BC2 33

Fill in the gaps in the following word combinations.

1. to be          money

2.    a reasonable      

3. to pay     goods

4. to      purchases

5. to buy     sale

6. a wide        of goods

7. to be     of fashion

8. to pay    cash

9. to     a discount

10. to be made    silk

11. to        one’s mind

12. to pay    card

Correct the mistakes, write in the end of the line only the word you have corrected. If you see the same mistake twice, write it only one time.

1. cheep - cheaper - the cheapest      

2. wide – widder- the widest      

3. far – further/farther – the furthest/the fathest             

4. expancive – more expancive – the most expancive          

5. new – more new – the most new                 

6. bad – badder – the worst      

7. handsome – handsomer – the handsomest                                

8. dificult – more dificult – the most dificult          

9. high – more high – the most high                   

10. good – better – the bast         

11. slow – more slow – the most slow                   

12. big – biger – the bigest                   

Fill in the table, write three forms of irregular verbs.

Unscramble the sentences

1. buy / What / do you / at a discount / usually ?

                                        

2. Last week / tried / on / Tom / fitting room / blue jeans / in the

                                                        

3. I / having / a / Biology / lesson now / am

                                   

4. This schoool / higher / our garage / is / than

                                        

5. people / Some years / these / ago / Great Britain / visited

                                                    

6. comes / every day / at / She / home / 5 o'clock

                                        

Read the text, put the words in brackets into the correct tense.

Look! This (to be)    my street! This (to be)    Mr. Johnson.

He (to live)       not far from me. He usually (to get up)         very early and feeds his dogs. But now he (to watch)             TV and he (to eat)           a hamburger.

And here (to be)    his wife, Mrs. Johnson. She always (to cook)       breakfast in the kitchen at 7 a.m. Now she (to cook)            porridge and making coffee.

Their son Nick (to sleep still)                   .

Every day he (to get up)         at 6 o’clock, but today (to be)       Sunday and he can sleep more. He (to work)             all day long yesterday.
That (to be)    Mr. Watson’s house.

Mr. Watson (to water)             the plants in the garden now. He sometimes (to speak)        on the phone at this time.

Mrs. Watson (to clean)             the house. She always (to clean)        the house on Sunday. Their daughter (to dust)            the furniture at the moment. She usually (to help)       her mother about the house.

Her brother John (to go)          to the shop at the moment. He always (to do)      shopping in the family. He (to do shopping)                    from 1 till 3 p.m. yesterday.

Choose the correct item.

1. What do you usually buy     [at, on, in] a discount?

2. Yesterday the shop assistant          [ofered, offered, offeried] me a lot of goods in the department store.

3. Last week Mary               [was trying on, was trying, tried on] a blouse in the fitting room while Tom was speaking with the cashier.

4. He             [feeds, fed up, was feeding] his animals at 5 o’clock yesterday.

5. Mag            [pays, is paying, was paying] for her goods at the cash desk at the moment.

6. My grandparents work in the garden       [last, every, next] weekend.

7. I           [am having, have, had] a Biology lesson now.

8. Some years ago         [that, this, these]people visited Great Britain.

9. I was sleeping                                         [the whole day the day before yesterday., the day before yesterday., the whole day tomorrow.]

10. She             [was trieing, was trying, tryed] a new dress on when I             [came, was comming, come] in.

11. He            [was paying, payed, paid] for his purchases by credit card one hour ago

Choose the correct variant of the tense used in the sentences.

1. All day yesterday I was reading a book.                    [Present Continuous, Past Continuous, Present Simple]

2. We spoke with Ann last Sunday.                    [Past Simple, Present Simple, Present Continuous]

3. I understand that she is my best friend                    [Present Simple, Present Continuous, Past Simple]

4. Jim is buying nice trousers in the department now.                    [Past Simple, Past Continuous, Present Continuous]

5. Their cousin was the most active man among them.                 [Past Simple, Present Simple, Past Continuous]

6. I paid for these blue jeans by credit card.                    [Present Continuous, Past Simple, Present Simple]

7. The streets in Cherkasy are narrower than in Kyiv.                 [Past Simple, Present Simple, Past Continuous]

8. My mother was cooking spaghetti at 5 o'clock in the evening.                 [Present Simple, Past Simple, Past Continuous]

9. John's marks are the worst in the class.                    [Present Simple, Past Simple, Present Continuous]

10. Our relatives are doing their homework at the moment.                    [Present Continuous, Present Simple, Past Simple]

11. Their teacher chose a bright blouse in that shop.                    [Present Simple, Past Simple, Present Continuous]

12. Last year my brother was taller than my sister.                 [Present Simple, Past Continuous, Past Simple]

Choose the correct variant

1. Choose tense indicators for Present Simple                                      [sometimes, usually, every day, last year, two days ago, 2 hours ago, now, at the moment, still]

2. Choose tense indicators for Present Continuous                            [still, at that moment, now, every year, often, usually, still, at the moment, now]

3. Choose tense indicators for Past Simple                                      [today, still, look!, yesterday, two days ago, last week, the whole day yesterday, at six p.m.]

4. Choose tense indicators for Past Continuous                                          [when, while, the whole evening yeaterday, now, still, at the moment, every morning, on Sundays, often]

5. Choose the comparative degree of the word beautiful                    [beautifuler, more beautiful, the most beautiful]

6. Choose the superlative degree of the word bad             [badder, the baddest, the worst]

7. Choose the comparative degree of the word low            [the lower, the lowest, lower]

8. Choose only exceptions (винятки)                   [good, little, old, far, old, big, bad, many, small]

9. Translate the word the most           [багато, найбільше, більше]

10. Translate the word narrower           [вужчий, найвужчий, вузький]

11. The superlative degree is made with the help of                         [the.... -est, the most, the .... -est, the most]

12. The comparative degree is made with the help of           [-er, more, -er, more]

13. Choose the positive degree of the word хороший          [better, good, the best]

14. Choose the right variant of the word щасливіший            [more happy, happyer, happier]

15. Choose the right variant of the word найсумніший             [the saddest, the sadest, the sadiest]

16. Which verb has the second form paid         [to put, to play, to pay]

17. Which verb has the first form to be        [were, began, bought]

18. Which verb has the first form to write            [to wrote, wrote, to written]

19. Which verb has the second form swept          [to sweep, to swep, to swept]

20. Translate the word brought        [купив, приніс, взяв]

21. What tense has the formula S + Ved/2 + SPS                 [Present Simple, Past Continuous, Past Simple]

22. What tense has the formula was/were + S + Ving+ SPS?                    [Present Continuous, Present Simple, Past Continuous]

23. What tense has the formula S + do/does + not + V + SPS                    [Present Simple, Past Simple, Present Continuous]

24. Correct the word in the sentence Mary was chosing a nice dress the whole evening.          [choosing, chose, chosed]

25. Correct the word in the sentence Tom is lisening to music at the moment.           [lisens, listened, listening]

26. Correct the word with a mistake in the sentence Nat paid for her new caot in cash yesterday.      [cuot, cout, coat]

27. Choose the right translation of the sentence Моя мама купила вузькі штани                              [My mom bought tight trousers, My mom bought loose trousers, My mom buy tight trousers]

28. Choose the right translation of the sentence Дивись! Нік миє посуд                            [Look! Nick washes up, Look! Nick is washing up, Listen! Nick is washing up]

29. Choose the right translation of the sentence This street is the widest                    [Ця вулиця широка, Ця вулиця найширша, Ця вулиця ширша]

30. Choose the right translation of the sentence My dad was short of money                                     [У мого тата недостатньо грошей, У мого тата не було грошей, У мого тата було недостатньо грошей]

Read the text and choose only TRUE sentences.

“Dream” Department Store

Welcome to the “Dream” department store! Our department store isn’t very big but comfortable. You can see many departments in it and you can buy everything you want there. The customers buy books, toys, clothes, shoes and many different things there every day. You can try on the clothes you like in comfortable fitting rooms and our shop assistants are very friendly, they will help you to make your choice.

There are many sales every evening. You can buy very nice clothes of different sizes at a reasonable prize there. There is a wide choice of different books and toys in our department for children. If you buy things in “Dream” department store you can get many discounts. In every department you may always pay in cash at the cash desk, but not by credit card. There is a cosy café on the second floor.

There are always tasty hamburgers and a wide choice of drinks –mineral water, hot tea, coffee, juice. Come to our department store with your family and you will have a good day.

Match two parts of the sentences according to the previous text.

Listen to the recorder and choose if the statement is true or false.

04 - Past Continuous Listening and Speaking Practice - Questions and Responses.mp4

1. We were drinking some milk and tea while we were watching TV.       [True, False]

2. I was drinking some tea and my wife was drinking some milk while we were watching TV.       [True, False]

3. I was having dinner with my family.        [True, False]

4. I was having breakfast with my family.       [True, False]

5. My brother and my sister were talking about TV series.        [True, False]

6. My uncle and my father were talking about English lessons.       [True, False]

7. When I saw my friend he was drinking coffee and studying for his exam.       [True, False]

8. When I saw my friend he was drinking coffee and reading his book.        [True, False]

9. My friend was helping me to study: was asking questions and I was giving the answers from the book.        [True, False]

10. I was helping my best friend to study: I was asking questions and he was giving the answers from the book.       [True, False]

11. Yesterday night I was thinking about my summer holidays in Italy.       [True, False]

12. Yesterday night I was thinking about my future plans.       [True, False]

13. Yesterday while I was going home I was listening to rock songs.        [True, False]

14. Yesterday while I was going home I was listening to many pop songs.        [True, False]

15. While I was leaving home the children were playing football and basketball in the park.       [True, False]

16. While I was leaving home some neighbours were sitting in the park and talking to each other.       [True, False]