Match the beginnings of the sentences with their endings.
1 We listened to Sarah telling
2 Did you say
3 Don't make any more
4 Smile! I'm going to take
5 This exercise is easy. I'm not going to make
a) excuses! Just tidy your bedroom!
b) a photo!
c) stories about when she was young.
d) any mistakes.
e) sorry to Mum for breaking her favourite vase?
- Telling stories — это устойчивое сочетание, значит c.
- Say sorry — e.
- Make excuses — a.
- Take a photo — b.
- Make mistakes — d.
Это глагольные коллокации: tell stories, say sorry, make excuses, take a photo, make mistakes.
Complete the sentences with these words.
bestseller, film script, fantasy, biography, news report, comic
1 Did you hear the ... about the lion that escaped from the circus?
2 I'm reading The Moon and Sixpence, a ... of Paul Gauguin. It was written by Somerset Maugham.
3 Spider-Man is a film based on a ... .
4 Dan Brown's new book was a ... last year.
5 The ... for The Godfather sold for nearly £200,000!
6 I love ... films like The Lord of the Rings.
- Сообщение о сбежавшем льве — news report.
- Рассказ о жизни Поля Гогена — biography.
- Фильм по рисованным историям — comic.
- Книга, которая хорошо продавалась, — bestseller.
- Сценарий, который продали за £
, — film script. - Фильмы вроде «Властелина колец» — fantasy.
Write sentences using the past simple and past continuous.
1 They / dig / a tunnel / when / the guard / arrive.
2 The / tiger / escape / while / employees / clean / its cage.
3 What / you / do / when / see / the incident?
4 While / Amy / sleep / her / dog / run away.
Длительное действие, которое шло в какой-то момент, ставим в Past Continuous (was/were + -ing). Короткое действие, которое его прервало, ставим в Past Simple.
- They were digging a tunnel when the guard arrived.
- The tiger escaped while employees were cleaning its cage.
- What were you doing when you saw the incident?
- While Amy was sleeping, her dog ran away.
После when обычно идёт короткое действие (Past Simple), а после while — длительное (Past Continuous).
Complete the text with the past simple form of the verbs in brackets.
The Shawshank Redemption was a fantastic escape story. The main character, Andy (1) (go) to prison for a crime he (2) (not commit). Because he was a financial adviser he (3) (help) the prison guards with their pension funds. Eventually he (4) (work) for the prison's corrupt director who (5) (use) Andy to make money illegally. Andy (6) (write) everything in the director's account book and (7) (invent) a fictional character with a bank account. Andy (8) (put) a poster on his wall and behind it he (9) (dig) a tunnel to escape. When he (10) (escape) he went to the bank and (11) (take) all the money that the director had made and (12) (send) the accounts book to the newspaper. The prison director (13) (kill) himself and Andy (14) (escape) to Mexico.
Все действия в рассказе произошли в прошлом, поэтому ставим глаголы в Past Simple.
Правильные глаголы берут -ed: helped, worked, used, invented, escaped, killed.
Неправильные глаголы берём из таблицы: go — went, write — wrote, put — put, dig — dug, take — took, send — sent.
Отрицание: did not (didn't) commit.
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Write sentences using the present perfect.
1 I / finish / my homework
2 She / not / read / anything by Shakespeare
3 you / watch / this film?
4 He / not / go / to the scene of the crime
5 Jackie / buy / the tickets for tomorrow?
6 The students / survive / the fire in the library
Present Perfect строится так: have/has + третья форма глагола (V
- I have finished my homework.
- She hasn't read anything by Shakespeare.
- Have you watched this film?
- He hasn't gone to the scene of the crime.
- Has Jackie bought the tickets for tomorrow?
- The students have survived the fire in the library.
В отрицании ставим not после have/has, а в вопросе выносим have/has на первое место.
