1). This is my tenth year of schooling and I work hard to pass my final exams successfully in a year. 2). As I am very busy I can't help my parents much in keeping house.
3). But still I have some household duties. 4). Every day I do my room and my bed, wash up dishes, dust the furniture and take out the rubbish. 5). It is also my duty to buy bread and milk. 6). The shop is not far from our house and it doesn't take me long to do everyday shopping.
7). Once a week I help my mother to do all other work about the house. 8). We wash our linen, iron and mend it, clean the flat.
9). It's not difficult to keep the flat if you do your rooms regularly. 10). This is my usual round of duties.
11). When my mother is ill or away from home I do the cooking. 12). I am especially good at making vegetable soup and salads.
13). Sometimes I have to visit everyday services: hairdresser's, shoemakers', tailor's, dry cleaners', photographer's. 14). At the hairdresser's I have my hair cut and waved. 15). At the shoemakers' I have my shoes and boots repaired, at the photographer's I have my photo taken. 16). Service is generally good, but in some cases it leaves much to be desired.
17). My brother has his own duties at home. 18). He does the carpets with our electric-cleaner, and repairs electrical appliances when they are out of order.
19). Last year I was at my grandparents' in the village. 20). They are elderly people and need our care and attention. 21). During my stay there I swept the floors and washed them, fed the chickens, collected the eggs and weeded the vegetable-beds. 22). I didn't learn to milk the cow but I helped to feed the other animals lambs, sheep and pigs. 23). I enjoyed this work very much.
Ex.2. Put the verb in brackets in the Present Perfect or Past Simple tense 1. Have you heard the rules? They have just elected a new manager. 2. Martha has found a new job. She is starting next week. 3. When did Simon arrive at the cinema yesterday? 4. John is a well-known artist. He has painted a lot of pictures. 5. John painted his first picture in 1980. 6. Mike won more than 20 medals when he was a sportsman. 7. I saw Sting last year. 8. I have spoken to Celine Dion. 9. I have written 5 letters this week. 10. I read this book a month ago. 11. He hasn't still bought a computer. 12. They have not found the way out yet. 13.Have not you written this translation yet?
Ex. 3. Put the verbs in brackets in the Present Simple, Present Continuous, Past Simple or Past Continuous 1. What are you looking at? –Some photos I took when I was on holidays. 2. I am sorry, but I don't understand what you mean. 3. What does Jane do? – She is a teacher, but she is not teaching at the moment. 4. He never smokes and usually does not eat meat. 5. Last time I went abroad was when I went to London. We stayed in London for three days. On the first day when I was doing the sights, I met my old friend. He was just going to his hotel when we were coming across. 6. Do you often go to the gym? – I do not go much at the moment, I do not have) time. I am too busy these days. But I want to go to the gym next week. 7. Tomorrow Kate is visiting her aunt, that’s why now she is making a cake. It smells delicious! When Kate visited her aunt last week, she bought some pastries from the baker’s, but they were not that good.
