Вправа 1. Поставте дієслова в дужках у стверджувальну, заперечну та
питальну форми.
I (to do) morning exercises.
2. He (to work) at a factory.
3. She (to sleep) after dinner.
4. We (to work) part-time.
5. They (to drink) tea every day.
6. Mike (to be) a student.
7. Helen (to have) a car.
8. You (to be) a good friend.
9. You (to be) good friends.
10. It (to be) difficult to remember everything.
Вправа 2. Розкрийте дужки, використовуючи дієслова в Past Simple .
1.Alice (to have) a sister.
2. Her sister’s name (to be) Ann.
3. Ann (to be) a student.
4. She (to get) up at seven o'clock.
5. She (to go) to the institute in the morning.
6. Jane (to be) fond of sports.
7. She (to do) her morning exercises every day.
8. For breakfast she (to have) two eggs, a sandwich and a cup of tea.
9. After breakfast she (to go) to the institute.
10. Sometimes she (to take) a bus.
11. It (to take) her an hour and a half to do her homework.
12. She (to speak) English well.
13. Her friends usually (to call) her at about 8 o’clock.
14. Ann (to take) a shower before going to bed.
15. She (to go) to bed at 11 p. m.
Вправа 3. Розкрийте дужки, використовуючи Past Simple .
1. My working day (to begin) at six o'clock.
2. I (to get) up, (to switch) on the TV and (to brush) my teeth.
3. It (to take) me about twenty minutes.
4. I (to have) breakfast at seven o’clock.
5. I (to leave) home at half past seven.
6. I (to take) a bus to the institute.
7. It usually (to take) me about fifteen minutes to get there.
8. Classes (to begin) at eight.
9. We usually (to have) four classes a day.
10. I (to have) lunch at about 2 o’clock.
I can surely say that in the next 20 years better and cheaper technologies will appear in this field, that will lead to the creation of a market of robots of different functional purpose and difficulty level.
Sooner or later, robots will become an important part of our life, like computers or mobile phones in nowadays.
Robots become more similar to human. They can understand, help us if we need something. Also some of them look like a human!
I think in future they will look exactly like a human. They'll able to speak, play, cook or something else like people also.
Maybe they'll look like an animal too! It would be interesting to have a robocat or a robodog.
I think they can be partner of humans, rather than stand-ins or servants.
"We use could for general ability. But if we want to say that somebody did something in a specific situation, we use managed to or was/were able to (not could)".
То есть,
мы используем could для выражения возможности или что-то сделать вообще, в целом. В то время как managed to используется для того, чтобы указать, что кому-то удалось что-то сделать в конкретной, "единичной" ситуации.
Сравните:
Jack was an excellent tennis player when he was younger. He could beat anybody. (Джек отлично играл в теннис, когда был моложе. Он мог обыграть любого)
и
Jack and Andy played a match yesterday. Andy played well, but Jack managed to beat him. (Вчера Джек и Энди играли (в теннис). Энди играл хорошо, но Джек смог (Джеку удалось) обыграть его)