Exercise 38 Make these sentences negative and interrogative
1. They will live in the country in summer. 2. We will play tennis next weekend. 3. She will study at college next year. 4. They will have a very important match next Saturday. 5. She will leave school in a year.
Exercise 39 Say the sentences in the Past and Future Simple, adding the appropriate time guide. Beforehand, revise the forms of irregular verbs: come, go, have, read, take, begin, leave, swim, tell, and know.
1. I usually come to the Academy at nine. 2. He goes to work by metro. 3. I don’t often take books from the library. 4. My friend leaves for Moscow. 5. My son tells me everything. 6. The little boy skates well. 7. The girl learns to dance. 8. He doesn’t swim at all. 9. I play tennis every Thursday. 10. We know many English words. 11. She often helps her mother about the house. 12. I study at college.
Exercise 40 Change the verbs in brackets in accordance with the context.
1. My friend (work) at a factory. 2. Our group (go) to the theatre next month. 3. My mom (graduate) from the Academy 15 years ago. 4. I (come) home later than usual yesterday. 5. He (read) the book about Robinson Crusoe in his childhood. 6. Schoolchildren (have) the longest holidays in summer. 7. The great Russian poet A.S.Pushkin (be born) in 1799. 8. The teacher (ask) the new grammar rule at the next lesson. 9. My little sister usually (sleep) till 10 o’clock. 10. My mother (celebrate) her birthday two days ago.
Exercise 41 Match a line in A with a line in B. Put the verb in A into the Present Simple and the verb in B into the Past Simple.
| A | B |
| a I usually (work) eight hours a day, but b Ann usually (drive) to work, but c Max usually (watch) TV in the evenings, but d Ann and Max usually (go) sailing at weekends, but e It usually (rain) a lot in winter, but f Max and I usually (go) camping in August, but | 1 last summer we (stay) in a hotel. 2 last weekend they (play) tennis. 3 yesterday I (start) at 9 a.m. and (finish) at 9 p.m. 4 last year it (snow) for three months. 5 yesterday she (walk). 6 yesterday evening he (listen) to music. |
Exercise 42 Complete the sentences with the positive form of the verb. Remember the past form of irregular verbs.
Model: I didn’t go to New York, I went to Chicago.
1. We didn’t meet Jim, we ... Max. 2. He didn’t leave last Tuesday, he ... last Thursday. 3. We didn’t see Alice, we ... Marry. 4. They didn’t buy a Volvo, they ... a Saab. 5. You didn’t know the answer, Tom ... the answer. 6. I didn’t lose my passport, I ... my ticket. 7. We didn’t have white wine, we ... red wine. 8. He didn’t write a letter, he ... a postcard. 9. The film didn’t begin at 6.30p.m., it ... at 7.30p.m. 10. Shakespeare didn’t write music, he ... plays. 11. Christopher Columbus didn’t discover India, he ... America. 12. Beethoven didn’t come from Paris, he ... from Germany. 13. Leonardo da Vinci didn’t live in Germany, he ... in Italy. 14. The USA didn’t win the last Football World Cup, Italy ... it.