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Трудно запомнить формы неправильных глаголов?
Это рифмованное правило обязательно поможет вам.

To go - went - gone:
Все пошли мы на прием.
To have - had - had:
Съели вкусный там обед.
To get - got - got:
Удовольствия на год.
To come - came - come: 
Приходите в гости к нам.
To do - did - done: 
Очень рады будем вам.

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I've found a kitten:
To - write - wrote - written.
I've seen a bird:
To hear - heard - heard.
I've made my bed:
To read - read - read.
I've eaten a bun:
To run - ran - run. 

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Кенгуренку Кенгуру
Говорила поутру:
"Надо быстренько вставать
И английский повторять":

To write - wrote - written,
To eat - ate - eaten,
To speak - spoke - spoken,
To break - broke - broken.

To come - came - come,
To become - became - become,
To run - ran - run,
To swim - swam - swum.

To know - knew - known,
To throw - threw - thrown,
To blow - blew - blown,
To fly - flew - flown.

To sing - sang - sung,
To ring - rang - rung,
To hide - hid - hidden,
To bite - bit - bitten.

To send - sent - sent,
To spend - spent - spent,
To sleep - slept - slept,
To keep - kept - kept.

To tell - told - told,
To sell - sold - sold,
To teach - taught - taught,
To catch - caught - caught.

To fight - fought - fought,
To think - thought - thought,
To buy - bought - bought,
To bring - brought - brought.

To cut - cut - cut,
To shut - shut - shut,
To cost - cost - cost,
To lose - lost - lost.

To lead - led - led,
To feed - fed - fed,
To feel - felt - felt,
To hold - held - held. 

Скороговорки

READ THESE TONGUE-TWISTERS AND TRY NOT TO MAKE YOUR TONGUE TWISTED 

LEVEL 3

1. The sixth sick sheik’s sixth sheep’s sick. 
2. I know a boy named Tate who dined with his girl at eight eight.
   I’m unable to state what Tate ate at eight eight or what Tate’s tête-à-tête at eight eight. 
3. There was a fisherman named Fisher who fished for some fish in a fissure.
   Till a fish with a grin, pulled the fisherman in.
   Now they’re fishing the fissure for Fisher. 
4. Through three trees three free fleas flew.
   While these fleas flew, freezy breeze blew.
   Freezy breeze made these three trees freeze.
   That’s what made these three free fleas sneeze. 
5. How many cans can a cannibal nibble if a cannibal can nibble cans?
   As many cans as a cannibal can nibble if a cannibal can nibble cans. 
6. Betty bought some butter, but the butter Betty bought was bitter, so Betty bought some better butter, and the better butter Betty bought was better than the bitter butter Betty bought before! 
7. Dr. Johnson and Mr. Johnson, after great consideration, came to the conclusion that the Indian nation beyond the Indian Ocean is back in education because the chief occupation is cultivation. 
8. Oh, the sadness of her sadness when she’s sad. Oh, the gladness of her gladness when she’s glad. But the sadness of her sadness, and the gladness of her gladness, are nothing like her madness when she’s mad. 
9. A Tudor who tooted the flute tried to tutor two tooters to toot.
   Said the two to the tutor, “Is it harder to toot or to tutor two tooters to toot?”. 
10. Three witches watch three Swatch watches.
    Which witch watches which Swatch watch?

Употребление артиклей с географическими названиями

ЛЕКЦИЯ 

1. Названия континентов, территорий (также с такими определениями как northern, southern, western, eastern, central, minor, south-west, Latin, etc.) – без артиклей:
   Europe, North America, Latin America, Asia Minor 
2. Названия стран, городов, деревень, провинций - без артиклей:
   France, China, California, Kashmir, Delhi
   Артикль также не употребляется, если перед именами стоят такие определения как
   north(ern), south(ern), west(ern), east(ern), ancient, old, central:
   Old England, Ancient Greece, Southern France
   Исключения:
   The FRG, the Argentine, the Ukraine, the Congo, the Netherlands, the Cameroon,
   the Sudan, the Senegal
   The Crimea, the Caucasus, the Ruhr, the Tyrol, the Riviera, the Transvaal
   The Hague 
3. Названия океанов, морей, проливов, каналов, рек и озер – с определенным артиклем:
   The Pacific (ocean), the Baltic (sea), the North Sea, the Volga, the Baikal (Lake Baikal)
   The Bering Strait, the Bosporus
   The English Channel
   The Suez Canal 
4. Названия заливов - без артиклей: Hudson Bay 
5. Названия полуостровов - без артиклей: Kamchatka, Indo-China
   Но со словом полуостров употребляется определенный артикль: The Balkan Peninsula 
6. Названия пустынь – с определенным артиклем: The Sahara, the Gobi, the Kara-Kum 
7. Названия горных цепей и групп островов - с определенным артиклем:
   The Rocky Mountains, the Alps, the Urals
   The Bahamas, the Bermudas 
8. Названия отдельных горных вершин и островов – без артиклей:
   Elbrus, Mont Blanc
   Haiti, Cyprus, Madagascar
   Niagara Falls