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Articles, Irregular Verbs and Everyday Phrases

October 20, 2025

Straipsniai, netaisyklingi veiksmažodžiai ir kasdienės frazės

  1. Neteisingi veiksmažodžiai turi tris formas (I, II, III).
  2. Future Simple laikas sudaromas iš pagalbinių veiksmažodžių shall / will.
  3. Klausiamieji žodžiai: what, where, when, why, how, who, which.
  4. Pavyzdžiai 20 netaisyklingų veiksmažodžių (I ir II formos):
    go–went, come–came, see–saw, write–wrote, take–took, give–gave, eat–ate, drink–drank, make–made, buy–bought, find–found, think–thought, teach–taught, run–ran, sit–sat, sing–sang, speak–spoke, begin–began, know–knew, get–got.
  5. Angliškai prieštaraujame: No, I can’t / I refuse / You are wrong.
  6. Galūnės –ed tarimo taisyklės:
    • /t/ – po dusliųjų priebalsių (worked)
    • /d/ – po balsių ir skardžiųjų priebalsių (played)
    • /ɪd/ – po t, d (wanted, needed)
  7. Žymimojo artikelio vartojimas su tikriniais daiktavardžiais:
    • jūrų, upių, ežerų pavadinimai
    • salynų, dykumų, kalnynų, kanalų pavadinimai
    • kai kurių šalių pavadinimai
    • istorinių pastatų, muziejų pavadinimai
    • pasaulio šalių kryptys
    • pavardės daugiskaitoje
    • viešbučių, kino teatrų, laivų pavadinimai
  8. Kas nupiešė pirmą kalėdinę atvirutę?
    → John Callcott Horsley (1843 m.)
  9. Anglų patarlės:
    • Better late than never.
    • An Englishman’s home is his castle.
    • Love me, love my dog.
  10. Artikelio nevartojame:
    • su gatvių, aikščių pavadinimais
    • prieš last, next
    • po no, many, much, a lot of
    • su sporto pavadinimais
    • prieš breakfast, lunch, dinner, supper
  11. Santrumpos a.m. – prieš vidurdienį, p.m. – po vidurdienio.
  12. Veiksmažodis to be turi pagalbinį veiksmą was/were Past Simple laike.
  13. Past Simple vartojamas veiksmui praeityje, turinčiam aiškų laiko požymį (yesterday, last week, ago).
  14. Atsiprašome anglų kalba: I’m sorry / Excuse me.
  15. Skėčiai Didžiojoje Britanijoje atsirado apie 1750 m.

ŽODYNAS

Angliškai Tarimas Lietuviškai
ago /əˈɡəʊ/ prieš
always /ˈɔːlweɪz/ visada
because /bɪˈkɒz/ kadangi
better /ˈbetə/ geriau
both /bəʊθ/ abu
down /daʊn/ žemyn
never /ˈnevə/ niekada
now /naʊ/ dabar
soon /suːn/ netrukus
together /təˈɡeðə/ kartu

GRAMATIKA. NEŽYMIMASIS ARTIKELI

Exercises

Exercise 1Fill in the blanks – Articles A/An

Fill in the blanks with a or an.

  1. This is ___ apple.
  2. She has ___ orange bag.
  3. I bought ___ book yesterday.
  4. Peter is ___ honest man.
  5. We stayed in ___ old hotel.
  6. He wants to buy ___ new car.
  7. It took me ___ hour to finish.
  8. She is ___ teacher.
  9. We saw ___ elephant at the zoo.
  10. Tom is ___ university student.
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Exercise 2Choose the Correct Article

Choose the correct article (a, an, the, or –).

  1. I saw ___ cat in the garden.
  2. ___ sun rises in the east.
  3. She doesn’t like ___ coffee.
  4. He is ___ best student in the class.
  5. They live near ___ river.
  6. I don’t have ___ time to talk.
  7. ___ Alps are in Europe.
  8. He plays ___ piano very well.
  9. Let’s go to ___ cinema tonight.
  10. She had ___ breakfast at eight.

Exercise 3Past Simple – To Be

Fill in with was or were.

  1. I ___ at home yesterday.
  2. You ___ late for the lesson.
  3. He ___ tired after work.
  4. They ___ in London last week.
  5. We ___ happy to see you.
  6. It ___ a sunny day.
  7. My parents ___ teachers.
  8. There ___ a big storm last night.
  9. The film ___ very interesting.
  10. She ___ not ready for the test.

Exercise 4Irregular Verbs – Match the Forms

Match the first and second forms of irregular verbs.

Base form Past form
go went
see saw
make made
buy bought
find found
run ran
sing sang
speak spoke
know knew
get got

Exercise 5Everyday Phrases – Complete the Dialog

Complete the dialogue using the missing words.

Nick: Excuse me, madam.
Mrs Starling: Yes, please.
Nick: Can you tell me the _?
Mrs Starling: It’s twenty minutes to five p.m.
Nick: Oh, my pocket watch is ten minutes _.
Mrs Starling: Look at the _. There is a clock on the wall.
Nick: Thanks a _.
Mrs Starling: Don’t ___ it.

Exercise 6Proverbs – Choose the Meaning

Choose the correct meaning.

  1. Better late than never
    a) It’s better not to come at all
    b) It’s better to do something late than not at all ✅

  2. Love me, love my dog
    a) You must love everything about the person ✅
    b) You must love only animals

  3. An Englishman’s home is his castle
    a) A person’s home is a private and safe place ✅
    b) A castle is a big house

Exercise 7Capital Cities Quiz

Write the capital of each country.

  1. France – ___
  2. Germany – ___
  3. Italy – ___
  4. Poland – ___
  5. Spain – ___
  6. United Kingdom – ___
  7. United States – ___
  8. Japan – ___
  9. Brazil – ___
  10. Australia – ___

Exercise 8Questions – Choose the Right Word

Complete the questions with the correct question word: what, where, when, why, how, who, which.

  1. ___ is your name?
  2. ___ are you from?
  3. ___ is your favourite colour?
  4. ___ are you late?
  5. ___ is sitting next to you?
  6. ___ book do you want to read?
  7. ___ do you go to school?
  8. ___ are you doing now?
  9. ___ time is it?
  10. ___ car is faster?

Exercise 9Pronunciation of -ed Ending

Classify the following verbs by pronunciation of -ed ending: /t/, /d/, /ɪd/.

Verb Pronunciation
worked /t/
played /d/
wanted /ɪd/
needed /ɪd/
cleaned /d/
stopped /t/
watched /t/
opened /d/
looked /t/
started /ɪd/

Exercise 10Mixed Practice – Fill in the blanks

Fill in with the correct word.

  1. She ___ (go) to London last week.
  2. There ___ (be) a big storm yesterday.
  3. We ___ (see) the museum in the city.
  4. It’s ___ beautiful day today!
  5. I want to buy ___ umbrella.
  6. ___ you from Germany?
  7. They ___ happy to meet you.
  8. He ___ (write) a letter to his friend.
  9. Let’s go to ___ cinema tonight.
  10. Better late than ___.
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