Translate the following words into Russian:
- confident
- stubborn
- reliable
- selfish
- easy - going
Это прилагательные, описывающие характер человека:
- confident — уверенный в себе
- stubborn — упрямый
- reliable — надёжный
- selfish — эгоистичный
- easy-going — спокойный, покладистый
- уверенный (в себе)
- упрямый
- надёжный
- эгоистичный
- спокойный, покладистый
PRESENT TENSES. Fill in the correct form of the verb in brackets:
- The concert ______ (start) at 9 o'clock.
- We ______ (go) to the cinema tonight. Why don't you join us?
- Jane ______ (work) at her dad's restaurant every Friday night.
- I never ______ (be) in England.
- How long ______ (you/live) in this place?
- How long ______ (she /know) you?
- We ______ (just /come) from the party.
- The children ______ (play) in the garden now.
- He never ______ (come) home on time.
- She ______ (always / tell) lie.
- Расписание, факт в будущем по графику — Present Simple: starts.
- Договорённость на вечер — Present Continuous: are going.
- Регулярное действие (every Friday night) — Present Simple: works.
- Опыт, never — Present Perfect: have never been.
- How long — Present Perfect: have you lived.
- How long — Present Perfect: has she known.
- just — Present Perfect: have just come.
- now — Present Continuous: are playing.
- never, привычка — Present Simple: never comes.
- Раздражающая привычка с always — Present Continuous: is always telling.
Present Simple — регулярные действия и расписания; Present Continuous — действия сейчас, планы и раздражающие привычки с always; Present Perfect — опыт, результат, just, never и How long с глаголами состояния.
- starts
- are going
- works
- have never been
- have you lived
- has she known
- have just come
- are playing
- never comes
- is always telling
Present Simple or Present Continuous. Use the correct form of the verb in brackets:
- I think the soup ______ (taste) a bit funny.
- Why ______ (smell) the flowers? - Because they ______ (smell) perfectly.
- You ______ (look) fantastically in this new dress.
- He ______ (think) his friend is dishonest.
- taste в значении «иметь вкус» — глагол чувства, Continuous не употребляется: tastes.
- Первое smell — действие («нюхать»), сейчас: are you smelling. Второе smell — «пахнуть», состояние: smell.
- look в значении «выглядеть» — состояние: look.
- think в значении «считать» — состояние: thinks.
Глаголы чувств и мнения в значении состояния не употребляются в Continuous; в значении действия (нюхать) — употребляются.
- tastes
- are you smelling; smell
- look
- thinks
PAST SIMPLE OR PAST CONTINUOUS. Use the correct form of the verb in brackets.
- I ______ (clean) my attic when I ______ (come) across my school diary.
- I ______ (meet) my friend yesterday when I ______ (do) the shopping in Mega Mall.
- My parents ______ (rarely / leave) us home alone when we were young.
- We ______ (watch) TV while our mum ______ (bake) a cake.
- He ______ (writing) the test at 3 pm yesterday.
- Длительное действие прервано коротким: was cleaning, came.
- Короткое действие во время длительного: met, was doing.
- Привычка в прошлом: rarely left.
- Два параллельных действия (while): were watching, was baking.
- Действие в конкретный момент прошлого (at
pm yesterday): was writing.
Past Continuous — процесс в определённый момент или фон для другого действия; Past Simple — законченное или короткое действие.
- was cleaning; came
- met; was doing
- rarely left
- were watching; was baking
- was writing
EXPRESSING FUTURE ACTIONS. Use the correct form of the verb to express future.
- The train ______ (leave) in ten minutes.
- Watch where you are going! You ______ ( fall) into the hole.
- It's hot in the room. I ______ (open) the window.
- I believe he ______ (pass) his exam successfully. He has revised the whole material.
- She ______ (see) her friend tonight.
- Расписание транспорта — Present Simple: leaves.
- Предсказание по очевидным признакам — to be going to: are going to fall.
- Спонтанное решение в момент речи — will: will open.
- Предположение с I believe — will: will pass.
- Заранее намеченный план на вечер — Present Continuous: is seeing.
Present Simple — расписание; be going to — предсказание по признакам; will — спонтанное решение и мнение; Present Continuous — договорённость.
- leaves
- are going to fall
- will open
- will pass
- is seeing
