Exercise 1.

Open the brackets using Past Simple or Past Continuous.

1 One girl of about eighteen _______ (to prepare) supper in the kitchen while two
2 other girls still _______ (to do) something in the kitchen garden near the house.
3 The old man _______ (to invite) me to have supper with them.
4 They all _______ (to seem) to be nice people and we _______ (to have) a friendly talk.
5 After supper my new friends and I _______ (to go) out into the garden.
6 The moon _______ (to shine) high in the sky, and the night _______ (to be) warm and beautiful.
7 That evening _______ (to be) very pleasant, and I'll remember it a long time.


Exercise 2.

Match the terms (1-4) with the definitions (a-d).

1. fax machine

2. tape recorder

3. camcorder

4. word-processor

a) a kind of sophisticated typewriter using a computer

b) a machine which records and plays back sound

c) a camera which records moving pictures and sound

d) a machine which makes copies of documents and sends them down telephone lines to another place



Exercise 3.

Put the verbs in brackets into correct form to express the future.

1 I think the weather _______ (to be) fine on Sunday.
2 Lisa has sold her car. I think she ________ (to buy) a bike.
3 How old _______ (you/to be) in 2050?
4 What time _______ (the show/begin)?
5 What _______ (you/to do) tomorrow evening?
6 These boxes are so heavy. _________ (you/to carry) them for me, please?
7 This lesson _______ (not/to end) at 11:30 but at 11:40.
8 This time tomorrow we _______ (to drive) to Moscow.
9 The students _______ (to write) their essays by the end of the week.
10 The steward says: “We_______ (to land) in London in about 20 minutes.”

А честно ли так всю контрольную спрашивать?