Life Is Getting More and More Complicated

Life is getting more and more interesting.

More difficult,

more complicated.

Life is getting more and more difficult.

Things are getting harder every day.

I’ll say.

Life is getting more and more interesting.

Much easier,

less difficult,

Life is getting more and more interesting.

Things are getting better every day.

I’ll say.

Unit 13

Present Perfect

Have You Ever Been to Boston? (song)

Have you ever been to Boston?

Yes, I have.

No, I haven’t.

Have you ever been to Boston?

Yes, I have.

No, I haven’t.

Have you ever been to Boston?

Have you ever been to Boston?

Have you ever been to Boston?

Yes I have.

No, I haven’t.

Variations: Have you ever worked in Boston?

Have you ever fallen in love in Boston?

I’ve Never Been to Peru, Have You? (song)

I’ve never been to Peru, have you?

Have you?

If I wake up in Peru, I won’t know what to do.

I’ve never been to Japan, have you?

Have you?

If I wake up in Japan, I won’t know where I am.

I’ve never been to L.A., have you?

Have you?

If I wake up in L.A., I won’t know what to say.

California Roll (song)

Have you ever eaten sushi?

or a California roll?

Have you ever eaten kimchi?

Have you ever been to Seoul?

No, I’ve never eaten kimchi.

I’ve never been to Seoul.

And I’ve never ever ever had

a California roll.

Have you ever been arrested?

Have you ever gone to jail?

Have you ever had a diamond ring

or worn a wedding veil?

No, I’ve never been arrested.

I’ve never gone to jail.

I’ve never had a diamond ring

or worn a wedding veil.

I’ve never lived in Brooklyn.

I’ve never lived in Queens.

I’ve never eaten sushi in a house in New Orleans.

I’ve never eaten kimchi.

I’ve never been to Seoul.

And I’ve never ever ever had a California roll!

No, I’ve never ever ever had a California roll!

Have You Heard the News?

Have you heard the news about Joe?

No!

Haven’t you heard about Sue?

Who?

Joe’s wife Sue! Haven’t you heard?

Sue ran off with Lou.

Sue and Lou? Oh no!

What’s going to happen to Joe?

I don’t know.

Have you heard the news about Lynn?

No. What about Lynn?

Where have you been?

Everyone knows about Lynn.

Not me.

Nobody tells me anything.

Have You Heard from Mary Lately?

Have you heard from Mary lately?

No, I haven’t, have you?

Yes, I have. She called last night.

How’s she doing?

She’s doing all right.

Have you spoken to Bobby lately?

Yes, I have. He called last night.

How’s he doing?

He’s doing all right.

Have you talked to Ray?

Yes, I have.

How’s he doing?

He’s doing O.K.

Unit 14

Superlatives

He Works Like a Dog

He works like a dog.

He east like a horse.

He’s the very best student in the English course.

Does he really work hard?

He works like a dog.

Does he eat a lot?

He eats like a horse.

He works like a dog.

He eats like a horse.

He’s the very best student in the English course.

Unit 15

Review

She Loves Him, but He Doesn’t Love Her

She loves him, but he doesn’t love her.

That’s too bad!

What a shame!

She gave him a book, but he didn’t read it.

That’s too bad!

What a shame!

She bought him a tie, but he didn’t wear it.

That’s too bad!

What a shame!

She loves him, but he loves Kim.

That’s too bad!

What a shame!

What Do You Want to Do?

What do you want to do?

Let’s go to the zoo.

I haven’t been there for ages.

Where do you want to go?

Let’s go to a show.

I haven’t seen a show for ages.

How do you want to go?

Let’s take the bus.

I haven’t taken the bus for ages.

Where do you want to eat?

Let’s eat in the park.

I haven’t done that for ages.

When It’s Midnight in Osaka (song)

When it’s midnight in Osaka,

it’s morning in L.A.

When the sun comes up in Paris,

they’re asleep in Monterrey.

When the sun shines in Korea,

they’re sleeping in Peru.

When it snows in New York City,

it’s spring in Timbuktu.

Brighton in the Rain

I’ve never been to Athens and I’ve never been to Rome

I’ve only seen the Pyramids in picture books at home

I’ve never sailed across the sea or been inside the plane

I’ve always spent my holidays in Brighton in the rain.

I’ve never eaten foreign food or drunk in a foreign bar

I’ve never kissed a foreign girl or driven a foreign car

I’ve never had to find my way in a country I don’t know

I’ve always known just where I am and where I’ll never go.

I’ve read travel books by writers who have been to Pakistan

I’ve heard people telling stories of adventures in Iran

I’ve watched TV documentaries about China and Brazil

But I’ve never been abroad myself; it’s making me feel ill.

I’ve studied several languages like Hindi and Malay

I’ve learn lots of useful sentences I’ve never been able to say

The furthest place I’ve ever been was to the Isle of Man

And that was full of tourists from Jamaica and Japan.

Grammar Exercises

Exercise 1.

Put the verbs in brackets in the Present Indefinite or Present Continuous Tense.

1. ____ you (hear) anything? – I (listen) attentively, but I can’t hear anything.

2. I (see) a man outside; he (look) at me.

3. I (see) that you (put) on your best suit. You (go) to a party? – No, I (go) to a wedding. – And who is the unhappy man who (throw) away his freedom! You must tell him I (feel) sorry for him. – He (speak) to you now.

4. ____ you (understand) the Present Indefinite Tense now? – I (do) the exercise at this moment, and I (think) I (know) how to use the rule now.

5. Peter (live) in St. Petersburg. His job is there.

6. You (work) too much. I (advise) you to have a holiday.

7. What you (see) over there in the yard?

8. She (see) the Dean tomorrow.

9. I (enjoy) every minute of my stay here.

10. He (appear) in a new play at the Art Theatre.

11. This news certainly (appear) to be true.

12. What you (think) about at this moment?

13. That (not matter), I’ll go and fetch another piece of chalk.

14. ____ you (notice) any change in him?

Exercise 2.

Use Present Simple or Present Continuous.

1. Hi, Susan!

This Island (to be) great! We (to have) a wonderful time here. We (to swim) every day. The weather here (to be) always fine.

I (to write) this letter in a bar on the beach.

I (to drink) juice now. Mary (to learn) to swim at the moment. I (not to see) her now. But I (to hope) she (to be) all right. I (to be) happy.

See you soon. Love to all.

Peter.

2. I (to have) a very good friend. She (to be) interested in many problems of modern life. She (not to be) at home now, she (to be) in the library. My friend (to work) on her report at the moment. She always (to work) hard on her tasks.

3. My brother (to be) a vegetarian. He never (to eat) meat. He (to think) that meat (not to be) healthy. He (to have) dinner now. He (to have) only vegetables for his dinner.

4. For many people the best season of the year (to be) autumn. I (to like) autumn. It (to be) September now. The leaves (to be) red and yellow. I (to watch) how the leaves (to fall) on the ground now.

Exercise 3.

Use the Past Indefinite and the Past Continuous Tense.

1. Yesterday Alice (to stay) home all day. When she (to get) up in the morning, she (to feel) ill and (to decide) not to go to school. But by 10 o’clock in the morning she (to begin) to feel better. By then it (to be) too late to go to school. It (to rain) and she not (to want) to go outdoors. Her friends (to be) all at school. They all (to have) their lessons. Alice (to have) no one to talk to.

After school Cyril (to stop) at her house to give her the homework and find out how she (to feel). When Cyril (to come) in, Alice (to look) into her pad and (to listen) to the record player.

Cyril not (to plan) to stay at her house very long, but she (to be) lonely, so Cyril (to spend) the whole evening at Alice’s.

2.

– What you (to do) at 7.30 yesterday?

– The clock still (to ring) and I just (to get) out of bed.

– And at 7.35?

– Why, I (to dress).

– Where (to be) you at 7.50?

– At breakfast. I (to have) my breakfast.

– At eight sharp?

– Why, I (to go) to school.

– (to be) you? Why (to be) you late, then?

– (to be) I?

3. Answer the questions.

1) What was Nick doing, when Lena rang him up?

2) What were you doing when it began to rain?

3) What was Carol doing when you saw her?

4) What were the children doing when the teacher entered the room?

5) What was your brother doing while you were talking on the phone?

6) What were you doing while your groupmates were working at the lab?

4. The sun (to go) down behind a hill when I (to reach) a village which (to be) only a few miles from the sea. After supper my new friends and I (to go) out for a walk in the garden. The night (to be) warm and the bright moon (to shine) high in the sky.

Exercise 4.

Open the brackets. Use the Present Perfect.

1. At last I (do) all y homework; now I’ll go out.

2. The rain (stop) but an icy wind is still blowing.

3. I not (study) all these articles yet.

4. At last I (translate) this article; now I’ll have a little rest.

5. Jack (read) this book; he is going to tell us about it.

6. The boy (see) the film; he is going to see it again.

7. Peter (answer) all the questions; his mark is excellent.

8. The secretary (type) ten pages; she is going to type some more.

9. She (finish) her work now; she is free.

10. The nurse (wash) the baby’s hands and face; they are clean.

11. Mary (lay) the table; the family is going to have dinner.

12. He (have) his breakfast; he is going to work.

13. I’m sorry, but I don’t quite understand – what (happen).

14. You not (show) me my room yet.

15. Now that they (go), let’s have a friendly chat.

16. I never (speak) to him.

17. We just (hear) the news.

18. The train just (leave).

19. You (make) any spelling mistakes?

20. You (do) all the exercises on this page?

21. You (get) any money about you?

22. Why you (leave) the door open? You’ll catch cold.

23. Since when she (be) your friend?

Exercise 5.

Open the brackets putting the verb in the necessary form.

Use the Present Indefinite, the Present Continuous, the Present Perfect.

1. The workers of our town (build) houses every year. They already (build) many houses in our town. Many people (move) to these houses.

2. Sorry, Ann, I (leave) my book at home. Can you give me yours?

– ­Here you (be).

3. The students of our group are in room 222. They (listen) to a lecture on modern English writers. – How often they (have) such lectures? – Not very often. They (have) only two lectures this month.

4. Don’t talk to Kate. She (write) a letter to a friend of hers.

5. Nina never (miss) her lessons. We often (can see) her in the library or in the lab. She (be) always at her books. As far as I know she always (be) a hard-working girl. – How long you (know) her? – Oh, I (know) her since my childhood.

6. I’m sure Peter (take) the post graduate course after his final examinations. All these years he (get) only excellent marks in all the subjects. He (be) a talented boy.

7. I (like) her because she (have) a heart of gold.

8. You (do) your work and you may go now.

9. I not (see) Nina since last Saturday.

10. Dmitry not (return) from his walking tour yet, ____ he?

– No, he ____ not. He (be) away for two days already.

Exercise 6.

I. Open the brackets. Use the Present Indefinite, the Present Continuous, the Present Perfect Continuous or the Past Indefinite Tenses.

1. He (to learn) English for 8 years. He knows it quite well.

2. “Where have you been? I (to wait) for you for half an hour already.”

3. It (to rain) since morning. The roads are wet.

4. He (to live) in Moscow since his childhood. He knows the city very well.

5. “Where are the children?” – “They (to be) still in the yard, playing football.” – “Oh, how long ____ they (to play)?”

– “They (to play) for two hours. They (to go out) at 11 o’clock.”

II. Use the sentences in the negative and interrogative forms.

1. Mr. Brown took his wife to the theatre yesterday.

2. John knows a lot about Great Britain.

3. Mrs. Cook has bought a new dress.

4. Mary has been waiting for her friend for 30 minutes.

III. Put all possible questions to the sentences.

The shop-assistant made out the bill for Mrs. Cook.

IV. Translate into English.

1. Анна поет в соседней комнате. Она всегда поет очень хорошо. Она учится петь уже 3 года.

2. Что вы пишите? – Я пишу письмо своей сестре. Мы часто пишем письма друг другу. Сейчас она работает над книгой. Она работает над книгой уде 2 месяца.

3. Что ты обычно делаешь вечером? – Обычно я делаю уроки, читаю, смотрю телевизор. А сейчас я читаю газету. Я читаю ее уже 15 минут.

Exercise 7.

Use Past Simple or Past Perfect.

1. When the police (to arrive), the car (to go).

2. George (to finish) doing his homework at eight o’clock.

3. When she (to get) to the shop, it (to close).

4. The train (to leave) when he (to come) to the station.

5. We (to eat) everything by the time he (to arrive) at the party.

6. I (to know) that he (not to learn) the poem.

7. When they (to leave) the beach, the rain already (to start).

8. Arthur (not to know) that we already (to arrive).

9. When I (to come), I (to see) that mother (to cook) dinner.

10. My friend (to study) English before he (to enter) the Institute.

11. The car (to go) when I (to look) into the street.

12. He (to take) the decision before I (to come).

13. Nick (return) from the office by seven o’clock.

14. We (to get) to the stadium at four o’clock but the game already (to start).

15. She (to come) at six o’clock.

16. I (to think) that my parents already (to return).

17. He (to be sure) that we (not to recognize) him.

18. You (to find) your key which you (to lose) before?

19. Meg (to say) that she (to be) in this city.

20. The doctor (to arrive) when we already (to help) him.

Exercise 8.

Replace the brackets using the correct tense-forms of the verb.

1. He usually spends little money but now he (to spend) a lot as he (to look for) a new job. Hopefully, he (to find) it soon.

2. She managed to sell the jacket though she (to wear) it for some time. – How much she (to get)?

3. You won’t learn how to do it until you (to do) it on your own. – You (to try)?

4. Why don’t you trust him? He (to let) you down? In fact, he

(to have) – . It (to be) last year when I (to be) away on business.

5. It’s raining still! We are to leave in half an hour. I wonder if it (to stop) by then.

6. I ran out of my patience last night and went to the neighbours to find out what they constantly (to saw and drill) there.

7. Hardly we (to go ashore) when the wind (to increase) but we were out of danger.

8. If the storm becomes worse he (to have) to spend the night in the country.

9. The Petersons (to come) tomorrow. Let’s treat them to something special.

10. He didn’t follow my advice though he (to promise) to.

Exercise 9.

Use the Present Perfect or the Past Indefinite in questions in the following text.

– Are you a soldier by profession?

– Yes.

– How long you (to be) in the army?

– Twenty- five years.

– When you (to join) the army?

– In 1932.

– Where you (to serve) during the war?

– First on the territory of the Ukraine, then in the Far East.

– You (to see) much fighting in the Ukraine?

– A good deal.

– How long you (to remain) there?

– For over a year.

– Why you (to be sent) to the Far East?

– I (to be) wounded.

– What sort of wound it (to be)?

– A bullet through the shoulder.

– How many times you (to be) wounded during the war?

– Three times.

– They (to be) serious wounds?

– Rather.

– When you (to be) wounded the last time?

– In 1945.

– How you (to feel) since then?

– Not very strong.

– Why you (not to leave) the army?

– I can’t imagine my life outside the army.

– Where you (to serve) lately?

– In the Caucasus mostly. The climate there suits my health.

Exercise 10.

Use the correct forms of the verbs.

1. She went up to her bedroom on the second floor, and she (feel) so tired, that she (fall) asleep soon after she (lie) down. She (have) a long and difficult day.

2. Mrs. Foster paid the driver and (ring) the bell. She (wait) but there (be) no answer. Everybody (leave) for the party.

3. He moved across the room to the box. He (pick) up a piece of paper that (lie) beside the box, (study) it carefully, (put) it down, (look) in the box, and then again at the paper. He (do) this for perhaps half an hour. He not (know) who (write) the paper.

4. Mary took his coat and (hang) it in the hall. They not (meet) for quite a long time. Then she (make) the drinks, the way he (teach) her, and soon he (tell) her the news which she not (hear) yet.

5. Every day she took her grandchildren for walks. They (be) so beautiful! She (feed) them cakes, and (buy) them presents, and (tell) them charming stories. Those walks (become) a tradition with them.

Exercise 11.

Use the correct forms of the verb.

1. In the middle of the night Mary woke up. A heavy rain (start) falling again and the wind (blow) hard round the walls of the old house. Suddenly she (hear) the crying that she (hear) the night before. This time she decided to discover who it (be).

2. She (leave) her room and (go) to the other side of the house. At last she (find) the right room. She (push) the door open and (see) a big room with beautiful old furniture and pictures. A boy (lie) in a large bed. He (look) tired and cross. He stared at Mary. “Who you (be)? You (be) a dream?” he whispered.

3. “I (be) your second cousin, and your father (be) my uncle,” Mary explained. “I (hear) that you are ill. Your father often (come) and see you?” – “Not often. He not (like) to see me because it (make) him (remember) my mother. She (die) when I (bear), so he almost (hate) me, I think.”

4. “Why you (say) you (die)? Asked Mary. “I always (be) ill. I nearly (die) several times. My doctor (feel) sure that I (be going) to die. But he’s my father’s cousin, and very poor, so he (want) me to die. Then he (get) all the money when my father (die)”.

5. “Last year we (have) a grand doctor from London, who (advise) me to go out in the fresh air. But I not (like) fresh air. I want to lie in bed. All the servants (have) to do what I want, because if I (get) angry, I (become) ill.” Mary was furious, and it (make) her (feel) strong. “You are the silliest boy I ever (meet),” she (cry).

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