2. Put the sentences in plural form.

1. This lady is that gentleman’s wife.2. My father’s tooth is white. 3. This child’s foot is sore. 4. This baby is mine. 5. An orphan has not a family. 6. In my grandmother’s farmyard we could see an ox, a sheep, a cow and a goose. 7. An old man is sitting on the bench.8. My cousin is eating tomato. 9. My grandfather’s book is on the shelf. 10. My daughter is afraid of a wolf. 11. There is my mother-in-law on the photo. 12. It is my son’s mouse.

Simple Tenses

1. Use the word in brackets in the Present Indefinite. Translate the sentences into Ukrainian.

1. My brother Oscar and his family … in the next square. (to live) 2. The whole thing … quite fantastic. ( to seem) 3. Her father … at one of the local farms – Paterson’s, I think. (to work) 4. “I really … nothing about her,” said Miss Brewes. (to know) 5. He sometimes … you, I believe. ( to irritate) 6. She always … very simple. (to dress) 7. But in general , parents … when their babies are taken away. (not to like) 8. Kevin … to talk about Florence. (not to like) 9. Let us turn. I … to go near her. ( not to want). 10. … they … bees on this island? (to keep) Tell me that. Where … we … for honey? (to go) 11. What … you … of poetry? (to know) 12. … copper … electricity? (conduct).

2. Change the following into a) the Past Indefinite; b) the Future Indefinite.

1. His father works at a plant. 2. I often see them in the park. 3. Do your pupils read English books? 4. Her mother teaches Chemistry at school. 5. We don’t know his address. 6. He gets up, washes, dresses, has breakfast and goes to school. 7. Does the doctor speak English? 8. My friend doesn’t like such films. 9. This worker repairs his car himself.

3. Fill in the verb to be in Present, Past or Future Simple. Form one question from each sentence, trying to use a variety of question words.

1. My father … a teacher. 2. He … a pupil twenty years ago. 3. My sister … not … at home tomorrow. 4. Yesterday my parents … in the village. 5. When my granny … young, she … an actress. 6. Everybody in the family … very glad to see him at home next week. 7. My aunt … very depressed last Sunday. 8. The children … not only upset, they … very angry now. 9. Where … my children yesterday? 10. … your mother busy now?

4. Put questions to the italicized words.

1. They started work at nine o’clock this morning. 2. His brother goes to Kyiv every year. 3. The boy ate an apple. 4. My wife saw your cousin in Kharkiv. 5. They lost their way because it was dark. 6. The children go to bed at ten o’clock. 6. Me father reads newspapers in the evening. 7. Her aunt lives in Lutsk. 8. It snows in winter. 9. We buy bread at this shop. 10. Her mother teachers Ukrainian. 9. His parents will be at home after six. 10. We’ll play chess this evening. 11. The plant will make agricultural machines.

5. Enter the appropriate forms in the blanks. Use the verbs shown in the table.

write	meet	buy	see	play
be	get	go	waste	have

1. Tom … up every morning.

2. Shakespeare … “Romeo and Juliet.”

3. I … a holiday a month ago.

4. Ted and Mari … always late for dinner.

5. Frank … a new car foe his wife.

6. We didn’t … him in the garden.

7. They first … in April.

8. He usually … to Spain in summer.

9. Jill … a lot of time waiting for her friend to come.

10. We … tennis very well.