EXERCISE 2. Put the verbs in the following sentences into negative and interrogative form

EXERCISE 1. Form the Past Simple Tense from the verbs given below

EXERCISES

Образование Past Simple

VII. Discussion questions

1. What was your favorite subject at school? 2. Have you read any books on this subject? 3. Where your classes in this discipline interesting? 4. Have you decided what profession to choose? 5. What do you do to prepare for you future work or to get better changes for that profession? 6. Have you had talk with your parents on future profession? 7. What profession did your parents advise you to take up? 8. Do your parents say that it is up to you to decide which road you will take in life? 9. What will you be after graduating from the Institute? 10. If you are admitted to this faculty, what specialization would you like to take up?

VIII. Write down a composition called “My future profession” using the texts. You must touch upon the following problems:

1. What were your plans for the future when you were a child?

2. What made you choose this profession?

3. What do you like in your future profession?

GRAMMAR: Past Simple

Прошедшее простое время употребляется для:

· Описания действий, происходивших в прошлом, но не связанных с настоящим. Прошедшее действие может характеризоваться обстоятельством времени (yesterday – вчера, last week – на прошлой неделе, a month ago – месяц назад, on Sunday – в воскресенье):

EX:I met him last week

Я встречал его на прошлой неделе.

· Описания ряда последовательных действий в прошлом:

EX:She came up to the house, opened the door, and turned on the light in the hall.

Она подошла к дому, открыла дверь и включила свет в прихожей.

Форма Past Simple правильных глаголов образуется прибавлением к основе инфинитива окончания – ed

EX: to end – ended; to work – worked; to open – opened

Форма Past Simple неправильных глаголов образуется различными способами (список неправильных глаголов):

EX: to speak – spoke, to meet – met, to know – knew

Для построения вопросительной и отрицательной формы используется вспомогательный глагол to do в Past Simple – DID:

I saw him before Я видел его раньше

I didn’t see him before Я не видел его раньше

Did I see him before? Видел ли я его раньше?

To bring, to blow, to do, to seem, to last, to draw, to break, to listen, to read, to jump, to feel, to hear, to sleep, to cry, to appear, to love, to show, to sing, to hide, to get, to understand, to forget, to remember, to tell, to ask..

1. He knew her address. 2. This engineer needed help. 3. I liked my new apartment. 4. They found a new solution of this problem. 5. She worked very hard on this problem. 6. He realized that he was right. 7. I saw this movie yesterday. 8. I was in Moscow last year. 9. She decided to go to the country and left last month. 10. They moved to their new house.