Exercise 8. Translate the following sentences into Ukrainian.

to bring – brought – brought (приносить)

1. He always brings me good films to watch.
2. He brought me 2 DVD disks with cartoons yesterday.
3. Did he bring you the books you had given him?
4. I will bring you this magazine tomorrow, OK?
5. Can you bring me the chair from the kitchen? – Sure.
6. I’m thirsty. Bring me some water from the kitchen.

to give – gave – given (давать)

1. Can you give me your pencil? –Here you are.
2. Can you give me his telephone number? – Sure. Put it down.
3. He brought me two awesome comedies to watch. And I gave him a scary movie.
4. What did you give him? – I gave him 2 English books to read. He asked me and I couldn’t say “no”.
5. The dog was hungry; I gave him some meat to eat.
6. The boy was thirsty. I gave him some water to drink.
7. She is thirsty. Give her something to drink.

to want – wanted – wanted (хотеть)

1. I want to sleep.
2. She is hungry. She wants to eat.
3. I’m thirsty. I want to drink.
4. She wants to tell you something.
5. What do you want from me?
6. What does he want from me?
7. Do you want me to go?
8. I don’t want to talk with him / her.
9. Do you want me to tell you the truth?
10. What have you done? The director wants to see you.

try – tried – tried (пытаться)

1. Don’t disturb me. I’m trying to concentrate.
2. He is trying to open the door.
3. I’m trying to close the window.
4. I was trying to help him.
5. I don’t think I can do it, but I’ll try.
6. He didn’t try to do it, did he?
7. Is there any use trying?

to meet – met – met (встречать)

1. I meet him in the street every morning on my way to work / to school / to the university.
2. Will you meet me at the station tomorrow?
3. I’m going to meet him at the airport.
4. Is anyone going to meet you?
5. I met him at the concert yesterday.
6. Can we meet in an hour? – No problem.
7. She wanted to meet with me yesterday, but I was in Kyiv.
8. Do you know this man? – Yeah, I met him once or twice.
9. Have you seen Nick today? – Yeah, I met him in the cafeteria this morning.
10. Have we met before? – I don’t think so.
11. Hope to meet / see you soon.

to know – knew – known (знать)

1. I don’t know this man.
2. I don’t know how to put / say it in English.
3. Do you know this guy? – No, I haven’t met him before.
4. Will anyone meet you there? – I don’t know.
5. I don’t know the way to the station.
6. He knows much about Egypt.
7. I don’t know who did that.
8. He knows what he is talking about.
9. I don’t know how to get to the subway?
10. How do you know that he will come / call?
11. I don’t know when he will arrive.
12. Do you know what the time is?

to mean – meant – meant (значить, означать, подразумевать, иметь в виду)

1. What does this word mean?
2. I don’t know what this word means?
3. What do you mean?
4. I don’t know what you mean?
5. What exactly do you mean?
6. What does all this mean?
7. I mean it!

to do – did – done (делать)

1. I do morning exercises every day.
2. My mom does all the work about the house.
3. What are you doing here?
4. Who did that?
5. What were you doing at the stadium yesterday?
6. I don’t know who did all this.
7. What do you do?
8. What does your mother / father do?

to talk – talked – talked (говорить, разговаривать, вести беседу)

1. I don’t want to talk to him.
2. She doesn’t want to talk about it.
3. Did you talk to him?
4. I’ll talk with him about you.
5. Do you want to talk about it?
6. What are you talking about?
7. What is Mary doing? – She is talking over the phone.
8. I talked to him, but he doesn’t know anything about it.
9. I tried to talk to him, but nothing.

to let – let – let (позволять, разрешать, допускать)

let us + do smth. (давай(те) (сделаем что-л. вместе)

1. Let me help you.
2. Let me help you with the luggage.
3. Let me do it.
4. Let me show you how to do it.
5. Let’s go home.
6. Let’s go for a drink.
7. Let’s go somewhere.
8. Let’s watch something.
9. Let’s have a bite.

to write – wrote – written (писать)

1. What are you doing? – I’m writing a composition.
2. When I try to write something in English I always make a lot of mistakes.
3. What are you doing? – I’m writing a note for my mom. I want to tell her that I’ll be late today.
4. I don’t understand what is written here.
5. I don’t know how to write this word in English.
6. I try to write home once or twice a week.
7. Write me how you got home, OK?
8. Write me back.
9. Let me write down your telephone number.
10. Let me write down your name and surname.
11. I’m writing down your address.

to think – thought – thought (думать, размышлять)

1. What are you thinking about?
2. I’ll think about it.
3. Think of what I’ve told you.
4. I think it will rain.
5. Do you think he will come? – I don’t think so.
6. I think you should go there.
7. Do you think I should call her?
8. I think you should talk to him.
9. I don’t know what to think.

can – could – could (мочь)

1. Can you help me with it?
2. Do you think he can help me?
3. I think I can do it myself.
4. Can you see him?
5. I can speak English but I can’t write in English, I make a lot of mistakes.
6. I can’t open the door. – Let me help you.
7. I can’t close the door. – Let me help you.
8. You can cross the street here.
9. You can go now.
10. She can’t have done it.
11. Do you think she could have done that?
12. Can you show me the way?

to look – looked – looked (выглядеть, смотреть, казаться)

1. How does he look like?
2. Why are you looking at me like that?
3. How does it look like? – It’s awesome.
4. You look dizzy.
5. You look great / awesome / wonderful!
6. It looks like rain.

to buy – bought – bought (покупать)

1. We buy bread every day.
2. I buy milk for my daughter every day.
3. I need to buy a new dictionary.
4. Why don’t you buy new cell phone? Yours is rather old.
5. I bought a new T-shirt for my brother in the mall.
6. –Where did you buy this awesome dress / pullover?

– I bought it in the market at the corner.

1. – Whose sneakers are these?

– They are mine. I’ve just bought them. Aren’t they cool?

1. – What a nice coat! Is it yours?

– No this is my sister’s; she bought it a few days ago at the local market.

1. Where can I buy this medicine / these pills?
2. – Excuse me, could you tell me where I can buy a dictionary?

– What dictionary do you need?

– I want to buy a Russian-English dictionary.

1. – Where will we buy the tickets for the concert?

– Over there.

1. What a wonderful dress / T-shirt! Where did you buy it?
2. – What a wonderful red dress?

– Yeah, I like it too. I bought it for my sister. She is having a birthday tomorrow.

1. Have you heard? Mike is going to buy a new car soon. – Really?

to find – found – found (находить)

1. Whose key is this? – I don’t know; I found it in the street.
2. I like this internet site very much, I always find something interesting in it.
3. I can’t find my socks? Have you seen them?
4. I can’t find my book? Have you seen it? – It was on the table. Look carefully.
5. Mum, I can’t find my pants? Have you seen them?
6. Why are you so happy? – I found 20 dollars in the street.
7. I found someone’s book in the classroom. Do you know whose book this is?
8. I find this book very interesting / exciting / boring / dull.
9. How do you like / find this movie? – It’s awesome.
10. I was looking for this book for an hour. Where did you find it? – It was under the bed.

to leave – left – left (оставлять, покидать, уходить)

1. Usually I leave home at 8 in the morning.
2. Where is your dictionary? – I left it at home.
3. Where is your copy book? – I must have left it at home.
4. Don’t leave things here. They may be stolen.
5. Where is the director? – He has just left.
6. Someone left an umbrella in the reception.
7. Where are your tickets? – I must have left them in my trunk / suitcase.

to lose – lost – lost (терять)

1. Don’t lose these documents. They are very important.
2. Don’t lose your tickets.
3. I’ve lost my purse.
4. Yesterday I lost my sun glasses.
5. – Where is your umbrella?

– I don’t know. Haven’t you seen it?

– Nope. Perhaps you lost it on your way home or left at work.

– I hope I didn’t lose it.

1. My granny is always losing keys.
2. Why are you crying? – I’ve lost 20 hryvnas.
3. I’m afraid I’ve lost my purse.

to miss – missed – missed (скучать, пропускать)

1. I miss you!
2. Do you miss him? – Of course. I haven’t seen him for a month.
3. I missed the train.
4. I was late to the station and missed my bus.
5. Hurry up if you don’t want to miss your train.
6. He missed 10 English classes and now he doesn’t know a lot of words.

to forget – forgot – forgotten (забывать)

1. I wanted to phone him, but I forgot his phone number.
2. Do you know this man? – Yeah, I met him once or twice, but I forgot his name.
3. My granny always forgets the date of my birthday.
4. I’m sorry I forgot to bring you the book.
5. I’m sorry, I’ve absolutely forgotten about our meeting.
6. I’ve absolutely forgotten about his birthday.
7. She must have forgotten about the party.
8. None is going to meet me at the airport. I’ve forgotten to tell them about my arrival.

to ask – asked – asked (спрашивать, просить)

1. May I ask you a question?
2. Students always ask a lot of questions to their teachers.
3. I asked you to buy bread. Did you buy any?
4. Bill asked to bring him the book.
5. Mum asked me to do the cleaning,
6. My daughter always asks me to read her fairy tails before she goes to bed.
7. I asked him to help me.
8. The man asked me if I knew the way to the underground.

to understand – understood – understood (понимать)

1. Do you understand me?

2. Do you understand what I mean?

3. Do you understand what he says?

4. I don’t understand you.

5. I’m trying to understand him.

6. I don’t understand what you are talking about.

7. I don’t understand how you could lose the suitcase.

8. I don’t understand how you could leave the tickets at home.

9. The teacher explained this rule twice, but I didn’t understand him.

to come – came – come (приходить)

1. When do you usually come home from school / work?

2. When does your mother come home from work?

3. Why didn’t you come to the party yesterday? – I’ve absolutely forgotten about it.

4. She always comes late to work.

5. Are you going to come to the party tomorrow? – I don’t know, perhaps.

to see – saw – seen (видеть, смотреть)

1. Have you seen him before? – Yeah, I met him once or twice.

2. Have you seen his new car? – Nope, did he buy one?

3. Have you seen this film? – Yeah, it’s awesome.

4. I don’t see what is written there.

5. Can you see what is written there?

6. I haven’t seen you for ages! What’s up?

7. See you soon / tomorrow.

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