Lei 1100 ISBN 973-80-3071-6 EDITURA DIDACTICA $1 PEDAGOGICA, R.A, — BUCURESTI. 1995 a. \ MINISTERUL INVATAMANTULUI GEORGIANA FARNOAGA bors Buntkctyi : } MINISTERUL INVATAMANTULUI DORIS BUNACIU NG). +» where you MANUAL PENTRU CLASA A VIIL-A 7 : | ! | a EDITURA DIDACTICA $1 PEDAGOGICA, RA, ~ BUCURESTI‘envalola fos eleborat kn anu 1989 gi revit in 1990 ISBN 973-30-3071-6 Controtul stlingtie a fost efectuat de BCATBRINA COMISRL, ineprctor ML. sl de cutodsa de speiaitate dole Seoala Ne. 8 din Bucuresti, Reducter Simons Rosetth Tclinwteabielos: Lom Mine _ READING PRACTICE Rete HOLIDAY PLACES Some towns on the English coast have only small populations in winter but during tho summer season thoy aro filled with thousands and thousands of holiday-makers. Most people in Britain have at least two weeks? holiday a year. July and ‘August are the most popular months for holidays end there is always a ot: of traffic on the roads to the seaside. In the south west of England, you can find small fishing villages where you can stay for a while in peace and quiet. In the north east. of England you can walk along the wild coast of. Nortitumberland without meeting anyone at all. On the south coast you ean lie on the beaches and enjoy the sun on the English Riviera. If you want a holiday with lots of people and lots of ‘uri then you will like fa really big holiday resort like Blackpool on the west coast, of England or Brighton on the south coast. Or you might like to g» to a holiday camp. ‘They aro to be found all over the country, especially nesr the populer resorts. A holiday camp is rather like a hotel. Everything is very well organized and thoy have dances, parties, special arrangements for children and plenty of seames and sport. You don't need to be lonely at a holiday camp. (Ge Merson et ab, This Bay) H, EXERCISES A. Answer the following questions about the text * Holiday Places”. ‘Then read questions 1-4, 8, 10— 12 again aud give your answers thinking of holidays in Romani. |. What happens to some towns on the English coast in summer? . How many weeks holiday do most people in Britain have every year? Which are the most popular months for holidays? . How muclt traffic is there on the roads to the seaside in summer? What kind of villages ore there in the south-west of England? 3. Where can you walk in the north east of England? 7. What can you do on the south coast? 8 What are the big hiotiday resorts in England? 9. Where is Blackpool? What about Brighton? 9) Teme marked are optional thronghont the book,40, What is @ holiday camp? {1, Where are holiday camps to be found? 412, What arrangements are there at the holiday camps? B. Talk about your summer holiday by answering the following questions: 4. Where did you spend your summer holiday? 2. How long did you stay there? 3, Were you there alvne or with your parents (Friends) brothers? 4, Did you enjoy your stay? 5. Whab did you do every day? 8, What arrangements were there for children? ¢ opies for free conversation | composition: {. Talk about heliday places in England, 2. Deserihe a holiday place in Romania. 3, Activities in @ holiday eamp for children, & Your impressions about, your summer holiday. HL GRAMMAR REVIEW PRESENT TENSE SIMPLE AND CONTINUOUS 1. Choose one of the forms of to he oF 19 kuve given in brackets: 4. You (las, have) a flower in your right hoad 2, Tom (has, have) two penis, a green ane and a red one 5. Nick end Mary (has, hace) &n English lesson every Monday. 4 She (has, have) a Tot of Hooks 5. There is, are) piclures on the wall, 2 Pat in the corveet form of the verb in brackets Ezample: ‘The teacher (si), ‘The teacher ie siting. ‘The pupils (sit) in tho elossroom . They (rite) in their exercise-hooks. }. The teacher (stand) near the blackboard. He (speck) to the children 1 (play) now. You (play) with me We (play) tennis, She (read) a good book. . Ask questions {0 the Tollowing answers ushig whe, wilire, what and how many. Example ‘Their books are on their desks. Where are their hooks? {. She is sitting at her table 4, The teacher is speoking to the 2. We have books and pens in our childzen, eee schoolbags. : 5. Peter is writing . 5. Peter is writing his homework 3. The sponge and the chalk ere 6. There axe threw new cinemas in on the tnachor's desk bur tov ‘The Present Tense Simple (Tic yo, we, ey every day. 6. Tom (am, #8, are) in the new building. 1, you, we, dhe con TT am, he are) pil ; vou we Chey] don | Path and mother font 5 are) engineers ae same | a a ‘The Present Tense Continuous pee oe ere eee eee l a Do T, you, we, they | spoaking English He, she ‘on, we, they | are T ann Fite, aie in —} aot | reading « book “We. your they [are he, she playing tennis 4. Supply the correct form of the verbs in rackets, (en make the sentenees negative. Examples: 1 (like) pears. (apples) 1 lice pears. A don’t like apples. Jane (tke) apples. (plums) Tone Ickes apples She docsn’s Tige ploms.Soa pe en 4. 1 (like) tea. (milk) 2. He (understand) Fronch. (dnglish) 8, Mrs Smith (teach) English, (Prench) 4.1 (visit) my friends on Sundays. (on Saturdays) 5. Paul (rend) novels. (poems) 6. Thoy (study) geography. (history) f 17, My baby brother (cry) at night. (in the daytime) 8. She (like) classical music. (modern music) 9. He (write) posteards. (eters) 10. My friends (see) a film every week. (a play) ‘he words in italics are the answers : 5, Aske questions to whi 4. He sponds hie holidays at the seaside, 2, John works in a factory. 3, They wateh television in the evening. 4 They go to school in the afternoon 5. All my friends speak English well. 6. He sees a film overy week. 6. Make sentences from the following table : a ‘very morning | bee __)preaktast is having ew Me jis baviog | ERC cimsesianeeeee! She ‘writes ; wary wok Nick is writing _| eee at the moment. an reads every month, . 2 a book |__| is reading now. 7. Fill in the blonks with the right form of the vorb in brackets. Baamples: 1. Sho (walk) for half an bour every day. She walks for half on hour every day, 2 She (walk) at this moment. She is walking at this moment. A. We (practise) English now. 2, John and Tom (study) together every day. 1. Jane (write) a letter now. Clara (draw) a map for her Geography class now. ‘Tom and John (talk) for a while every day. They (talk) at this moment. 5. Attor reading each of the following situations answer the questions: What does he do? ‘What is he doing? Model: Jane is an English toacher. At the moment she has a letter in her hand. What does she do? Sho teaches English. What is she doing? She is reading a lett2r. A. Peter is @ worker in a shoe-factory. At the moment he is in his ear, on the way home. 2, Jack is a football player. He is at the restaurant now. The food is good, So is the wine. . 3. John Brown is a film director. At the moment he is or a plane, There is fa cup of coffes in front of him and a newspaper in his hand. 4 Tom has @ job as a driver. At the moment he is at the cinema. 5, Helen is very fond of reading novels. A book of poems is in her hand now, Use the Present Tenso Simplo for things that are done habitually, regularly, frequently: We go to school every day. We usually wateh TV in the evening. Use the Present ‘Tose Continuous for fan action going on at the moment of speak Look! Tt is raining. 17 ADDITIONAL READING: JACK PRATT, TAXI DRIVER Jock Pratt is one of London's taxi drivers. He always parks his taxi outside Vietoria Station because there are many tourists *here who want to drive round London, Jack is always vory friendly and helpful. He dvives the tourists to Buckingham Palace where the Queen lives. Then he drives to the Houses of Pasliament and number ten Downing Strost where the Primo Minister lives. After thnt he drives to St. Poul’s eathedzel and pethaps the Tower of London. Sometimes tourists want to stop in Trafalgar Square and feed the pigeons which fly round the status of Lord Nelson, Lond Nelson was a great English sca captain. ; Sometimes tourists want to go to Madame Tussaud's Waxworks where they can see wax models of many femous people: kings and quoons, fla stars, prime ministers and pop stars. Tack Pratt likes his job, He helps the tourists as much a8 he con} REVISION HT © READY ACTICE SPORTS AND GAMES In Britain all schoolgirls and schoolboys have to take part in some kind ‘The most papular games are hockey and netball for girls and football a for boys. In winter the boys usually play football and the girls hockey. In summer the boys play cricket and the girls netball. In some schools other sports are very popular too, for instance s\vimming, athleties and tennis. OF come in every school there ave some boys and girls who do not like sports and games at all and who always try and give excuses to the sports’ master to avoid playing. Bu most of the cbildren enjoy sports very much and some of them want to become famous chempions. In most British schouls each boy or gist belongs to a “Howse”. The “Houses”, which usually have their own names, compete against each other in sports and gnmos and sometimes in other activities, too. There are usually House Cap Gares during. the school year and there are also inter-sehool ieetings ani championships, The best players represent their schools in these. EXERCISES: A.* Answer the following questions shout the text: 4. Do all children in Britain have to take part in some kind of sport? 2. Which are the most popular games for girls? 3, What games do boys like best? 4, What games do boys play in winter? What about gists? 5. What games do they play in sumine 6. What other sports are popular in Briti 7. What do “the Houses” do? 8 Who represents the school in schools? er-school championships? B. Talk ahout games and sports ly answering the following questions: What gomes can you play? Which of them do you play best? Do you play it at school or,do you belong to a sports club? Does anyborty else in this class play the sume game? — Do you take part in inter-class championships? What about inter school meetings? 5. Do your classmates come and see you when you play? 6. Do you like ‘that? 7. How many times a week do you train? 8. When are matehes held, on Sundays only or on weekdays as well? 9. What about sports? Do you like swimming, for instance? 10, Which do y&& prefer, swimming in the sea, in a lake or in a swimming-pool? 44, Do you go swimming only in summer or in winter es well? 42. Do you go swimming alone or with your friends? 43, Are you a good swimmer? How far can you avi 44, Can you swim under water? 45, Why is it pleasant to swim under water 46. Is it difficult. or easy to learn how to swim? 47. When did you learn to swim? 48, How long did it take you to learn that? Who taug , Make sentences on the pattern: Vm fond of running. F'm fond of playing tennis. D.* sports and games Make several ists of sports and games: | you Ukr to watchs you ploy: |. You'd ike to play. ‘You may choose from the following: Volleyball ‘epmnastios sing football athletes skating handball boxing eyeling | beskethelt running rowing rugby jumping movnteineering -vater polo foe hockey . ML. GRAMMAR REVIEW PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE and CONTINUOUS La. Situal Tom: Has anybody seen my fountain pen? Nick: 1 haven't. Why? What's the matter? Tom: Pve lost it. Nick: When did you last have it? Tom: 1 haven't seen it since yesterday afternooi. Nick: Have you looked in your desk? fon ¢is have (just) ae avert seen Helen ae ries ee invited him pee He met already. Lb. Rephrase the following sentences using Present 0 Tom: Yes, U've just looked and it isn’t there. Whore ean it bo? Nick: Have you brought it ta school? Tom: ¥ don’t remember. Niele: What pity! Have you had it for a long tine? Tom: Yes, since 1 started school. Pye been it for a long time. Tt was a prosont from my father, you know. Nick: Wait! What’s this in my coat pocket? Tom: My fountain pen. Of course, I lent it to you yesterday, Nick: And it’s heen in my pocket all the time, ‘The Present Perfect Tense Simple (She) Motels She ied tho table and is ready now, She has laid the table. |. She turned on the radio and it's on now She combed her hair and it’ |. John broke the window and it's broken now. . Mary washed hor dress and it’s clean now. - L wrote threo excreises in my book and hore they are. . He wont to the cinema vad is there now. Tom forgot the girl's nome and he still can’t remember it 7 | Hee Jost his fountain pen.and he still can’t find it Practise tho following dialogue with the words given helow : Model: TXT Knn hos broken her arm. B: Hos she? When wos that? Az She broke it on Wednesday They "see that film = on Saturday. Tom ring you up an hour ago. 1 read thet articla —-— Inst. week. Tom come back = yesterday. - They, meet your cousin — on: Monda: My friends — visit London —Jast_ summer. 4) | Say when ») Don't say [when | I saw Tom last night. I've seen Tom. + (1 ean tell you about him.) 1 lost my pon when Poe lost my pou was playing. (can't write Remember! 2) When Past Tense action took place. b) When Present Perfect is used we are interested in the prosont result of a past action. used, we specify when the past 3, [juet-+ Prevent Pesfect | and [ago + Past Tense. a) Practise the following dialogue with the words given below: ‘A: When did the train leave. B: It let three minutes ago. A: Oh, it has just lett, T. Film — start — threo winutes ago 2. You— see Tom —a few minutes ago. 3. You — hear the news on the radio — a quorter of an hout ago. 4, She — come to school —a day or two ago. d) Situation : “The lesson started at 9 and it is now 9.01. “You're late again” ‘tho teacher says. “But the lesson has just. started.” “It started a minute ago,” said the teacher. Make up sentences of your own using : ago + Past Tense Just + Present. Perfect, 4. A friend invites you to Tach. You had lunch at 12 30. Tt is now 1:00. What do you say? 2. Your friend went out at 5. [t's 5:10. You ask for him. What does his mother say? 3. The train for Brayov lett at 10: catch it? Why not? 4, Little Tommy is hungry again. He had a sandwich at 4:00, It is 4:45 now. What does his sister say? 5. Mary spoke-over the phone with Jane at 12:00. It's now 42:90 ‘and she wants to ring Jene up again. Whet does her father say? u 1. It is now 10.05, Con you still4 [Present Povtect with already a) Situation "Tom has bought three Uickets for a very good film. He wants to invite Mery and Helen. He doesn’t know whether they have seen the film 0» not. He asks them: “HAVE YOU SEEN THE FILM YET” Mary says she'll come along because she hasn’t seen the 6 film yet. Helen says she isn't coming because she has already seen ions of your own and answer them in the affirmative or negative : 4, It’s 12:00. You ave laying the table for dinner. Your friend has just come, What does your mother ask? 2. You aro in the street, walking with your brother. You meet a elass- mate of yours and you are not sure if she knows your brother or aot. What do you ask? said she'd write her friend a letter. You would like to know what she hor done about it. 4 You know Helen lost her handbag some days ago, but she hoped she would find it, What do you ask her? (Adapted fram: R O°NCIN English se Situations.) }) Finish off the sentemees with yctjairendy. 4. T can’t give you the bonk, because 2 He can yo out and pley because 3. Don’t ask me to talle to him again. 1 4, L haven't told him about the match be 5. 1 want to meet your sister. You know [ 2.2... sent Perfect with: ever, never, always, seldom, ‘ someti t a) Practise the following dialogue with the words given below. your own answer using never, often, seldom, sometimes. ‘A: Pm going to skate next month. B: Have yon ever skated hefore? Az No, I've never skated in my life, 1, paint a picturejtomonow 5. use the tape reconder/next 2. see “Humlet"/on Sunday lesson. i 3. keep a diary}next year 6, ride @ bicycle/tomorrow. i 4, act in a play/on Monday i ive B. i) Make up sentences of your own expressing: 4, Something you have often done. 2. Something your teacher has never done. 3, Something your friends have always dons 4. Something you have seldom done, 5, Something you have always liked. FIN in the correct tense (Present Perfect Simple or Present Tenso 4, Father is at home. He (alreadylarriee) 2. The Browns oren't ready to leave, They (not get uplytt) 8. Father is at the office. He (stltfwork). 4, The plane is still in the air. 1 (not landjyet) 5. The Jonoses have never had coffee for breikfast. They (alirays! have tea). Jane isn't up yet. She (stil/step ). . Up to now Tom (neverfravel) by ship because he is afraid of get~ ting. droWaéd 8. During the last few years Mary (only write) poems but nov she (arrive) « novel. 8. Mr, Brown has told us he will see a film stutring Blizabeth Taylor tomorrow. He is very ourious what i will be like since he (never! see) her in a film before, 10. The teacher can’t tell us whether the test (ot correct dhemyet). ood or bad because [Present Pevieet with Toriinee | a) Rephrase the following sentences using present perfeet with “for” oF “sineo" "The Tast time T saw a good film was three weeks ay T haven't seen a good film for three weeks. "The Tast time I took @ test was on Mh T haven't taken a test since Monday. Tent @ Teluer to my friend was a month age, we saw his bratherwas ten yeurs ago. hhespoke French was five yearsago. she did her homework was a ‘ortnight ago. father worked Inte wos two months azo. wergave # party was six months ago. ‘The last timeT met her oousin was in 1980, they querrelled was on his birthday. Tent him money was in Tuly. he missed the train was last Wednesday. she broke a plate was at the party. it rained was in August. ‘The tast time b) Put in since or for. Example: Tom has been here since 1989 but Goorge has only been hhere for a few months. 4. Mary has known Alice... three years, but I have only known Alico....New Year's Evo, 2. Thaven’t met my friend... Monday and he hasn't seen his friend s+ weeks Daisy hasn’t written to her grandmother... her birthday, so Grandmother hasa't heard from Daisy... three months. 4. Thaven't bought any pencils... two weeks; I haven't bought any pencils... March. . Lhiven’t had a cup of tea... yesterday and I haven't eaten any- thiag ... five hours 6. She has studied English... six years; she has studied this language ...a long time, 3. ‘The Present Porfect Continuous ‘Tense T Wo | have | been studving You | ve English ete five yours, They since} tast year. | for | thre days, aa LK; oreo half an hove] 7 Seamging| [2° | [alton ow She the plano 8. Uso the Present Perfect Continuous ‘Tense (ave teen ing Form) of the verb italicized in the first sentence of each pair: Example: We is tearing now. We has been learning for two hours, 4. They are studying verbs. They... Uhem for about. two months, Mary is «riting some letters, She... all mornin since two clock. 12 | 1 8. The children are reading in the lbrary. They - ' 4. The avtist palmting my portent." He... portraits for twenty years. 5. She is teaching Froneh. Sho... French for five years. 6. She fives in that block of flats. Shes. there since Sune ' “ | I t 9. Answer the following questions using Present Parfext Simple, Present Perfect Continuous or Past Tens 4, How long have you bean Tiving in this town? 2. How many times have you been to the seaside this year? ‘3. Did you go to the cinoma last week? What film éid you seo? 1% Have you done your homework for today? When did you do it? 5. How long have you heen studying English? 6. Have you been to the theatre lately? When did you last go to the theatre? 7. Have you had dinner yet? 8, Did you got up early or Inte yesterday? 9. How long have we been doing this exercise? 40. Whon did you last visit your grandparents? 41. Where did you bay your eoat? When did you buy it? How long have you been woating it? 49, Have you ever tried to learn Italian/Spanish/German? ‘Use the Present Perfoct : 8) to expross an action that has taken place quite elcse to the present moment: Tee just met him. ‘Pee already dane it. b) to express an action that took place in the past but whose result is relevant to the present: T've cleaned the house — It is clean now. “Why are you tired?” “I've been working a day.” ©) to express an action thot takes place (or doesn't) in a period of time ineluding the present moment: I've been studying English for three years T haven't seen her for wo swceks. He has been here since August. 4) Frequoney words oocur with Present Portoet to show repeated actions trom the past to the present. Lemples | —— Eeample: | ive often pall them visits, Tet them tio years ago, We've been good friends fortwo. Yeurs and T have alten paid them Other frequency words are: nover, seldom, always, semetimes. 1810, Supply the eorreet t Sa © (Present, Bast, Present Poeet} 1. Me (rite) a tot of letters yesterday. 2. He already (write) two letters this morning. 3. Te (write) a letter now, 4 You (see) my peneil? 1 (lose) it 5. 1 (go) to the seaside last year 6.1 (read) many books when I was on holiday. 7. | (learn) English for the last two years, and now I (study) French too. 8. Now hy (paint) a portrait, It is the thind portrait he (paint) this + 9. 1 (live) in Bucharest since T was bom. LL Supply the correct tense ( Past, Past Continuous, Present Perfect, Present Perfeet Continous } 1, Last year they (begin) Ww build a new bioek of flats I (sce) you yosterday. You (crass) the street, but you (not see) me. He (work) here for five years. He works in the next room, Whon you (enter) the room, { (listen) to the radio. . He just. feome) home. “Whore is John?" “Hy (go) out ten minutes ago.” He (live) in London since 1980. 3, 5, 6 7. NV. ADDITIONAL READING SPORTS YESTERDAY AND TODAY If you try { find out where our sports ond games come from you will be surprifed at how many come from Britain, ‘They ployed golf in Sootland 600 years ago, and it was very pepulur among all kinds of people, For 500 years the English have played evicket ia their villages. Hockey, played on grass, is also a very old English game and now they play this gamo in almost every girls’ sehool in Britain, Football is of course anol English sport, too. And so ave tennis and badminton, | i I REVISION 1 1 READING PRACTIE GOING TO THE CINENA « people work hard during the week but over the weekend they visit thoirfrisnds, wateh television, go to a diseo or to the cinema In big cities, the fir performance or showing, ns it is called, boxing bout two o'look in the afternoon and the show goss on from then until about hnlf past ten, The cinema is not emptied between the ‘showings’, so that once you have paid for your seat you can stay inthe cinoma as long as you like, Thete is usually one main film, a shorter ofr, some advertisements nnd a ‘trailer telling about the film for the next week English childron like to see eartaons, adventure fms and comedies, (Adapted from: WF. Candin, Present Day English for Foreign Students) N. EXERCISES: A. Answer the following questions about the text: 1. What do young penple do in their free time? 2. When doss the first performance hevin? 3. Is the cinema emptied botaveen the ‘showing’? 4, What is shown at @ British cinema? 5. What kind of films do English children enjoy’ B, Talk about going to the cinema by answering thes> questions: 4, What is a cinema? 2. In our countey einemas are open all day or only in the evening? 3, What time do they open? What time do they close? 44, Where are the best seats, at the front or at the back? 5. Do you like to go to the cinema? Why? 6. How often do you uo to the cinema? 7. On which day# are the cinemas most crowded? Why is that? 8 9. 10. What sort of films do you like? Which is the biggest cinersa in your town? Have you been to the cinema this week? 41, When was the last time you went there? 12, What film did you go to see? 13. Did you enjoy it? What was it like? 14. What actor was in it? Is he your favourite actor? Ww©. ‘Topies for tree conver »mposition: i eration / composition: {. Jane usually does her homework in the morning. How about yes- 1. Describe your fevourite cinema terday morning? 2, Tho cinema in Britain 2 We usually see Jane on the bus, How about on Monday? 3. The cineme in Romania 3. 1 asually have breakfast alone. How about yesterday morning? 4. Your favourite actorfactress 4 She wears the same raincoat every day. How akout, last week? 5. The lest film you save. 5. Tom always buys the newspaper in the morning. How about yes- torday morning? wu cramman peviews 6. They "usu spend sr lays a the soi How about Test The Past Tense simple 7. He reads « lot of English books. How about last year? Pee eee eee eee On CECE EC EE & They vide the bicyole to town every dey. How about ‘last Friday? [_1 (ou, he, Mary, she and I) | saw a film | yesterday. 9, She drinks tea every morning. How about last Sunday morning? Did__| T (you, we, John, he and 1) | see a film | yesterday? | 410. They take the bus to school. How about yesterday? ‘Moke up questions according to the model: He is working today. Did he work yesterday, too? Pens) -eet eee eee apg eeeere io] Tove, they, you and Tom) |. They are going out tonight. She is wearing a blue dress today. .. Father is coming home early today. They are riding to school today. |. He's reading the newspaper. ‘Tom is making a speoch tonight. 5. Auswor the following questions: 1, What are the three forms of tho following vorbs? {to have 4 to try 7. to ving 10. to eat 43. to play . to eat play 2. to take 5. to see 8. to cnt I. to spend 14 to tell 3. to teach 6. to shut 9. to meet. 12. to make 15. to know + 2. Rut the vorbs in brackets in the Past Tonse Simple : Example: 1 (go) to the festival yesterday. SS Eel 1 sen to the festival yesterday. Did he write a letier or a postcard yesterday? 1. The children (go) to a Fancy Dress Ball last night. He didn't write a postcard, he wrote a letter. 2, Jane (leave) home at seven o'clock. = 3, She (say) goodbye to her mother. 4, Then she (meet) Ann. 5, In the street they (see) Tom. 6. 2. & 9. 4. Did he work well or badly at school last year? 2. Did you get up carly or late during the holidays? 3, Did Tom speak to his mother or to his father? 4. Did she go there by train or by plane? 5. Did you buy @ new book or a now record? 6. What are the threo forms of the following verhst They first (get) some tickets at the ticket-offios. . They (go) to the Ball together. ‘Tom (pay) for the tickets. Be a ees wet : a all 16 Tab allen (0) Feet on a Liebe 8 we foe It. They (dance) and feat) cakes. 2 te leave ‘8. to fall 13. to show 12, Everybody (be) happy. 4. to rain 9. to ride 414. to hold is 5. to feel 10. to do 45. to say 3. Refor the following statements to the past : [The bal sonal singe ov 10 7. Put in tho past tense of the verbs in brackets. Example: Maria (write) to her friend. Mavia wrote to her friend . How about yesterday? | at 40 yesterday, too. Ty 19 eRe ERE SSRs tare1, Maria (tell) her friend about the festival Sho (speak) about the songs and dances. Sho (write) a long letter, too. . Clara (sing) a beautiful song Inst. year. Everybody (ome) to soo tho fostival. ‘The festival (Begin ) at ten o'elock. It (take) the children two weoks to prepare the festival. ‘They (make) a lot of preparations. ‘The guests (sit) down when the festival (begin). 40. They (stand) up at the ond and (give) flowers to the children. . Ask questions beginning with shat, when, sohere, Example: 1 saw him yesterday, When did you see him? Yesterday, 4, She saw him in the street 6. He played foothall yesterday 2. They went to the festival. afternoon. 3, Father deank beer after dinner. 7. They had lunch at wo o'clock 4, She read @ poem last night. 8 He knew the poem well 5. Mother made the calirs last 9. Mother wrote @ Zetter last night. week. ‘The Past Tense Continuous cat corr mother came. renting] wen | "Ana | entered the rom, Nick | "phoned wore | working Change the following according to the pattorn: 1 (read) a book when he came in. 7 as reuding a book ahem he came in. A. I (read) « book when he phoned. 2. When you came in they (write). 3. It (rain) when I got up this mooning. 4 He (work) when E rang him up. 5, She cut her finger while she (sat) bread. 6. The children (write) when their father came home, 7. | wok another cake when you (not look). 10, Use the Past Tense Simple and the Past Tense Contimous in making up your own sentences with the words given below. Supply the ver Bsample: | homejimy old fend L wwas going home when I met my old friend. 1. in the garden/the telephone 4. a bath /the bell 2, tolevision/a ent through the back door 5. homefmy teacher 3. dinnerja telegram 6. al the bus stop/rain 8) ~ Use the Past Tense Simple to express actions completed at a definite time in the past eg When did you see the film? T saw it two days ago. Remember : yesterday: last. week/monthjyear: | ‘twojthree days ago: in 1984, ete. | — Use the Past Tense Simple to express past habits. e.g. He rend a lot when he was a student He often went te the cinema as pupil. 6) — Use the Past Tense Continuous far aetions thet were going om at a certain moment in the past. eat. He was reading af this time yesterday. He was roading when T ealied om him. He was reading while I was cooking. ara nced with Past Tense. 41. Fill in the Wanks with Past Tense Simple or Continuous : 1.1 (wateh) TV when the phone (ring). When the phone (ring), 1 (answer) it. 2. While Peter (work) in the garden yesterlay, it (start) to rain, When I (start) Aw rain, Peter (go) inside. The train (arrive) just as Peler (get) into the stetion. We (have breakfast) when Tom (come) home. While we (wulk) about the streets our friend (ao°k). He (open) the door, (look } out but (not see) aayone there. While he (try) to fall asleep he (Jiear) the same strange noise, 7 What you (do) when the rain (start)? 8 When I (urriee) at the cinema Mary (wait) for me. She (wear) a blue dress and (look) very pretty. aLB. 18. ue 22 PAST PERFECT SIMPLE Rephrase the follo ing sentences aceording to the model : He forgot to post tho letter. She was angey with him. She was angry with kim because he?d forgotten to post the letter. 1. He dida’t eat any breakfast. He felt hungry. 2. It rained a lot. The grass was wet, 3. She caught a cold. She coulda’t go to the party. 4. She used a dictionary. She did 2 very good exereise, 5. Tom lost his key. He couldn't open the door. 6. He didn’t understand the question. He gave the wrong answer. 16. Answer the following questions according to the model : | Why didn't you lay the table? Because someone else had already Inia it. 1. Why didn't she make the bed? 2, Why didn’t you ask that question? 3. Why didn't he lock tho door? 4. Why didn't you write the report? i 5. Why didn’t she take the letters? Connect the following sentences necordiug to the model Tread the letter three times. Then T understood it, Atter I had read the letter three times I understood it. i 3. [was late again, 1 couldn't see any of my friends (get there — the others leave) 4, I'got out of the train to buy a newspaper. When I came buok the train wasn't there. (come lack — train leave) 5, When they got to the theatre the doors were already closed and they ould hear the actors’ voices. (get there — play start). Pat the verbs in brackets into the right tense Three men (come) to New York on business. They (travel) the whole night and be) very tired, so they (stop) at the first hotel, Their room (be) on the thirty-ninth floor. After they (have) some rest they (go) out and come) back very late ‘T (be) very sorry’, e0id the clerk of the hotel, ‘but our lifts. (not work) tonight. You (have) to walk up to your roam or sleep in the hall.’ We (make) beds for you here." The three men said they eovld walle up {0 their room and they (start) on their way up. The men still (climb) the stairs when one of them, Frank by name, (have) an idea: ‘To mako our way easier, 1 (ell) you some jokes. Then you, John, (sing) us some songs and you, Robert, (dell) us an interesting story’. And he (start) telling them the first joke. After Pronk (tell) all his jokes and Joha (sing) his songs, the three friends, (be) alveady on the thiety-seventh floor, “Well” said John, ‘after all the jokes we (dea?) on our way here, 1'4 like ta listen to a story with a sad end. It’s your turn, Robert ‘T (tell) you a story that (Be) sed enough,” Robert replied. ‘We (leave) the key to our room down in Ube hall 2. Mary tried on four dresses. Then she bought ono. a = o SS RSSSESSEe 3. 1 talked to my parents. Then 1 talked to my friends. Pit a 4, He visited Prodoal. Thon he visited Brasov. We Wel 5. He worked as a teacher for 5 years. Then he changed his job. Mary ce — Mary" comes 6. He invited her to the einema thvee times. Then she accopted they | “Hl Thoy'tl ftuation John was supposed to so to London by plane. But when We | shall not We shan't | hie got to the airport, the plane was already in the air. i . a - fo. (reach the aizport — take off) Tom | wil not wort ‘When he reached the airport the plane had taken off. They | _| Do the sume with : {7i/Supply the Future Ponse of the verbs in brackets * 4, Tt was raining when I wont inside. T looked out later end the sun + Example: She... (clean) her 200m in the oflernoen. was shining. (look dnt — stop raining) She will (hol) elean her soem in the afternoon. 2. 1 had two tickels for a play, I inyited Mary to come with me but Fae eeE Vora) arpa q she said no. (invite her — see the play)4. They... (spond) their holidays at the soaside, 4. We... (write) those letters tomorrow. 5. 1... (sce) you in front of your school. 6. The weather... (be) fine tomorrow. 18, Pil in the blanks with the right tense of the verb in brackets + Example: He (write) 9 letter now. He is writing a leter now. He... letter every day, He writes a letter every day. He... letter yesterday. He wrote a letter yerterday. He...a letier tomorrow. He will arite a letter tomorrow. He...a lot of letters, He has written a lot of letters lately 4. (hurt) He... himself badly last week 2. (tell) 1... you about it tonight, 3. (meet) We. just... him. 4 (play) He... the piano now. 5. (play) He... the piano at this time yesterday. 6. (stay up) They..-late every evening. 7. (work) They... very hard next year. B. (gel up) Sho... early every’ day. 9. (see) 1... good film two days ago. 10. (rain) Th. now 11, (cist) We... uur relatives next Sunday, 12, (wash) She. . her dress yesterday afternoon. 19, Use the correct tense of the verbs in rackets : 1, "Yesterday we (go) to a rubber plant.” 2. “You ever (be) o a rubber plant?” 3. “We (e) to other factories but not yet to a rubber plant.” 4. 8Wnat you (ser) there” 5. “An enutineer (show) us a lot of interesting things.” 5. “While he (sprak) we were very quiet and attentive.” 7. “We (go) to another factory noxt term.” 8. “What you (like) best at the factory you (visit) yesterday?” 1V*, ADDITIONAL READING vingo Fins Since the introduction of video films in Britain, children de not go to he cinema ax much as they did in the past. They simply have to go to a video shop to select their favourite film.’They ean rent it for a couple of pounds and koop it for one day. Also television companies now show many films in uirder to compete with cinemas and videos. As a result, the choice of films is very great, Because of this, a visit to the cinema is a special occasion. 4 one L VOCABULARY Pra A. Pronunciation Practice: stoptather 'step'fa:80} strange [sireinds] Dover ['douvo} Coarh-office ["koutf otis] 1 save [seiy] donkey Pdooki} fo agree [9 &ri:} to shout {faut} hin ftfin] to fly [Mai] Hew [fin flown (floun] ‘0 burst [a:sf}Inuesi[ho:st) burst [bat] Irightened (‘iraitand) 1B, Propositions of place: 7 Mothe® is in the dining-room. ‘Some children aro in the park, athers are in the strevt I ive in the country. He lives in the north. She lives in the mountains in Bucharest. In Romania Franklin Stree AU [Mother ie at hune. Father is a/ cork. The children are at school. | I bought these biscuits at me baker's. He spent his holidays at the seaside, He is waiting at the corner of the street They acrived at home. TO [The children are going 0 shoo! but: Mother is going home | Father is going to th factory. H ON Tih ‘on the table the pictures are om the wall On horseback. On foot. ie wont inl Whe ining ran | He jumped into the eart She was looking ont of the window. He Went out of the dining-room He dow