Exercise 2. Use the sentences to make questions. Begin your question with the word(s) in brackets.

Examples: Tom plays tennis. (How often?) … …How often does Tom play tennis?

Ann watches television. (How often?) How often ............…………....................

I write to my parents. (How often?) ...............................………………...............

I have dinner in the evening. (What time/usually?).......………............................

George works. (Where?) ..........................................…………………….............

I go to the cinema. (How often?) .............................…………………….............

People do stupid things. (Why?) .............................………………......................

The car breaks down. (How often?) ..…………............................……................

Bob plays tennis. (When?).………………............................................................

He lives in the city. (Where?)………………..............................................................

My parents are happy. (Why?)..................…………….........................................

Exercise 3. Read the sentences and correct them. The English is correct but the information is wrong.

Example: The sun goes round the earth. The sun doesn’t go round the earth.

The earth goes round the sun.

1. The sun rises in the west …………………………….………….………............

2. Mice catch cats .…………………………..………..………….….……….........

3. Carpenters make things from metal .......……………………..............................

4. The River Amazon flows into the Pacific Ocean……………..............................

5. Water boils at 50 degrees Celsius……………………………….........................

Exercise 4. Read the sentences about Brian Johnson and arrange them in the correct order.

Here is a typical day for Brian Johnson.

He goes to work by underground.

He gets up at 7 30.

He works for an advertising agency in Manchester.

It takes him 30 minutes to get to the agency.

He usually has lunch in the agency canteen.

He starts work at 9 o’clock.

He has breakfast at 8 o’clock.

He goes to bed at about 11.

After dinner he watches TV or goes out with his wife.

He finishes work at 5.

Then he goes home and has dinner.

What is your typical day like? Describe it please.

Exercise 5. Welcome to Stanley’s International Restaurant! It is very special place. Every day Stanley cooks a different kind of food. Work to pairs according to models 1 and 2. Use Stanley’s menu:

Model 1: - What kind of food does Stanley cook on Monday?

- On Monday he cooks Italian food.

- Do you go to Stanley’s International Restaurant on Wednesday?

- Yes, I do.

- Why?

- Because I enjoy Chinese food.

- And do you go there on Sunday?

- No. I don’t. I don’t like American food.

Model 2: - What kind of food do you like?

- I like Russian food.

- When do you go to Stanley’s International restaurant?

- I don’t go there.

- Why?

- Because Stanley doesn’t cook Russian food.

STANLEY’S MENU
Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Italian food	Greek food	Chinese food	French food	Japanese food	Mexican food	American food

Exercise 6. Harry Jordan’s wife is upset with her husband. That’s what she says to him:

“Harry! I’m really upset! When we sit in the living room, you always watch TV and never look at me. When we eat breakfast together, you always read the newspaper and never talk to me. When we go to parties, you usually sit with your friends and seldom dance with me. And you are lazy! You never help me. When our windows are dirty, you never wash them. When our car is broken, you never fix it. And when our cats are hungry, you never feed them. Sometimes I think you don’t love me.”

Now imagine that you are the Jordan family’s neighbour. You tell another neighbour why Harry’s wife is upset with him.

Exercise 7. Answer these questions and then ask another student in your class:

What kind of movies do you like? (comedies, dramas, westerns, war movies, science fiction, cartoons)

Who is your favourite movie actor/actress?

What kind of books do you like? (novels, poetry, short stories, detectives)

Who is your favourite writer?

What kind of TV programs do you like? (comedies, talk-shows, news, sport events, soap operas, musical TV)

What is your favourite food?

What kind of music do you like? (classical music, jazz, rock-n-roll)

Which sports do you like? (football, baseball, golf; hockey, tennis)

THE PAST SIMPLE TENSE

Exercise 8. Read a sentence about the present and then write a sentence about the past.

Example. John usually gets up at 7.30. Yesterday …… he got up at7.30……………

John usually wakes up early. Yesterday morning …………………............….........

John usually walks to work. Yesterday ..........……………………............…............

John is usually late for work. Yesterday .………………..........................…............

John usually has a sandwich for lunch. Yesterday …………..…..............................

John usually goes out in the evening. Yesterday evening ………….........…............

John usually reads newspapers in the evening. Yesterday evening ...………….......

John usually writes letters to his friends. Yesterday ...................…….……………

John usually sleeps well. Last night .......................…………………………..........

Exercise 9. Make up questions. Ask your friend about his holiday.

Examples: where / go? Where did you go?……………

food/good? Was the food good?……………

1) how long / stay there? 2) stay in a hotel? 3) go alone? 4) how / travel? 5) the weather / fine? 6) what /do in the evenings? 7) meet any interesting people?

Exercise 10. Put the verbs into the correct form. All the sentences are past.

Example: I... didn’t go …… (not/go) to work yesterday because I … wasn’t … (not/be) very well

1. Tom ...……(not/shave) this morning because he ……… (not/have) time.

2. We ………(not/eat) anything because we ………(not/be) hungry.

3. I .....………(not/rush) because I ……………(not/be) in a hurry.

4. She ....…….(not/be) interested in the book because she ........(not/understand) it.

5. He ..……....(not/invite)me to the party, so I …………….(not/come).

Exercise 11. A) Steve Baxter is a journalist He’s a very busy man. Look at Steve’s diary and see what he did last week.

B) Ask all types of questions on Steve’s daily activities last week.

Monday 21^st	9.00 - visit the BBC Television Centre 14.00 - opening the art museum
Tuesday 22^nd	10.15 - interview Lord Harley 14 15 - press conference at theBritish Museum
Wednesday 23^rd	9.30 - discuss new project with Mr. Short 15.00 - meet reporters from Canada
Thursday 24^th	11.00 - interview Sam Jones 14 00 - press conference at Hilton Hotel
Friday 25^th	10.00 - phone Scotland Yard (Chief Inspector Marks)