Put the verb into the correct form, present simple (I do), present

1785,1786 4. Januar - Geburt" Jacob Grimms. 24. Februar - Geburt Wilhelm

Grimms in einer hessischen Beamten- und Pastorenfamilie in Hanau. Kindheit und fruhe Schulzeit in den Stadtchen Hanau und Steinau.

1796 Tod des Vaters Grimm; Umzug nach Kassel.

1798 Beginn der Schulzeit in Kasse.

1802 Jacob beginnt ein Studium an der juristischen Fakultat der
Marburger Universitat.

City management

Interior of the houses

Bright colours

Busy waterway

Meeting the city's everyday needs

City's finance

City architecture

City's leading position



A. London was a good place to live in the fourteenth century, and all Londoners were very proud of it. It had a population of about forty thousand and that made it as large as the next four towns in England combined. Its political prestige was enormous, and what ever king occupied the throne in nearby Westminster, the opinions of Londoners had to be considered.


B. In so busy a city, the problem of adequate water supply and sewage disposal and city cleaning were necessarily complicated. Each of the twenty-five areas of the city had at least one full-time street cleaner. Untidy trades like that of the butchers were kept as far away as possible from the centre. Each citizen had to have the road paved in front of his house.

2. Martha _______________(find) a new job. She is starting next week. 3. When ______________Simon _______________(arrive) at the cinema yesterday? 4. John is a well-known artist. He ______________(paint) a lot of pictures. 5. John ________________(paint) his first picture in 1980. 6. Mike _______________(win) more than 20 medals when he was a sportsman. 7. I ________________(see) Sting last year. 8. I ______________(speak) to Celine Dion. 9. I _______________(write) 5 letters this week. 10. I ______________(read) this book a month ago. 11. He _______________(still/not/buy) a computer. 12. They ________________(yet/not/find) the way out. 13. _______________you ______________(write) this translation yet? Ex. 3. Put the verbs in brackets in the Present Simple, Present Continuous, Past Simple or Past Continuous 1. What ____________you ______________(look) at? –Some photos I __________(take) when I _____________(be) on holidays. 2. I _______________(be) sorry, but I ______________(not understand) what you _____________(mean). 3. What ___________Jane_____________(do)? – She ______________(be) a teacher, but she ______________(not teach) at the moment. 4. He never _____________(smoke) and ___________usually __________(not eat) meat. 5. Last time I _____________(go) abroad was when I ______________(go) to London. We _____________(stay) in London for three days. On the first day when I ______________(do) the sights, I _____________(meet) my old friend. He ___________just______________(go) to his hotel when we ___________(come) across. 6. ___________you ____________(often, go) to the gym? – I _______________(not go) much at the moment, I ____________(not have) time. I ____________(be) too busy these days. But I ___________(want) to go to the gym next week. 7. Tomorrow Kate _____________(visit) her aunt, that’s why now she _____________(make) a cake. It _____________(smell) delicious! When Kate ____________(visit) her aunt last week, she _______________(buy) some pastries from the baker’s, but they _____________(not be) that good.

form, present perfect or past simple.

John . . . (to move) to a new house three days ago. 3. She . . . (to work) at this office for 10 years. Now she ... (to decide) to retire. 4. I don’t think I ... (to know) your wife. I . . . (not to meet) her. 5. John . . . (to see) Susan last week but he . . . (not to see) her since. 6. This African boy . . . (never to see) snow. 7. It . . . (to happen) when I was out. 8. She ... (to take) the envelope, ... (to open) it and . . . (to take) a small sheet of paper out. 9. I . . . (not to see) him of late. 10. When you . . . (to see) Mr Brown?

Today ____ (be) Sunday. My sister ______ (paint) a picture at the moment. My brothers ______(ride) their bicycles in the garden now. They ______ (wear) their new jackets. I often ______(read) a book on Sundays, but today I ____ (write) a letter to my cousin, Anne. She often ____(send) me letters. Anne ____ (want) to be a doctor. Sometimes my mother ______ (ask) me whatI ____ (want) to be, but I ____ (not / know)


b) Write the 3 forms of the verbs in breackets.