EXERCISE 8. Open the brackets using the verbs in The Past Simple Tense or The Past Continuous Tense.

EXERCISE 7. Open the brackets using the verbs in The Present Continuous Tense or the Past Continuous Tense.

EXERCISE 6. Translate into English, using The Past Continuous Tense.

1. Я спешил на работу, когда встретил своего старого друга. 2. Когда зазвонил телефон, они обсуждали этот вопрос. 3. Когда я вышел из комнаты, они играли в шахматы. 4. Они сидели за столом, когда я начал эту историю. 5. В 10 утра мы слушали радио. 6. Мы путешествовали, когда получили письмо от родителей. 7. Вы переводили статью или готовились к контрольной в 2 часа? 8. Когда я подошел к нему, он разговаривал по мобильному телефону (cell phone). 9. В машине никого не было, но мотор работал. 10. Когда девочка играла во дворе, она потеряла свои перчатки.

1. I (to write) an English exercise now. 2. I (to write) an English exercise at this time yesterday. 3. My little sister (to sleep) now. 4. My little sister (to sleep) at this time yesterday. 5. My friends (not to do) their homework now; they (to play) volleyball. 6. My friends (not to do) their homework at 7 o’clock yesterday. 7. You (to eat) ice cream now? 8. You (to eat) ice cream when I rang you up yesterday. 9. What your father (to do) now? 10. What your father (to do) from 8 till 9 yesterday.

1. I (to play) computer games yesterday. 2. I (to play) computer games from 2 till 3 yesterday. 3. I (to play) computer games at 5 o’clock yesterday. 4. We (to play) computer games the whole evening yesterday. 5. What Nick (to do) when you came to his place? 6. What you (to do) when I rang you up? 7. I (not to sleep) at 9 o’clock yesterday. 8. What he (to do) yesterday? He (to read) a book. 9. What he (to do) the whole evening yesterday? He (to read) a book.10. She (to sleep) when you came home. 11. My brother (not to play) tennis yesterday. He (to play) tennis the day before yesterday. 12. When I came into the kitchen, mother (to cook). 13. He (to get up) at 7 o’clock yesterday. 14. Father (to come) home at 6 o’clock yesterday. 15. When the teacher (to open) the door of the classroom, the students (to sit) at their desks.

ADDITIONAL STUDY: Astrakhan

I. Read the text “Astrakhan’s cultural life”

Astrakhan’s cultural life

The cultural life of Astrakhan is very rich and many aspect. First of all we have the Kremlin, a very beautiful architectural monument. Many tourists come to see it from many other cities. The Kremlin has a great church.

There are also many museums in Astrakhan. People that visit a museum always find out something very interesting in the sphere of history, traditions and customs. The most popular and visited museums are Museum of Local Lore, Museum of Military Glory, Museum of Chernishevskyi, Kustodiev’s Picture Gallery and many others.

There are also many theatres in Astrakhan – Drama Theatre, Theatre of Young Spectator, Summer Touring Theatre, Puppet Theatre and so on.

As for young people and teenagers it’s obvious that nowadays they know what to do in the city. In the afternoon hundred of clubs and sport sections are opened for them. In the evening they may have fun in a thousand of cafes or go to see a movie, play bowling, billiard, slot machines. At night during weekends young people of the city like to spend in a night club, where you can dance, rest, communicate with the others.

So there are a lot of cultural places to visit in Astrakhan.