Tag questions

There is a Book Fair in the Cultural Centre, isn’t there? Yes, there is. / No, there isn’t.

There aren’t many problems with this new job, are there? No, there aren’t. / Yes, there are.

Exercise35. Give the correct tag to these sentences.

1. There’s a restaurant in the park, ___?

2. There isn’t much time left, ___?

3. There aren’t enough serious programmes on television, ___?

4. There are a lot of mistakes in his test, ___?

5. There’s no milk in the fridge, ___?

6. There isn’t any tea in the pot, ___?

7. There are 26 letters in the English alphabet, ___?

8. There aren’t many old buildings here, ___?

The Past Simple Tense Positive form — Regular verbs

I You He/She/It We You They

worked a lot last night.

The -ed ending has three pronunciations:

[id]	[t]	[d]
after the sounds [t] and [d] attracted [ə'træktɪd] adopted [ə'dɒptɪd] added ['ædɪd] needed ['nɪ:dɪd]	after the unvoiced sounds (except [t]) looked [lʋkt] addressed [ə'drest] touched [tʌtʃt] washed [wɒʃt]	after voiced sounds (except [d]) played [pleɪd] opened ['əʋpənd] raised [reɪzd] lived [lɪvd] filled [fɪld] showed [ʃəʋd]

Exercise 36. Put these words into three groups according to the pronunciation of the -ed endings.

passed, washed, watched, decided, remembered, failed,

stopped, studied, asked, loved, used, listened, wanted

Exercise 37. Complete the sentences using the words in the list. Use the Simple Present or the Simple Past.

invite, stay, like, want, watch, happen

Example: Mike often asks questions. He asked a lot of questions in class yesterday.

6. Ann seldom ___ her homework before midnight. But yesterday she ___ her homework at 10 pm.

7. I usually ___ a lot of people to my birthday party. But last year I ___ only my close friends.

8. Take care! This crossroads is extremely dangerous. Accidents are often here. A serious accident ___ at this crossroads only a few days ago.

9. In the evening my parents ___ at home and ___ TV. As usual they ___ at home and ___ TV last night.

10. After a hard day’s work Tom ___ to relax by going for a swim. But yesterday all he ___ to do was lie down and get some sleep.

Positive form — Irregular verbs

Irregular verbs are irregular in the Past Simple Tense in the positive only (not in the negative or question form).

1.	I You He/She/It We You They	came	to the station in time.
2.	I You He/She/It We You They	had	a lecture yesterday.
3.	I	was	born in Moscow in 1989.
	You	were	rather good at English.
	He/She	was	in Paris some years ago.
	It	was	most interesting event in my life.
	We You They	were	at the opera yesterday.

Exercise 38.

Find the word that doesn’t belong to each list. Give the Present Tense form of the verbs.

a) said	visited	struck	grew	brought	forgave
b) cooked	worked	listened	meant	showed	watched
c) phoned	fought	rang	thought	saw	drove
d) liked	closed	read	climbed	married	acted
e) spent	draw	got	moved	ran	swam

Exercise 39. Complete the sentences putting the verbs in the Past Simple Tense. Use each verb only once.

sell, spend, buy, fly, drive, run, cost, drink, understand

Example: Mr and Mrs Brown drove from London to Manchester last weekend.

12. We needed money badly so we ___ our car.

13. Ann ___ a lot of money yesterday. She ___ a dress which ___ $70.

14. Dan ___ the marathon in two hours.

15. They ___ champagne to celebrate their wedding anniversary.

16. As teenagers, we ___ each other very well.

17. They ___ to Spain the day before yesterday.