Упражнение 1.
Вставьте глагол to be в Past Indifinite.
My aunt… very depressed last Sunday. The weather … terrible. It … cold and rainy. Her husband … not at home. He … at hospital because he … sick. Her children … not at school. They … not in the yard, they … in the living room. The TV … broken. The children … not only upset, they … very angry. The neighbours … not happy because her children … too noisy. The house … not clean. The sink … broken. There … dirty dishes on the kitchen table and in the sink. There … nothing in the fridge. There … no vegetables for dinner, there … no juice for her children. There … not even bread in the house! She … tired and hungry. She … just exhausted.
Ответы:
My aunt was very depressed last Sunday. The weather was terrible. It was cold and rainy. Her husband was not at home. He was at hospital because he was sick. Her children were not at school. They were not in the yard, they were in the living room. The TV was broken. The children were not only upset, they were very angry. The neighbours were not happy because her children were too noisy. The house was not clean. The sink was broken. There were dirty dishes on the kitchen table and in the sink. There was nothing in the fridge. There were no vegetables for dinner, there was no juice for her children. There was not even bread in the house! She was tired and hungry. She was just exhausted.
Упражнения 2.
Перепишите следующий текст в прошедшем времени.
On Monday we have five lessons. The first lesson is English. At this lesson we write a dictation and do some exercises. Nick goes to the blackboard.
He answers well and gets a «five». Pete does not get a «five» because he does not know his lesson. After the second lesson I go to the canteen. I eat a sandwich and drink a cup of tea. I do not drink milk. After school I do not go home at once. I go to the library and take a book. Then I go home.
Ответы:
On Monday we had five lessons. The first lesson was English. At this lesson we wrote a dictation and did some exercises. Nick went to the blackboard. He answered well and got a «A». Pete did not get «A» because he did not know his lesson. After the second lesson I went to the canteen. I ate a sandwich and drank a cup of tea. I did not drink milk. After school I did not go home at once. I went to the library and took a book. Then I went home.
Упражнение 3.
Перепишите следующий текст в прошедшем времени (что рассказала мама).
On Tuesday I get up at half past six. I go to the bathroom and wash my hands and face and clean my teeth. Then I dress, go to the kitchen and cook breakfast for my family. At half past seven my son gets up and has breakfast. I have breakfast with my son. My son eats a sandwich and drinks a cup of tea. I don’t drink tea. I drink coffee. After Breakfast my son leaves home for school. I don’t leave home with my son. On Tuesday I don’t work in the morning. I work in the afternoon. In the evening I am at home. My husband and my son areat home, too. We rest in the evening. My son watches TV, my husband reads newspapers and I do some work about the house. At about eleven o’clock we go to bed.
Ответы:
On Tuesday I got up at half past six. I went to the bathroom and washed my hands and face and cleaned my teeth. Then I dressed, went to the kitchen and cooked breakfast for my family. At half past seven my son got up and had breakfast. I had breakfast with my son. My son ate a sandwich and drank a cup of tea. I didn’t drink tea. I drank coffee. After Breakfast my son left home for school. I didn’t leave home with my son. On Tuesday I didn’t work in the morning. I worked in the afternoon. In the evening I was at home. My husband and my son wereat home, too. We rested in the evening. My son watched TV, my husband read newspapers and I did some work about the house. At about eleven o’clock we went to bed.
Упражнение 4.
Поставьте глаголы в предложениях в прошедшее время согласно образцу.
I do my chors. -> I did my chors.
1. She wins the money. She ____ the money.
2. They can eat. They ____ eat.
3. She has to go. She ____ to go.
4. We go shopping. We ____ shopping.
5. She runs to school. She ____ to school.
6. I can walk. I ____ walk.
7. We have to buy a new car. We ____ to buy a new car.
8. They want to leave. They ____ to leave.
9. We begin to collect. We ____ collect.
10. You are allowed to eat. You ____ allowed to eat.
11. Peter eats a hamburger. Peter ____ a hamburger.
12. She has to wash it. She ____ to wash it.
13. They want to go home. They ____ to go home.
14. I close the windows. I ____ the windows.
15. You must learn it. You ____ learn it.
16. They can drive. They ____ drive.
17. Sam likes to laugh. Sam ____ to laugh.
18. Mary has to go home. Mary ____ to go home.
19. We write a letter. We ____ a letter.
20. She opens the window. She ____ the window.
Ответы:
1. She wins the money. She won the money.
2. They can eat. They could eat.
3. She has to go. She had to go.
4. We go shopping. We went shopping.
5. She runs to school. She ran to school.
6. I can walk. I could walk.
7. We have to buy a new car. We had to buy a new car.
8. They want to leave. They wanted to leave.
9. We begin to collect. We began collect.
10. You are allowed to eat. You were allowed to eat.
11. Peter eats a hamburger. Peter ate a hamburger.
12. She has to wash it. She had to wash it.
13. They want to go home. They wanted to go home.
14. I close the windows. I closed the windows.
15. You must learn it. You had to learn it. — Модальный глагол must не имеет прошедшего времени.
16. They can drive. They could drive.
17. Sam likes to laugh. Sam liked to laugh.
18. Mary has to go home. Mary had to go home.
19. We write a letter. We wrote a letter.
20. She opens the window. She opend the window.
Упражнение 5.
Преобразуйте предложения из настоящего в прошедшее время, используя слова и конструкции yesterday, the day before yesterday, last week,
last month, last year, a week ago, a year ago, when I was young, when I first met you и т.д.
1. I must stay here for two days.
2. Jane can swim in this river.
3. I have to call San-Francisco now.
4. We can show you our house.
5. Dr. Brown can see you at the moment.
6. They must go to bed now!
7. We have to book a room with a bath.
8. You can dial it direct.
9. Jane must get up early today.
10. We can read English books now.
Ответы:
1. I had to stay here for two days last week.
2. Jane could swim in this river when she was young.
3. I had to call San-Francisco yesterday.
4. We could show you our house last month.
5. Dr Brown could see you yesterday.
6. They had to go to bed at ten yesterday.
7. We had to book a room with a bath a week ago.
8. You could dial it direct last year.
9. Jane had to get up early yesterday.
10. We could read English books when we were young.
Упражнение 6.
Заполните пробелы глаголами в форме прошедшего времени.
1. Mammoths (be) ____ big animals like elephants.
2. Mammoths (not live) ____ 100 years ago.
3. Mammoths (live) ____ a long time ago.
4. Some dinosaurs (fly) ____ in the air and some (swim) ____ in the sea.
5. Mammoths (not eat) ____ meat. They (eat) ____ grass.
6. They (have) ____ two large tusks about three metres long.
7. He (drink) ____ some milk. He (not drink) ____ any water.
8. She only (spend) ____ 1 pound. She (not spend) ____ 3 pounds.
9. I (see) ____ some elephants. I (not see) ____ any lions.
10. They (swim) ____ in the sea, but (not swim) ____ in the lake.
Ответы:
1. were.
2. did not live.
3. lived.
4. flew, swam.
5. did not eat, ate.
6. had.
7. drank, did not drink.
8. spent, did not spend.
9. saw, did not see.
10. swam, did not swim.
