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Exercise 8. Translate into English. 1. У мене е фотоапарат. 2. У мого товариша є мотоцикл. 3. У нас е авторучки. 4. У тебе є кольорові олівці? 5. У Віктора є велосипед? 6. У мене немає вільного часу. 7. У них немає англо-українських словників. 8. У мене немає цієї статті. 9. У тебе є брат у Києві? 10. У неї є родичі в Сочі? 11. У нас немає часу піти туди. 12. Що у тебе в кишені? 13. Скільки в неї братів і сестер? 14. О котрій годині ви снідаєте? 15. Ви обідаєте дома чи в шкільній їдальні?

Exercise 9. Make the following interrogative and negative. 1. The teacher repeated the question. 2. The boys played football in the afternoon. 3. The girl caught cold. 4. Mother turned off the gas. 5. They slept in the open аіг. The pupils answered at once. 7. They boy broke the window. 8. The woman changed her clothes. 9. The tourists reached the village before dark. 10. The clock struck five. 11. Our team won the match. 12. The doctor allowed you to go out.

Exercise 10. Put questions to the italicized words. 1. They started work at nine o'clock this morning. 2. Peter saw them in the park. 3. The pupils understood the rule very well. 4. His brother went to Kiev every year. 5. The boy ate an apple. 6. My aunt grew beautiful roses. 7. She played tennis badly. 8. The children drank milk in the morning. 9. My wife saw your cousin in Moscow. 10. They lost their way because it was dark.

Exercise 11. Answer the following questions.1 Where you at school yesterday? 2. Were you in the Crimea last summer? 3. Was your mother at home last Sunday? 4. Were you in the country in July? 5. Were you at the cinema last night? 6. When were you at the cinema last time? What was on? 7. When were you at the theatre last time? 8. With whom were you at the theatre? 9. When were you born? 10. Where were you born?

Exercise 12. Translate into English. 1. Діти допомагали батькам. 2. Батько прийшов додому пізно. 3. Що ви робили в неділю? 4. Де ти був учора ввечері? — Я ходив у кіно. Тобі сподобався фільм? — Так, фільм мені дуже сподобався. 5. Що ви робили на уроці англійської мови? — Ми читали новий текст, відповідали на запитання і перекладали речення з української мови на англійську. 6. Коли ви почали вивчати англійську мову? — Ми почали вивчати англійську мову три роки тому. 7. Скільки сторінок ви прочитали минулого тижня? — Минулого тижня я прочитав десять сторінок. Мені подобається ця книжка. 8. Де ви були позавчора? — Ми їздили на екскурсію на машинобудівний завод. Екскурсія була дуже цікавою. 9. О котрій годині ти звичайно встаєш? — Я встаю о сьомій годині. 10. О котрій годині ти встав учора? — Вчора я встав о восьмій. Я завжди встаю о восьмій у неділю. 11. Коли твої друзі приходили до тебе? Хто приходив до тебе вчора? 12. Я увійшов до кімнати, увімкнув світло і почав виконувати домашні завдання. 13. Вчора ми не послали їй телеграми, бо не знали її адреси. 14. Які іноземні мови ви знаєте? — Я знаю англійську і французьку мови. У школі я вивчав також німецьку мову, але знаю її погано. 15. Де ви купили цей годинник? — Я купив його сім років тому в центральному універмазі.

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Exercise 13. Put questions to the italicized words. 1. Our friends will come to see us today. 2. They will arrive in some minutes. 3. His parents will be at home after six. 4. The peace talks will be held next month in Vienna. 5. Jack won't go to the cinema because he is busy. 6. We'll play chess this evening. 7. We'll get up at seven tomorrow. 8. The plant will make agricultural machines.

Exercise 14. Replace the infinitives in brackets by the Future Indefinite or the Present Indefinite.

1. Jane will look after her little brother till her mother (to come) back. 2. We (to go) to the theatre the day after tomorrow if we (to get) tickets. 3. As soon as the teacher (to enter) the classroom, the pupils will stand up. 4. Wait for me till I (to return). 5. We ( not to go) on an excursion tomorrow, if the weather (to be)children (to stay) at home next Sunday if it (to rain). 6. Don't get off the tram before it (to stop). 7. We'll go to the Caucasus after we (to pass) all our examinations.

Exercise 15. Combine the given sentences as in the model.

Model: He will get tickets. We shall go to the theatre.— If he gets tickets, we shall go to the theatre.

1. The weather will be fine. The children will go on a trip. 2. Peter will come to see me. We'll play chess. 3. Mother will not allow us to go to the cinema. We'll see the film on the television. 4. The wind will blow from the west. It will rain. 5. You won't wake me up. I'll miss the train. 6. We'll take a taxi. We'll catch the train. 7. I shall fall ill. I'll call a doctor. 8. He won't come in time. We'll go without him. 9. It will rain on Sunday. The children will stay at home. 10. I'll see her. I'll invite her to our conference.

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3. THE CONTINUOUS TENSES.

The Continuous form denotes an action in progress at the pres­ent moment (the Present Continuous) or at a given period of time in the past (the Past Continuous) or future (the Future Continuous).

It is formed by means of the helping (auxiliary) verb to bein the required Indefinite Tense and Participle I of the notional verb.

To be + V-ing

Present

Past

Future

Affirmative

I    He, she, it We, they

am is are

V-ing

I, he, she, it We, they

was were

V-ing

I, we He, she, it, they

will be

V-ing

We are writing a test now.

He was reading the book the whole day yesterday.

We’ll be working at the article since 3 till 6 tomorrow.

Interrogative

Am Is  Are

I    he, she, it we, they

V-ing?

Was Were

I, he, she, it we, they

V-ing?

Will

I, we he, she, it, they

be V-ing?

Are you writing a test?

Was he reading the book the whole day yesterday?

Will they be working at the article since 3 till 6 tomorrow?

Negative

I    He, she, it We, they

am is are

not

V-ing

I, he, she, it. We, they

was were

not

V-ing

I, we, He, she, it, they

will

not

be V-ing

We are not writing a test now.

He was not reading the book the whole day yesterday.

We won’t (= will not) be working at the article since 3 till 6 tomorrow.

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§ 7. The Present Continuous Tense denotes an action in progress at the pres­ent moment. It is formed by means of the helping (auxiliary) verb to bein the Present Indefinite Tense (am. is. are) and Participle I of the notional verb.

The Past Continuous Tense denotes a continuous action which was taking place at a given period of time in the past. It is formed by means of the helping (auxiliary) verb to bein the Past Indefinite Tense (was, were) and Participle I of the notional verb.

The Future Continuous Tense a continuous action which will be taking place at a given period of time in the future. It is formed by means of the helping (auxiliary) verb to bein the Future Indefinite Tense (will be. Shall be) and Participle I of the notional verb.

To make interrogative form, the helping verb should be put before the subject (inverted word order).

To make negative form, the negative particle “not” should be placed after the helping verb (direct word order).



TEST YOURSELF

1. 
   What does the Continuous form denote?
   
2. 
   What does The Present Continuous Tense denote?
   
3. 
   What does The Past Continuous Tense denote?
   
4. 
   What does The Future Continuous Tense denote?
   
5. 
   How is the Continuous form formed?
   
6. 
   How is the Present Continuous Tense formed?
   
7. 
   How is the Past Continuous Tense formed?
   
8. 
   How is the Future Continuous Tense formed?
   
9. 
   How do we make interrogative forms?
   
10. 
    How do we make negative forms?
    

Exercise 1. Make up interrogative and negative forms.

1. I am looking at you.

2. The students are reading a text now.

3. She is telling Peter about her new researches.

Exercise 2. Change the sentences using the Past and Future Continuous Tenses, add proper adverbial modifiers of time. Make up interrogative and negative forms.

1. She is singing a new song now. 2. The students are writing their composition.

3. We are working now.

Exercise 3. Say what you/he/we/ they are doing now and what you/he/we/ they are not doing now.

to eat a sandwich, to go to bed, to write a letter, to drink juice, to paint, to read a book, to watch TV, to do homework

Exercise 4. Act out the verbs and ask your group mates to say what you doing.

Model: What am I doing?—You are writing.

Drink, eat, cook, mix, open, close, pull, push, walk, paint, have a shower, watch, brush, speak, make your bed

Exercise 5. Answer the questions.

1) Were you wearing a T-shirt (a sweater, an overcoat, trainers, slip­pers, jeans, school uniform)? 2) Will you be having English (math, literature, geography) at this time tomorrow? 3) Were you reading a Russian (English) book at this time yesterday?

Exercise 6. Ask your groupmate what he/she will be doing at this time tomorrow.

Model:

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Will you be cooking? — Yes, I will be … /No, I won’t be …

Drink, eat, cook, mix, open, close, pull, push, walk, paint, play, have a shower, watch, brush, speak, make your bed

Exercise 7. Choose the necessary tense form of the verb.

(NOW) 1. The boys (to run) about in the garden. 2 I (to do) my homework. 3. John and his friends (to go) to the library. 4. Ann (to sit) at the desk. She (to study) geography. 5. A young man (to stand) at the window. He (to smoke) a cigarette. 6. The old man (to walk) about the room. 7) The dog (to lie) on the floor. 8. You (to have) a break? 9. What language you (to study)? 10. Who (to lie) on the sofa? 11. What they (to talk) about? 12. It still (to rain).

Exercise 8. Translate into English using the verbs in the Continuous forms.

1. Моя сестра зараз п’є чай. 2.Ти п’єш чай чи кофе? 3. Я не сплю. 4. Вони сидять за столом. 5. Діти грають на вулиці? 6. Вона читала цю книжку увесь день вчора. 7. Завтра ми будемо працювати над доповіддю. 8. Де грають діти? 9. Ти будеш допомагати батькові завтра? 10. Куди вони йдуть?

Exercise 9. Put questions to the italicized words:

1. The children are planting trees. 2. They are working in the garden. 3. The girl is trying on a dress. 4. Nick is talking with his friends. 5. The students are reading. 6. The man is sitting in the arm-chair. 7. The girl is drawing. 8. The woman is wearing a blue dress. 9. Peter's, brother is riding a bicycle. 10. They are talking about the film. 11. He is speaking over the telephone, 12. The boy is running fast because it is raining.

Exercise 10. Replace the infinitive in brackets by the Present Indefinite or the Present Continuous. 1. We (to gather) mushrooms in summer. 2. The children are in the forest now. They (to gather) mushrooms. 3. Where is Kate? She (to do) her homework. She always (to do) her homework in the evening. 4. The pupils (to write) compositions once a month. 5. Don't shout. The pupils of the ninth form (to write) compositions. 6. Water (to boil) at 100 °С. 7. Turn off the gas. The milk (to boil). 8. Mary (to dance) all modern dances very well. 9. Look! Peter (to dance) with Jane. 10. Where you (to hurry)? 11. Helen usually gets up late. She always (to hurry) to school. 12. As a rule Paul (to prepare) his reports in time. 13. Don't disturb him. He (to prepare) for his examination. 14. Take along your umbrella. It (to rain). 15. It often (to rain) in England.

Exercise 11. Translate into English.1. Що ви робите? — Ми готуємося до концерту. 2. Куди ти йдеш? — Я йду в бібліотеку. 3. Де Микола? — Він у читальному залі. Він там виконує домашні завдання. Микола часто виконує домашні завдання в читальному залі. 4. Що зараз робить Петро? — Він ремонтує свій радіоприймач. 5. Олена вдома? — Ні, її немає вдома. У неї зараз урок музики. У неї завжди уроки музики в цей час. 6. Хто зараз у спортзалі? — Там тренуються учні нашого класу. Вони тренуються двічі на тиждень. 7. Не шуміть. Коваленко говорить по телефону. 8. Не заходьте до тієї кімнати. Там учні нашого класу складають екзамен з математики. 9. Учні складають екзамени один раз на рік. 10. Дощ іде? — Ні, дощу немає, але дме сильний вітер. 11. Ми вирушаємо завтра вранці.

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