Choose a verb from the box and use it with the prompts to make a sentence.
Positive statements
· work · go · have · get up |
Example:at 6.30 / my father / usually
– My father usually gets up at 6.30.
1. my grandmother / to bed / after midnight / always
2. at the factory / late / Errol /often
3. hamburgers / we / at school / sometimes / for lunch
Negative statements
· work · eat · want · do |
Example:at weekends / usually / my parents
– My parents don't usually work at weekends.
4. they / often / meat
5. Michael / this weekend / to go out
6. gymnastics / I / every day
Questions
· teach · send · watch · have |
Example:English / in the evenings / Paul
– Does Paul teach English in the evenings?
7. to your friends / often / e-mails / you
8. every day / for breakfast / he / eggs
9. usually / what time / television / you
Complete the words in Louisa's letter to you. The first letter of each word is given.
Dear …,
My name i… Louisa and I c… from Manchester. I'm 14 years old and I'm
a student at a secondary school in Moss Side. My mother w… as a receptionist at a doctor's surgery. My father is a music teacher. He also p… the piano in
a jazz club t… a week, on Fridays and Saturdays. My brother Sean is seventeen. He d… go to the same school as me. He g… to the local college three days
a w… .
I p… volleyball and tennis. What about you?
D… you like music and the cinema? I like pop music very much but I d… play a musical instrument. I love romantic films and I h… science-fiction films. Tom Cruise is my favourite actor.
Please write to me and tell me about yourself.
Best wishes
Louisa
Now write a reply.
Dear Louisa,
…................
Preparation for the test
Card 1
1. Complete the sentences with must, can, may (mustn't, can't, may not), needn't.
1. The second engineer is responsible for the main engine. He … keep it in good serviceable order.
1. There is a consultation today, so we ... go home immediately after classes.
2. I ... go to the engine room now. My watch starts in 10 minutes.
3. When … you relax? – Only late in the evening.
4. … he write this test again? – No, he …, there are no many mistakes.
Complete each sentence with the correct form of the verb in brackets.
1. When the classes (to be) over we (to go) to the messroom.
2. This cadet (not to attend) classes because he (to be) ill.
3. Why he always (to come) to the lessons so late?
4. My friend (to work) hard at Chemistry because he (to find) it difficult.
5. She never (to go) to the reading room, she (to have) all textbooks at home.
Put the words in the correct order to make sentences.
1. start(s) / in / his / hour / watch / the / engine-room / in
2. bridge / navigators / equipment / overhaul / do(does) not / navigational / on / during / the / their / watch
3. do(does) not / engine-room / the / the / keep / in / watches / Chief Engineer
4. the / check / must / holds / bosun / regularly / the
5. when / finish(es) / cadets / the / last / lesson / the / to have / go(es) / dinner / messroom / the / to
Ask a question to the words in italics using a correct question-word.
1. He sometimes misses classes because he is ill.
2. The first-year cadets line up for inspection three times a day.
3. We never go to bed early in the evening.
4. These students can prepare a very interesting report for the students' conference.
5. The cadets don't come to the University on Sundays.
Translate the sentences from Russian into English.
1. В конце вахты вахтенный механик делает запись в журнале машинного отделения.
2. Боцман должен содержать спасательное оборудование в хорошем рабочем состоянии.
3. Многие курсанты занимаются спортом, потому что они стараются держать себя в форме.
4. Вы не знаете многих слов из этого текста, вам надо выучить их.
5. Я не могу нести вахту на мостике, потому что я – не судоводитель.
Card 2
1. Complete the sentences with must, can, may (mustn't, can't, may not), needn't.
1. Each seaman … know English well because it is the International maritime language.
2. … you go to the doctor's again? – No, I …, I feel much better now.
3. When a ship is in her home port a seaman … go ashore, where he … meet with his family and friends.
4. Where is cadet Bodrov? – You … find him in the class-room now.
5. If you don't want to make mistakes in your grammar test next time you … look through the notes in your note book before the lesson.
Complete each sentence with the correct form of the verb in brackets.
1. He (not to go) in for sports, he (to like) playing computer games.
2. The sailors (to clean) the holds and the bosun (to give) orders to them.
3. These cadets (not to work) hard at Physics, so they (to have) some problems with it.
4. Why you (to leave) the University so late?
5. When we (not to understand) some rule, we (to ask) our English teacher to explain it us once more.