Exercises. Прошедшее простое время (Past Indefinite) выражает действие, происшедшее или происходившее в прошлом

Прошедшее простое время (Past Indefinite) выражает действие, происшедшее или происходившее в прошлом.

To meet — met — met to see —saw — seen

To have — had — had to speak — spoke — spoken

Вопросительная форма для правильных и неправильных глаголов в Past Indefinite образуется с помощью вспомогательного глагола did:

— Did you invite them to the conference room⁹

- Yes, I did. / No, I didn't.

— Did he/ she invite them to the conference room?

- Yes, he/she did /No, he/she didn't.

— Did they meet in the conference room?

- Yes, they did. / No, they didn't

Отрицательная форма образуется с помощью вспомогательного глагола в отрицательной форме did not {didn't):

I didn't invite them to the conference room.

He/ She didn't invite them to the conference room.

We didn't meet in the conference room.

They didn't go to the conference room.

Например.

Mr. Hill met the group at the airport.

They didn't go to London by taxi.

Did they have any problems?

1. Read the following irregular verbs:

Инфинитив	Простое прошедшее время	3-я форма (причастие прошедшего времени)
• to be	was/ were	been
to come	came	come
to make	made	made
to speak	spoke	spoken
to meet	met	met
to see	saw	seen
to take	took	taken
to keep	kept	kept

2. Write down the following regular verbs in Past Indefinite:

• to fill	• to specialise
to fill in	to train
to distribute to work	to provide to study
	to enjoy

3. Underline the verbs in the following sentences and say in what tenses they are used:

• Are you on business in London?

How long have you been in London?

I was in London in 1996.

• We have just had lunch. They are still having lunch.

We had lunch at 8 o'clock.

• He works as a manager.

He is working at this company.

He worked at this company from 1990 to 1995.

• He speaks fluent French.

He is now speaking English.

He spoke for 3 hours at the conference.

4. Underline the answers true to the text:

• On what floor was the conference room, where the participants met, located?	On the ground floor. On the first floor. On the second floor.
• Did Mr. Hill speak for a long time?	He said only two wolds. He said a few sentences. He spoke for two hours.
• About what did Mr. Hill speak?	About himself only. Only about his company. About his company and himself.
• What did the group do after Mr. Hill introduced himself?	They asked him a lot of questions. They introduced themselves.
• What paper did Mr. Hill distribute then?	The Programme. The Rooming List. The Timetable.
• What tour did the partici­pants make then?	A panoramic tour of London. A tour of Madame Tussaud's. A tour of the Tower of London.
• Did the participants make any pictures?	Yes, they did. No, they did not want to. No, they did not have any cameras.

5. Read the following:

word, words, to word, wording

to work, worked, work, works, worker, working

with me, with them, with us, with a camera, with their cameras

Many of them make pictures with their cameras.

6. Insert prepositions:

Let me say a few words... myself and the company who is the or­ganiser... this Programme. I'm Doctor... Economics.... the recent past I worked... a foreign trade company and then... a bank. Now I specialise... business management and... training businessmen... East European countries.... some time I worked... Poland and Hungary. Now I'm closely cooperating... Russia.

7. Insert articles:

• I'm working for IMD. It's... well established company specialis­ing in business training.... company also provides financial con­sulting. Here before you there are booklets on... history and scope of activities of our company. I'll be grateful if you could introduce yourself in just... few words.

• Thank you for... nice reception and for... good beginning of... Programme. I hope... Programme will be... success and we shall learn.. lot of things.

• I'm... financial manager of... department in... commercial bank in Moscow.

8. Complete these short speeches and act out similar ones:

• Ladies and gentlemen! First let me say a few words about myself and the company. My name is David Hill. I'm.. In the recent past... Now I specialise.. For some time I worked...

• I'm working for.. It's a well established.. The company also provides... Here before you there are booklets... You... keep... Now I'll be grateful... introduce yourself...

• Let me first thank you for... I hope.... success... My name is Oleg Pilov. I'm.. manager.. bank... And I'm especially interested... foreign transactions for small...

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