Task 2. Read the text. Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Simple or Past Simple form. Dear Emmy, ... My parents’ names 1. (be) Ellie and Rob. Mum 2. (be) a nurse now. Five years ago, she 3. (work) in a local shop. Dad 4. (be) an engineer today, but five years ago he 5. (work) for a different company. My parents have got two children: my sister Meg and I. We 6. (be) twins. Meg 7. (go) to school. Five years ago, she 8. (be) in kindergarten. My aunt’s name is Liz. She is my father’s sister. Liz 9. (be) in her late thirties. Her husband Jack 10. (be) in his early forties. Anna and Jack’s son is Tom. Tom 11. (be) fourteen years old now. He 12. (study) at secondary school. Five years ago, he 13. (be) a primary school pupil. My grandparents, Anna and Paul, are retired. They 14. (be) in their late sixties now. Anna 15. (work) as a teacher five years ago and Paul 16. (be) a bus driver five years ago.

Перевод задания: Прочитай текст. Поставь глаголы в скобках в форму Present Simple или Past Simple.

My parents’ names are Ellie and Rob. Mum is a nurse now. Five years ago, she worked in a local shop. Dad is an engineer today, but five years ago he worked for a different company.

My parents have got two children: my sister Meg and I. We are twins. Meg goes to school. Five years ago, she was in kindergarten.

My aunt’s name is Liz. She is my father’s sister. Liz is in her late thirties. Her husband Jack is in his early forties. Anna and Jack’s son is Tom. Tom is fourteen years old now. He studies at secondary school. Five years ago, he was a primary school pupil.

My grandparents, Anna and Paul, are retired. They are in their late sixties now. Anna worked as a teacher five years ago and Paul was a bus driver five years ago.

Ответ: 1 are; 2 is; 3 worked; 4 is; 5 worked; 6 are; 7 goes; 8 was; 9 is; 10 is; 11 is; 12 studies; 13 was; 14 are; 15 worked; 16 was.