Вот и опять мы с вами встретились на страницах нашего пособия. В прошлой книге вы узнали о глаголах “to be”, “to have”, о грамматических временах Present Simple (Indefinite) Tense, Present Progressive (Continuous) Tense и о конструкции “there is (are)”.

Я надеюсь, что вы выполнили все упражнения, и это не вызвало у вас больших трудностей. Вот так шаг за шагом мы с вами будем путешествовать по стране знаний под названием «Английская грамматика». Не всегда наше путешествие будет лёгким. Как у всех путешественников, на нашем пути будут встречаться трудности, но мы обязательно их преодолеем. Первый шаг вы уже сделали, а теперь нам предстоит сделать второй, более сложный.

В этой книге вы познакомитесь с новыми грамматическими временами. Как я уже говорила, эта книга – продолжение предыдущего сборника. Если вы хорошо поработали ранее, то у вас не вызовут затруднений упражнения из этой книги.

А мои советы вам остаются прежними: делайте обязательно все упражнения, работайте ежедневно и прочитывайте написанное вслух.

Я убеждена, что вы трудолюбивые и умные ученики.

Я верю в ваш успех!

Правильные глаголы образуют прошедшее время путём прибавления окончания –ed или –d, которое читается как [t], [d], [ıd].

– удваивается конечная согласная в односложных и двухсложных глаголах с краткой гласной;

– в глаголах, оканчивающихся на согласную с последующей буквой “y”, конечная гласная “y” меняется на “i” и добавляется окончание “ed”.

yesterday ['jɛstədı] вчера

last week (month, year, summer, Sunday) на прошлой неделе (месяце, году, летом, воскресенье)

the day before yesterday позавчера

five minutes ago пять минут назад

an hour ago час назад

the other day на днях

1. Write the verbs in three columns.

[t]

[d]

[ıd]

washed, cleaned, dressed, helped, played, watched, listened, painted, looked, jumped, skated, skied, skipped, sledged, lived, loved, liked, thanked, wanted.

2. Open the brackets. Put the verbs into the Past Simple.

1. The pupils (to run) a race at the stadium last week.

2. Their family (to go) to the seaside a month ago.

3. Margaret (to do) the shopping yesterday evening.

4. They (to listen) to music at the concert hall yesterday.

5. My father (to fix) his car the other day.

6. Fred and Helen (to stay) at a hotel last June.

7. Bat (to water) the flowers an hour ago.

8. We (to travel) by sea last summer.

9. Sally (to try) on a white dress at the shop yesterday.

3. Open the brackets. Put the verbs into the Past Simple.

1. You (to go) to the theatre last week.

2. Al (to buy) black shoes three days ago.

3. I (to give) a call to Sam five minutes ago.

4. Alice (to knit) a warm sweater last month.

5. He (to get) off the train a minute ago.

6. They (to watch) squirrels in the park last Sunday.

7. We (to arrive) in Moscow yesterday evening.

8. The children (to learn) new nice poems by heart last week.

9. Carol (to catch) the plane yesterday morning.

4. Open the brackets. Put the verbs into the Past Simple.

1. Colin (to celebrate) his birthday last Monday.

2. Her younger sister (to collect) stamps last year.

3. Jake (to travel) by car two months ago.

4. We (to go) to the circus last Saturday.

5. Willy (to answer) my questions a minute ago.

6. My mother (to cook) cabbage soup for dinner yesterday.

7. Polly (to make) coffee in the kitchen five minutes ago.

8. I (to copy) out a text yesterday evening. 9. Paul (to draw) a beautiful picture last week.

5. Open the brackets. Put the verbs into the Past Simple.

1. My brother (to join) the army last autumn.

2. Dave (to act) on the stage yesterday evening.

3. I (to wear) a new suit at the party yesterday.

4. Billy (to drink) a cup of coffee an hour ago.

5. We (to discuss) this problem last Tuesday.

6. The secretary (to type) a letter twenty minutes ago.

7. Tib (to translate) a very difficult text from French into English two days ago.

8. They (to visit) their friends last Friday. 9. Bob (to find) his documents yesterday evening.

6. Open the brackets. Put the verbs into the Past Simple.

1. The child (to tell) lies a minute ago.

2. Tony (to look) through all magazines yesterday evening.

3. I (to send) a telegram to my Granny last Wednesday.

4. Rose (to take) her medicine half an hour ago.

5. We (to go) boating last summer.

6. George (to draw) a funny animal yesterday.

7. His elder sister (to lock) the door with a key yesterday evening.

8. Liz (to make) lunch for her family five minutes ago.

9. They (dance) in the disco club last Friday.

7. Open the brackets. Put the verbs into the Past Simple.

1. We (to go) to the concert two days ago.

2. I (to help) my friend with Maths last week.

3. Sandy (to keep) to a diet last month.

4. They (to laugh) at Sue yesterday evening.

5. David (to leave) for New York two months ago.

6. Liz and Jack (to get) married last year.

7. Their family (to move) to a new flat last Sunday.

8. The children (to play) snowballs last winter.

9. Nan (to meet) her friend at the bus stop yesterday.

8. Open the brackets. Put the verbs into the Past Simple.

1. We (to listen) to our Granny’s stories yesterday evening.

2. They (to go) home by car last Monday.

3. Nick (to work) on a farm three years ago.

4. The teacher (to give) a pupil a good mark yesterday.

5. I (to meet) my elder brother at the tram stop an hour ago.

6. Jack (to sit) on a bench under a tree a minute ago.

7. My parents (to pick up) berries in the garden two days ago.

8. Jane (to wash) fruit for lunch ten minutes ago.

9. Willy and Alf (to travel) by car last summer.

9. Open the brackets. Put the verbs into the Past Simple.

1. His father (to buy) a new car last month.

2. I (to give) my mother a present for her birthday last Tuesday.

3. We (to get) to the village by train last month.

4. The pupils (to go) to the Winter Palace last week.

5. Molly (to sweep) the floor half an hour ago.

6. My friends (to stay in) after classes the day before yesterday.

7. He (to drive) Liz to work yesterday morning.