Практикум по развитию грамматических навыков для учащихся 3-4 классов

Практикум по развитию грамматических навыков учащихся 3-4 классов.

Практикум направлен на формирование и развитие грамматических навыков учащихся 3-4 классов общеобразовательных школ. Упражнения посвящены группе времен настоящего времени (Present Simple и Present Continuous).

Глагол to be в настоящем времени

Exercise 1. Complete the sentences with "to be"

1. I _____ a girl.

2. My father_____ at work.

3. Alex and Dino _____ my cats.

4. Alex _____ in the garden.

5. Dino _____ on the floor.

6. My red pencil _____ on the floor, too.

7. The other pencils _____ in my pencil case.

8. My mother _____ in the living room.

9. Eli and Rafa _____ good friends.

10. They _____ good at tennis.

11. _____ they in Amsterdam this week?

12. The pupils _____ not at school today.

13. It _____ Monday.

14. I _____ at home.

15. We _____ friends.

Exercise 2 Make affirmative sentences with "to be"

1. I _____ never happy on a Sunday afternoon.

2. We _____ Scottish.

3. He _____ a pilot.

4. Mayte and Joshua _____ angry.

5. You _____ clever and good-looking.

Exercise 3 Make negative sentences with "to be"

1. You _____ not Dutch.

2. Gemma _____ at home.

3. Agust and I _____ pleased about it.

4. I _____ not cruel.

5. It _____ good.

Exercise 4 Questions with "to be"

1. _____ you from Málaga?

2. _____ Isabel Spanish?

3. _____ we ready to go?

4. _____ he married?

5. _____ you tired?

Exercise 5 Fill in the correct form of "to be"

A.1. Joshua _____ Marco´son.

2. Patty´s mother _____ Joshua´s sister.

3. Beatriz and Marcos _____ their grandparents.

4. They _____ Cristina´s parents.

5. Cecilia and Victor _____ María´s children.

6. Janice _____ my grandmother.

7. My father´s name _____ Juan.

8. Francisco and Jaime _____ from Colombia.

1. It ___ a donkey. It ___not a horse.

2. It ___ very hot today. It ___ not very comfortable.

3. I ___ Peter. I ___ not Paul.

4. She ___ Miss Lee. She ___ a teacher.

5. He ___ my father. He ___ a doctor. He ___ not a lawyer.

6. You ___ a stranger. You ___ not my friend.

7. We ___ in the same class, but we ___ not on the same team.

B. 1. The camel ___ a desert animal.

2. Vegetables and fruit ___ healthy foods.

3. Lambs ___ baby sheep.

4. Kenneth ___ a lawyer.

5. Rex ___ a clever dog.

6. A duck ___ a kind of bird.

7. The playground ___ full of people today.

8. My house ___near the school.

9. The questions ___ not too difficult.

10. The balloons ___ very colorful.

C. 1. They ___ my good friends.

2. He ___ a soldier.

3. You ___ taller than Charlie.

4. She ___ ill.

5. We ___ very hungry.

D. 1. John´s dog ___ very friendly.

2. Robert ___ ten years old.

3. These flowers ___ very pretty.

4. The two schools ___ close to each other.

5. Math ___ not a very difficult subject.

6. ___ dinner ready?

7. This computer ___ very easy to use.

8. All the windows ___ open.

9. Sue and Jane ___ neighbours.

10. His hair ___ curly.

Exercise 6 Turn the sentences into negative.

1. The British Isles are in Africa.

2. The Mediterranean is an ocean.

3. The Alps are in America.

4. The Nile is in Asia.

5. Mount Everest is in Africa.

 Exercise 7 Complete what Brenda says about herself on the picture. Use am,  is or are.

My name (1) ______ Brenda Foster. I (2)  ______ on the left in the picture. I (3) ______  ten years old and I (4) ______ in the fifth form. My birthday (5)  _____ on the first of January. I (6) ______  from Santa Monica, California, USA. I (7) ______ American. My phone number (8) ______ 235-456-789. I live at 16 Park Street. My post code (9) ______ LA 30 SM. I’ve got a sister and a brother. Their names (10) ______ Gina and Paul. Gina (11) ______ 16 years old and Paul (12) ______  only three. I’ve also got a dog. His name (13) ______ Spot. He (14) ______  on the right in the picture. My Mum (15) ______ a doctor. She works at a hospital. My Dad (16) ______ a driver. He works in Los Angeles. We (17)  ______ all   friendly in our family.

 

Exercise 8. The verb to be. Insert appropriate present forms.

A: Hi, Alex. How (1)  _________ you?

B: Hello David. I (2) _________  fine and how (3) _________  you doing?

A: I (4)  _________doing fine.

B: How (5)  _________ your sister? Where (6) _________she now?

A: She (7)  _________ in London. She (8) _________learning English there.

B: Really? That (9) _________wonderful! How about your parents?

A; They (10) _________ fine too. They (11) _________ in Cyprus now.

B: (12) _________ you busy tonight?

A: Not really, why?

B: We (13) _________ having a party. Would you like to come?

A: I’d love to.

B: Then come to our place at 7:00 p.m.

 Exercise 9. Write in is / isn’t, are / aren’t, am / ’m not.

1. I __________ lazy.

2. My friend ___________ naughty.

3. My granny___________ kind.

4. My granddad ___________clever.

5. My teachers___________ funny.

6. I___________ a bad pupil.

 Exercise 10. Fill in is, are, He’s, She’s, l’m, They’re.

1. How _____ your mum? — _______ fine, thanks.

2. How _____ your parents? — _____ OK.

3. How _____ you? — _____ very well, thank you.

4. How _____ your uncle? — _____ fine, thanks.

5. How _____ your children? — _____ OK.

6. How _____ Liz? — _____ fine, thanks.

7. How _____ your cousin? — _____ very well, thank you

Exercise 11. Write in am /’m not, is / isn’t or are / aren’t.

1. I _____ a businessman.

2. I _____ a pupil.

3. My friends_____ teachers.

4. My uncle_____ a driver.

5. My parents _____ doctors.

6. My cousins _____ vets.

7. My mum _____ a shop-assistant.

Exercise 12. Write in is /are

1.  How much ________ the trousers?

2.  How much ________ these shorts?

3. How much ________ a pair of socks?

4.  How much ________ this scarf?

5.  How much ________ this dress?

6.  How much ________ the jeans?

Exercise 13. Write in is / are

1. These trousers _______ £30.

2. This hat  _______  £5.

3. The socks  _______£3.

4. How much  _______ the shoes?

5. How much _______  the jacket?

Упражнение 2. Put the verbs in the Present Simple form.

1. One fly_____________ (to fly) , two flies _____________ (to fly).

2. One girl _____________ (to cry), four girls _____________ (to cry).

3. When a wolf _____________ (to see) the moon, it _____________ (to begin) to howl (выть).

4. Wolves and sheep _____________ (to be) never friends.

5. Our hens _____________ (to lay [откладывать]) a lot of eggs.

6. Boys _____________ (to fight) and_____________ (to shout).

7. That boy _____________ (to try) to catch some balls.

8. These girls _____________ (to try) to run away from an angry turkey.

9. If one goose _____________ (to have) one tooth, how many teeth _____________ (to have) thirteen geese? 

Упражнение 3. Вставьте глаголы из скобок в форме Present Simple. Yan is at a summer camp in Poland. Write what he usually does in the camp. Put the verbs in bracket in the correct form.

He ________ (get) up at 7. He ________ (have) his English lesson every day. Не ________   (speak) English to his friends. He   ________  (play) board games in the afternoon. Sometimes he  ________  (swim) in the lake. He often  ________ (go) hiking. He sometimes  ________ (sit) by the camp fire in the evenings. He never  ________ (go) on a trip without his friends.

 Упражнение 4. Вставьте глаголы в Present Simple. Put the verbs in the present form.

go, like, love,  watch,  read,  like, walk,  come,  do,  watch 

My name's Pavel. In the evening I usually (1) ___________ my homework. Then I (2) ___________  TV or video. I (3) ___________  action films! They are super! Then I  (4) ___________ my  dog.  After  that I  (5)  ___________ home, (6) ___________  a book and (7) ___________  to  bed. My sister is little. She doesn't  (8) ___________ action films. She (9) ___________ cartoons. She (10) ___________  them  every  day.

 Упражнение 5. Рассмотрите таблицу. Напишите про Элли. Look at the chart and write about Ellie.

	sports programmes	comedies	action films	the news
Often		✓
Sometimes			✓
Rarely	✓
Never				✓

 Ellie often watches comedies.

1. ________________________.

2. ________________________.

3. ________________________.

 Упражнение 6. Сделайте предложения правдивыми для вашей семьи. Используйте следующие слова.

 always, usually, often, sometimes, rarely, never

1.  We ____________ celebrate Christmas.

2. My mum ____________ decorates a Christmas tree.

3. My dad  ____________ buys a Christmas tree.

4. My granny ____________ makes a cake.

5. My parents  ____________ send Christmas cards.

6. I ____________ get presents.

7. We ____________ sing Christmas carols.

 Упражнение 7. Заполните стихотворение предложенными формами глаголов. Complete the poem.

’m, end, go, have, is, is, start, starts, starts, watch

 My lessons (1) _______ at ten to eight,

But, poor me! I (2) _______ always late.

English (3) _______ at ten to nine,

That’s when my eyes begin to shine.

Russian (4) _______  at half past ten,

But I haven’t got my pen.

It’s not on my desk, or under my chair.

Oh, here it (5) _______, in Silvia’s hair.

My lessons (6) _______ at five past two,

But I haven’t got my shoe.

Oh, here it (7) _______, behind the door.

I’m late again, it’s half past four.

At five o’clock I (8) _______ my tea,

At ten to six I (9) _______ TV.

I (10) _______ to bed at ten to eight.

To have a rest is always great!

 

Упражнение 8. Дополните предложения предложенными ниже глаголами в форме Present Simple. Complete the sentences.

like, live, lives, likes, don't live, doesn't live

1. I __________ in Russia. I  __________  in Great Britain.

2. My Dad  __________  in Canada. He  __________  in America. I __________   reading. But my brother __________  watching TV

 Упражнение 9. Заполните текст предложенными глаголами в Present Simple. Complete the text.

Обратите внимание!

Beachcombing — прочёсывание пляжа / прогулки по пляжу в поисках чего-л. ценного

Be, go, live, walk, have, be, collect

Steve's granddad (1) _________ at the seaside. He (2) _________ a nice small house. His house (3) _________  near the beach. Every day he (4) _________  to the beach. He (5) _________ on the beach and (6) _________ things there. His hobby (7) _________ beachcombing.

 Упражнение 10. Write likе or likes.

1. I _______ quiz shows.

2. He _______ horror films.

3. She _______  music  programmes.

4. My parents _______  the news.

5. My friend Nastya _______  cartoons.

6. All my friends  _______ nature  programmes.

7. My grandad _______  sports programmes.

 Вопросы в Present Simple /Indefinite. Упражнения.

Упражнение 11. Задайте вопросы и ответьте на них, используя Present Simple. Ask and answer questions using Simple Present.

Example: take a bus to school

—  How often do you take a bus to school? —  I usually take a bus. —  I never take a bus.

 sleep till 12 p. m.

watch TV

come to class late

wear a tie to school

wash dishes

speak English

drink milk

meet your friends

dance and sing

buy new things for yourself

 Упражнение 12. Задайте вопросы. Используя do или does. Дайте краткие ответы. Ask your friend about what Yan and Nick do in the Polish camp. Write questions using do or does. Give short answers.

E.g. Do they speak English in the camp every ? — Yes, they do. (No, they don’t).

1. Yan / speak English / in the camp / every day?

2. he / play / board games?

3. Nick / eat / Polish food / in the camp?

4.  they / go hiking?   

5.  children / go / on a trip / every day?

6. Nick / have / English classes / every afternoon?

7. they / sometimes / sit / by the fire / or / round the Christmas tree?

 Упражнение 13. Дайте краткие ответы. Give short answers.

1. Do you watch the news?

2. Does your mum like horror films?

3. Do your parents like comedies?

4. Does your friend like nature programmes?

5. Does your teacher like music programmes?

 I. Учимся составлять утвердительные предложения в Present Continuous

Упражнение 1. Вставьте нужную форму вспомогательного глагола BE (am, is, are) в предложения. Переведите их на русский язык.

1. My friend __________reading a book.

2. I _________drinking tea.

3. They _______ making noise.

4. He ________looking through the window.

5. She ________helping about the house.

6. We __________ watching TV.

7. Granny _________cooking dinner.

8. The birds __________swimming in the lake.

9. The dog ________sitting at the door.

10. It _________looking at me.

Упражнение 2. Переделайте предложения так, чтобы глаголы стояли в Present Continuous. Каждый раз добавляйте слово подсказку now или at the moment.

1. I open the door. 2. The cat sleeps on the mat. 3. The bоуs write letters. 4. We sing songs. 5. Mother makes a cake. 6. The bell rings.

Упражнение 3. Поставьте глаголы в скобках в Present Continuous.

1. It (rain) all day. 2. I (play) the piano now. 3. Mary (come) to see us. 4. The boy (climb) the tree. 5. The baby (drink) milk. 6. My friend (speak) English.

II. Учимся задавать отрицательные предложения в Present Continuous

Упражение 4. Перепишите предложения, используя сокращенную отрицательную форму глагола BE.

1. They are not working in the garden now.
2. Mother is not having dinner now.
3. Granny is not sleeping now.
4. I am not listening to the radio now.
5. The boys are not making noise now.

Упражнение 5.  Сделайте данные предложения отрицательными.

1. We are listening to the teacher. 2. I am writing on the paper. 3. You are learning English Grammar. 4. It is raining hard (сильно). 6. He is going to the cinema. 6. The horses are running very fast. 7. Mary is helping her mother to cook. 8. I am working very hard (много). 9. Tom’s brother is coming to the party. 10. You are singing well.

Упражнение 6.  Раскройте скобки, поставив глагол-действие в скобках в Present Continuous. Используйте сокращенные формы be (am not, isn’t, aren’t).

1. Bess … (not help) about the house now. 2. My friend … (not play) the piano now. 3. We … (not listen) to music. 4.  The farther …. (not work) in the garden. 5. The boy … (not ride) a bike. 6. He … (not look) at the pictures in the book. 7. Richard and Henry … (not) swim in the river in summer. 8. He … (not have) tea for breakfast. 9. She … (not make) a cake. 10. Kate … (not  dance) now.

Учимся задавать вопросительные предложения в Present Continuous

Начнем с общего вопроса. Чтобы задать его, нужно просто поменять местами слова в предложении и поставить глагол BE перед подлежащим

Упражнение 7.  Сделайте данные предложения вопросительными.

1. We are listening to the teacher. 2. I am writing on the paper 3. You are learning English Grammar. 4. It is raining hard (сильно). 6. He is going to the cinema. 6. The horses are running very fast. 7. Mary is helping her mother to cook. 8. I am working very hard (много). 9. Tom’s brother is coming to the party. 10. You are singing well.

Упражнение 8. Дайте краткий положительный ответ на вопросы ниже:

1. Is Ann swimming now?__________________
2. Are you reading an interesting book now?___________________
3. Am I playing with a cat now?_____________________
4. Is your mother watering flowers now?_________________
5. Are they going to school now?__________________
6. Is your dog sleeping now?____________________
7. Are your parents having breakfast now?_________________
8. Is Tom listening to the radio now?__________________
9. Are they playing in the garden now?________________
10. Are they riding a bicycle now?_________________

Упражнение 9. Дайте краткий отрицательный ответ на вопросы ниже:

1. Is your friend watching TV now?_____________
2. Are they sleeping now?___________________
3. Is she going to the cinema now?_____________
4. Are we standing at the bus stop?____________
5. Am I reading a book now?__________________
6. Is he going by car now?_____________________
7. Is your granny washing plates now?_____________
8. Are the girls making noise?_____________
9. Is your grandfather looking at the birds now?____________
10. Is the dog barking now?_____________

Переходим к специальным вопросам. Чтобы задать его, нужно НЕ ТОЛЬКО  поменять местами слова в предложении, поставив глагол BE перед подлежащим, но и использовать В.СЛ. (вопросительное слово). См. схему ВЫШЕ.

Упражнение 10. Составьте вопросы из данных слов. Помните о порядке слов.

1. you/what/are/doing
2. cooking/are/you/what
3. tonight/where/you/going/are
4. playing/we/time/tennis/what/are
5. crying/girl/why/is/this
6. dinner/are/they/for/coming/when

Упражнение 11. Напишите по одному вопросу к каждому предложению, начиная их словами данными в скобках.

1. The cat is eating fish. (What?)

2. The dog is barking at people. (Who… at?)

3. The girl is crying. (Why?)

4. My friends are skating on the river. (Where?)

5. The bird is flying in the sky. (Where?)

Упражнение 12. Напишите по одному вопросу к подчеркнутым словам.

1. The children are swimming in the river.
2. Granny is cooking dinner.
3. We are going to the cinema.
4. The people are working hard. 
5. They are sitting on the floor.
6. She is thinking of you.
7. I am leaving tomorrow.

Упражнение 13. Вспомните слова — подсказки на Present Continuous (4 слова).

Слово still — все еще очень часто упортребляется в этом времени. Вставьте слово still в предложения по образцу и переведите их.

ОБРАЗЕЦ. He is working. – He is stil working. Is he still working? Why is he still working? (где можно)

1. I am lying in bed. 2. He is having a bath. 3. She washing dishes. 4. Mother is watering flowers. 5. Granny is knitting. 6. Dad is painting the floor. 7. The children are playing computer games. 8. Grandad is reading newspaper. 9. The dog is barking. 10. The cat is sleeping.

Составьте из слов предложения. Н-р:   the – I – beach – going – to – am.  – I am going to the beach. (Я иду на пляж.)

1. Anna – juice – is – orange – drinking.

2. not – sun – shining – the – is.

3. are – parents – the – in – my – sitting – garden.

4. dress – she – long – is – a – today – wearing.

5. we – playing – not – violin – are – the.

4. Напишите утвердительные (+), отрицательные (-) или вопросительные (?) предложения в настоящем продолженном времени.

Н-р:   George/drive very fast.  (+)  -  George is driving very fast. (Джордж едет очень быстро.)

           I/learn Russian.  (-)  -  I am not learning Russian. (Я не учу русский.)

           It/snow.   (?)  -  Is it snowing? (Снег идет?)

1. George/drive very fast.  (+)

2. I/learn Russian. (-)

3. It/snow. (?)

4. They/walk in the park. (+)

5. Sophie/eat berries. (-)

6. Mother/vacuum-clean. (?)

7. Jenny/write a postcard. (+)

8. We/swim in the swimming-pool. (-)

9. I/listen to music. (+)

10. Kevin/work. (?)

11. The nurse/feed the patient. (+)

12. The wind/blow. (?)

13. She/sing a lullaby. (-)

14. The boys/ride horses. (?)

15. They/build a new house. (-)

Упражнения на Present Simple и Present Continuous

Упражнение 1. Вставьте подходящие глаголы в форме Present Simple или Present Continuous.

teach   have (2)    drive    leave

It’s 7.30am. Suzanne Wells is in her kitchen at home. She (1) ________ breakfast. She (2) _______ breakfast at this time every morning. She (3) ___________ home at 8.30am every day and (4) __________ to work. Suzanne is a teacher. She (5) ___________at a school in Canberra.

Spend come teach (2) not speak

It's 10.00 am now and Suzanne is at school. At the moment she (6) ________her class of 8-year-old children. All the children in her class (7) ________ from Canberra. Many of the children (8) ______ English at home. So Suzanne  (9) ______ a lot of time teaching English. She  10 _________English to the class now.

Упражнение 2. Постройте вопросы, используя времена Present Simple или Present Continuous. Дайте ответы.

1  you | often | wear | jeans?

2  you | wear | jeans now?

3  it | rain | now?

4  it | often | rain | in your country?

5  you | study | English every day?

6  you | study | English at the moment?

Example:

1. Do you often wear jeans? –Yes, I do.

Упражнение 3. Используя информацию из предыдущего упражнения составьте шесть предложений о себе, используя Present Simple или Present Continuous.

Example: 1. I often wear jeans. or I don’t often wear jeans.

Упражнение 4. Используйте глаголы в скобках в форме Present Continuous или Present Simple

1. I __________English exercises twice a week. (to write)

2. My friend ________ his homework in the afternoon as a rule. (to do)

3. My sister  __________ her homework now. (to do)

4. Don’t shout! The baby  _________ . (to sleep)

5. The baby always___________ after dinner. (to sleep)

6. What_______ you _________ now? (to read)

7. What books_______ you_______for your literature lessons? (to read)

8. What _________your mother usually________ for lunch? (to cook)

9. ________ she  __________a cake now? (to cook)

10.  — _____________ (You, to see) that man over there? —  Which man? The man in the brown jacket? —  No, I___________ (to talk) about the man who __________(to wear) the blue shirt. —  Oh, that man!— ____________ (You, to know) him? — No, I _____________( not to think)  so.  —  I ___________(to know, not)him either.

Упражнениe 5. Используйте глаголы в скобках в форме Present Continuous или Present Simple

1. My wife normally __________ (work) at home, but she __________  (spend) this month in Italy.

2. Most days, Tom usually__________ (cycle) to work.

3. When________ the lesson __________  (start) today?

4. What’s your brother doing? He __________  (do) the crossword in the newspaper He __________ (do) it every day.

5. I’m afraid I’ll lose this game of chess. I__________ (play) very badly. I usually ______much better (play).

6. What’s she doing? — She __________ (mend) her husband’s socks. She always__________ them. (mend)

7. Yes, you can borrow my dictionary. I __________ (use) it a lot, but I __________ (not / use) it now.

8. We __________  (not travel) by train very often.

9. She ______________ (be) particularly generous this week.

10. It _____________ (snow) right now. It’s beautiful! I ____________ (like) this weather.

Упражнениe 6. Используйте глаголы в скобках в форме Present Continuous или Present Simple

1. The river___________ (flow) very fast today — faster than usual.

2. You ___________ (always to complain) that waiters are rude!

3. I ___________ (walk) to school every day. I ___________ (take, not) the bus.

4. You ___________ (always to borrow) money!

5. That’s worrying because the number of people without job___________  (increase).

6. Robert is a vegetarian. He ___________ (eat, not) meat.

7. ___________ (you, cook) your own dinner every day?

8. Holidays abroad ___________ (become) increasingly popular.

9. Are you in a hurry? — No, I ___________ (walk) quickly because I’m cold.

10. Where’s your father? — He ___________ (be) in the bathroom. He ___________ (shave).

11. The neighbours forever___________  (slam) doors and___________  (shout) during the night.

12. My sister ___________ (to take) part in the competitions almost every weekend.