 21. I usually (leave) home at seven and (get) here at twelve. 22. Here is your watch. I just (find) it. 23. You (not have) your breakfast yet? Ex. 4. Comment on the formation and meaning of the tenses in the following sentences: 1. The sun rises in the East, now it is setting and night is falling. 2. I haven’t seen your brother lately. Has he gone away? 3. She suddenly realized that she had left her umbrella in the bus. 4. When shall we see you again? – I’ll call on you as soon as I come back from Canada. 5. Sometimes we read the same book again and again. 6. We’ve bought a new carpet but I don’t think it goes with the sofa. 7. He was rescued after he had been in the water for three hours.
UNIT9. THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Read, translate and retell the text:
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