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 МИНИСТЕРСТВО ОБРАЗОВАНИЯ РЕСПУБЛИКИ БЕЛАРУСЬ
УЧРЕЖДЕНИЕ ОБРАЗОВАНИЯ
«М ОГИЛЕВСКИЙ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЙ УНИВЕРСИТЕТ
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Практическая грамматика английского языка: Глагол =

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направленные на консолидацию употребления видо-временных форм глагола в

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 THE INDEFINITE TENSE-FORMS

THE PRESENT INDEFINITE TENSE

Exercise I. Write the following sentences in the 3rd person singular.
1 .1 think I am ill. 2. They often visit their granny. 3. We live in Leeds. 4. You

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always obey their masters. 7. The boys box in the gymnasium on Fridays. 8. His

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dogs always attack the neighbours. 9. Heavy trucks make a lot of noise. 10.1 get

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1. She understands the rule. 2. He usually has breakfast at 8 o'clock. 3. The

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lecture starts at 10.15. 4. The flowers look fresh. 5. She usually walks in the

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morning. 6. He has coffee in the evening. 7. She remembers them well. 8. He
plays chess very well. 9. She leaves home at 10 o'clock every day. 10. Ann
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1. How many languages (you / speak)? 2. What time (the banks / close) in Britain?
3 .1have a car but I (not / use) it very often. 4. 'Where (your father / come) from?'
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- 'He (come) from Scotland.' 5. If you need money, why (you / not / get) a job?
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6 .1 (play) the piano, but I (not / play) very well. 7. Fishermen often (tell) tales
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about their catches. 8. Their children (go) to a private school. 9. Little Amanda
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(collect) all sorts of toy-pigs. 10. My father (like) a lot o f milk in his tea and a
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few lumps of sugar. 11. The concert this evening (start) at 7.30. 12. She'll come
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and see you before she (leave) for London. 13. My English friends (live) in a
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nice house that (stand) on a hill that (overlook) lake Windermere which (be) in
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the Lake District. 14. What this sentence (mean)? 15.1 (live) in Tver, which (be)
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my native town. 16. My sister (have) a good appetite and she always (eat) heartily.
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17. Let's go outside. It (be) terribly hot in the house. 18. What you (see) over
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there? 19. If he (shout) at me, I'll do nothing at all. 20. In England the traffic
(keep) to the left but on the Continent it (keep) to the right. 21. They often
(come) to see me in my town house. 22. The twittering of birds in the trees in
spring (be) a pleasant sound. 23. Anything that he (say) (be) worth listening to.
24. What time the next train (leave)? 2 5 ,1 am a student, (be) I?
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I. Я обычно делаю домашнее задание вечером. 2. Мой друг живет на Севе­
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иностранным языком в неделю. 5. Он всегда навещает нас, когда бывает в
Москве. 6. "Сколько времени вы тратите на дорогу домой?" - "Как прави­
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II. Твой поезд приедет в 3 часа. 12. Ее муж часто ездит в командировки?
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1. Мой брат не работает на заводе. 2. Она не говорит по-французски. 3. Где
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женер. Он очень занят. Его рабочий день начинается рано утром. Он вста­
ет в 6.30. Затем он умывается, одевается и завтракает. После завтрака он
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немецки. Его сын ученик и ходит в школу, где изучает английский.

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Exercise 1. Put the verb into the correct form. All the sentences are past.

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Exercise 2. Make the following sentences: a) negative; b) interrogative.

1. Bob came home late. 2. She gave them her dictionary. 3. He took a shower.
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magazine. 7. He left for London on Monday. 8 They wrote to us every month.

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9. He read the letter aloud. 10. You did it all by yourself. 11. She spoke English
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fluently. 12. Jim saw them together. 13. They all heard the song. 14. He paid the
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1. He doesn't play the piano any more but he ... every day. 2. She doesn't eat
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5. Now there is one cinema in our town but there ... five. 6. When they were
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1. Мы начали этот опыт на прошлой недели. 2. Теперь он совсем не курит,
а раньше он курил сигарету за сигаретой. 3. Они вернулись домой в семь
часов вечера. 4. Мы решили послать это письмо вчера. 5. Кому вы отдали
журналы? 6. Вчера я встретил Стива в библиотеке. 7. Когда вы его видели
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чали английский. 9. В котором часу вы начали работать вчера? —После
обеда. У нас было мало работы. 10. Погода была хорошая, и мы с друзьями
пошли в парк. 11. Где вы были час тому назад? 12. Я встретил ее позавче­
ра, и она рассказала мне об этом. 13. Мы писали диктант на прошлой неде­
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тому назад. 16. Вчера я встретил его по дороге домой. 17. Два года тому

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пришел домой вчера? 20. Вы получили вчера письмо? 21. Кто вчера при­
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вчера после занятий? —В универмаг. 34. Я хотела навестить Анну, но ее не

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Exercise 1. a) Complete the sentences with I'll + a suitable verb.

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1. I'm too tired to walk home. I think ... a taxi. 2 .1 feel a bit hungry. I think ...
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any cigarettes.' 'Oh, haven't we? ... and get some.' 6. 'Did you write that letter to
Jack?' 'Oh, I forgot. Thanks for reminding me. ... in the evening.' 7. 'Would you
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study English at the University, (what) 4. Nina will become a teacher, (who) 5.
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Peter will make a report next Monday, (when) 6. She will go to the Crimea in
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Exercise 2. No Future. Complete the following sentences.

1. If you (to translate) this article, I'll use it in my report. 2. If you (to be) in
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train. 4. If it (to rain) we shan't go to the country. 5. When my friend (to come) to
St. Petersburg, we'll go to the Russian museum. 6. What will you be doing when
he (to come) to your place? 7. Don't forget to pay for your dinner before you (to
leave) the canteen. 8. I'll be able to translate this article if you (to give) me a
dictionary. 9. You'll have to work hard at home if you (to miss) the lesson.

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time for you to start preparations. 12. I will have arranged everything by the

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time you (to come) back. 13. Call me as soon as you (to arrive). 14. When I (to

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laboratory work, I'll work on my papers. 16. We'll stay in the classroom until the

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teacher (to stop) checking our tests. 17. Turn off the lights before you (to go) to

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bed. 1 8 .1 will be writing to you while you (to be) there. 19. Whenever Tom (to

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Exercise 3. Use the verbs in Present Simple or Future Simple.
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home? 3. Where they (to go) if the weather (to be) fine? 4. He (to ring) me up
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when he (to return) home. 5. If it (to rain), we (to stay) at home. 6. She (to walk)
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room. 9. If we (to be) tired, we (to stop) at a small village and (to have) a meal
there. 10. If you (to miss) the 10.30 train, there is another at 10.35. 11. She (to
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make) all the arrangements about it before she (to fly) there. 12. I have by no
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means yet decided how I (to spend) the summer. 13. If nothing (to happen), I
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shall be back on the 3rd of May. 14. We cannot wait till you (to make up) your
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mind. 15. If it (to blow) from the east, we shall have rain. 16. There (to be) no
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picnic tomorrow unless the weather (to be) clear. 17. Will you excuse me if I (to
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be) a little late? 18. Give him this message when you (to see) him. 19. If all (to
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go) well, I shall graduate in June. 20. If you (to get) there before me, wait till I
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unless you (to leave) directly. 23. When you (to see) her, ask her to come.
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Exercise 4. Put the verb in brackets into the Present or Future Indefinite.
1. When he (call) 1 (give) him a piece of my mind. 2 .1 (be) at home if you (need)
anything. 3. They (be) in the gallery if you (decide) to speak to them. 4. If they
(want) your advice, they (get) in touch with you. 5. If you (have) anything to
report, put it in writing and send it to me. 6. I (write) to you about it when
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(be) over. 9. I'd like to ask you a few more questions before you (go). 10.1 (not
know) when they (come) to see us. 11. Ask him if he (stay) for dinner. 12.1 (wonder)
if we ever (see) each other again. 13.1 (be) not sure if they (be) in time. 14. He
can't tell us when the motor (start). 15. I don't know when he (to come), but
when he (to come) I shall speak to him.

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town and we (talk) everything over. 4. If my friends (come) in, please ask them

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to wait in the picture gallery. 5. He (want) to know if you (be) free tomorrow

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morning at 10.00. 6 .1 (wonder) when they (write) to us. 7. If nothing (happen),

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settled, we (come) to see you. 9. They can't tell me when they (be) free. 10. Go

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straight on till you (come) to the fountain at the comer of the street; then turn left
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they (move) to a new flat. 13. "I want to get to the bottom of the valley." - "You
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must be careful when you (go) down because the slope of the hill (be) very
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slippery." 14. I (be) glad when I (get) to the top! 15. He doesn't say when he
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(come) back. 16. "Give this message to your teacher as soon as you (come) to
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school," said his mother. - "All right," said the boy running out. "I (be) sure it
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(be) still in his pocket when he (get) home tonight," said his father. 17. If the
patient (continue) to improve we (transfer) him to another ward. 18. "I (buy)
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some pot plants." - "When you (buy) them?" - "The florist (bring) them when
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next week. ... I'm there, I hope to visit a few museums. 3. Frank might return
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this evening. ... he does, can you cook him some meal? 4 . 1 think he'll pass his
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exam. I'll be very surprised ... he doesn't pass it. 5 .1 hope to be on time. B u t...
I don't make it, go without me. 6. I'm going shopping. ... you want anything,
I can get it for you. 7. I'm leaving for Canada tomorrow. I'll write to you ... I get
there. 8 . 1 don't feel well tonight. I think I'll go straight to bed ... I get home.
9 . 1 want you to come to the party b u t... you don't want to come, you needn't.
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1. Когда я приду домой, я позвоню вам. 2. Если она позвонит вам, попро­
сите её принести мне книгу. 3. Как только я увижу Тома, я расскажу ему об
этом. 4. Перед тем как я поеду в Париж, я позвоню вам. 5. Если он не
пойдёт в библиотеку, он будет дома. 6. Если мы будем завтра дома, мы
посмотрим этот фильм. 7. Если её не будет завтра дома, оставьте ей запис­
ку. 8. Когда она придёт в школу, она пойдет в учительскую. 9. Как только

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1. В следующем году мне будет 20 лет. 2. Возможно, он придет сегодня.
3. Когда вы начнете изучать иностранный язык? 4. Они не начнут совеща­

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ние, пока не придет главный инженер. 5. Если вы встретите их, попросите

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их позвонить нам. 6. Он думает, вам не понравится новый балет. 7. Она

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будет дома в 6 часов? - Нет. 8. Вы сразу узнаете Джемму, как только увиди­

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зажжется зеленый свет. 11. Я надеюсь, вы хорошо напишите контрольную
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работу. 12. У вас завра будет много работы? - Да. 13. Как только он при­
едет, он позвонит вам. 14. Он будет очень счастлив, когда ты приедешь в
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Нью-Йорк. 15. Если вы будете пить эту воду, вы заболеете. 16. Я не помню,
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когда они возвращаются. 17. Экзамены начнутся 1 июня. 18. Фильм будет
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очень интересным. 19. Мы увидимся с ним на следующей неделе. 20. Если

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вы сейчас не возьмете такси, вы опоздаете на самолет. 21. Когда вы захо­

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тите увидеть меня, позвоните. 22. Вы не будете знать английский язык,

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пока не начнете упорно заниматься. 23. Я загляну к вам перед отъездом.

24. Когда наступит зима, я уеду в Индию. 25. Я не знаю, когда я его снова
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увижу. 26. Я надеюсь, он позвонит мне в следующее воскресенье. 27. Боюсь,

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Петр не будет играть в теннис на следующей неделе. Он болен. 28. Я думаю,

что увижу его в следующий вторник. 29. Я не пойду туда в следующий
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вторник, у меня нет времени. 30. Я увижу его завтра и отдам эту книгу.
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Exercise 9. Translate into English.

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1. Мы отправимся в Лондон, как только получим визы. 2. Я не уверен, смогу

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ли я зайти к ним попрощаться. 3. Если вы будете работать усердно, то вовре­

мя закончите работу. 4. Я с ним переговорю до твоего возвращения, но я не
уверен, последует ли он моим советам. 5. Если вы откажетесь от этой работы
сейчас, вам больше никогда не представится такая возможность. 6. Он гово­
рит, что все объяснит, когда вернется. 7. Как только я устроюсь на новом
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 месте, я дам вам знать. 8. Твой отец будет разочарован, когда узнает об этом.
9. Она спрашивает меня, поеду ли я провожать ее на вокзал. 10. Если ты не
будешь осторожным, то опять можешь попасть в аварию. 11. Мы будем ока­
зывать тебе поддержку, пока ты не найдешь работу. 12. Ты обязательно поху­
деешь, если будешь придерживаться овощной диеты. 13. Когда вы прочтете
книгу, сдайте ее в библиотеку. 14. Я сообщу вам свой новый адрес прежде,
чем мы переедем на новую квартиру. 15. Если я не сдам экзамен по языку, я

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буду делать все возможное, чтобы пересдать его. 16. Если он пропустит лек­

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цию, ему придется переписать ее. 17. Она никогда не отдыхает, пока не сде­
лает уроки. 18. Как только мы повторим эту грамматическую тему, мы будем

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писать тест. 19. Он сдаст свою работу, как только проанализирует все грам­
матические модели. 20. Если ты не посмотришь незнакомые слова в словаре,

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ты не сможешь их правильно произнести и употребить. 21. Ты обогатишь

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свой словарный запас, если будешь много читать книг в оригинале. 22. Если

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он будет работать урывками и пропускать занятия, он провалит экзамен.

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23. Если этот учебник тебе очень нужен, ты сможешь взять его в библиотеке.

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24. Я не смогу дать тебе взаймы денег, если не получу стипендию сегодня.
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зачет. 26. Не волнуйтесь, я присмотрю за вашим багажом, пока вы не верне­

тесь. 27. Когда я закончу эту работу, я возьму отпуск на пару недель. 28. Как
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только я получу водительские права, я куплю себе машину и поеду в путеше­

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ствие по Европе. 29. Вы получите удовольствие от отдыха на море, если по­

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года будет хорошей. 30. Если сегодня пройдет дождь, нам не нужно будет
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поливать цветы вечером. 31. Вы добьетесь успеха при условии, что будете
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много работать над языком. 32. Он поедет навестить своих родителей, после
того как сдаст все экзамены. 33. Спроси ее, пойдет ли она с нами на концерт.
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34. Я зайду за тобой, как только освобожусь. 35. Как только врачи найдут
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Exercise 1. Put the verbs into the Present Continuous Tense. Comment on
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the use of the Present Continuous.

1. Please, be quiet. I (try) to concentrate. 2. Let's go out now. It (not / rain) any
more. 3. Listen to those people. What language they (speak)? 4. Look! It (snow).
5. Why you (look) at me like that? 6. You (make) a lot of noise. Can you be a bit
quieter? 7. Excuse me, I (look) for a phone box. Is there one near here? 8 .1 (fly)
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 to Moscow next week. 9. Can you hear those people next door? They (shout) at
each other again. 10. Why you (wear) your coat today? It’s very warm. 11.1 (not /
work) this week. I'm on holiday. 12.1 want to lose weight. I (not / eat) anything
today. 13. Please, don't make so much noise. I (study). 14. Why you (leave) so
soon? 15. What's that smell? - Something (bum). 16. You always (grumble).
I am so tired of it.

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Exercise 2. Choose the right variant.

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1 .1 (see / am seeing) Becky on Monday. 2. She (weighs / is weighing) 100 kilos.
She eats too much. 3. Don't disturb me. I (listen / am listening) to music. 4. You

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(look / are looking) great. 5 . 1 (think / am thinking) he can drive a car. 6. Laura
(has / is having) two cars. 7 .1 (come / am coming) from Spain. 8. She (tastes / is

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tasting) vanilla ice cream. It's delicious. 9. He (is / is being) a very polite person.

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10. Why (do you smell / are you smelling) these cakes? - They (smell / are

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smelling) strange. 11. I haven't decided yet what profession to choose. But

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I (think about it / am thinking about it). 12. What's the matter? Why (do you look /

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are you looking) at me like that? 13. Terry is in bed. He (has / is having) flu.
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14. (Do you realize / Are you realizing) that we've got a test tomorrow? 15. He
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(has / is having) a mobile phone now. 16. If you (don't watch / are not watching)
the news, I'd change the channel. 17. You can borrow my dictionary. I (don't
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need / am not needing) it at the moment. 18. George says that he has a note from
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the doctor but I (don't believe / am not believing) him. 19. I can't come to the
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meeting because I (see / am seeing) my tutor at 3 o'clock. 20. Why (do you feel /
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are you feeling) your pockets? Have you lost anything. 21. I know your mind is
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made up but I (feel / am feeling) you are making a big mistake. 22. You (are / are
being) really curious today! Why (do you want/are you wanting) to know all details?
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Exercise 3. Choose the correct form (simple present or present continuous).

1. I (have) a great time. 2. She (have) plenty of money just now. 3. Why you
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(look) at this man like that? 4. It (look) as if it's going to rain. 5. He (appear) at
the Fortune Theatre next week. 6. She (appear) to have a problem. 7. I (see)
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what you are trying to say. 8 .1 (see) the manager this afternoon. 9 .1 (think) you
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are right. 10. What you (think) about? 11.1 (feel) very tired today. 12.1 (feel) she
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is making a mistake.
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Exercise 4. Translate into English.

1. На кого вы сейчас смотрите? —Я смотрю на эту старую даму. 2. С кем
разговаривает ваш друг? - Он разговаривает с нашим преподавателем.
3. О чем вы рассказываете своим друзьям? - Я рассказываю им о своем
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 отпуске. 4. Вы сейчас пишите диктант? - Нет, мы делаем упражнение 9.
5. Куда вы идете вечером? - Мы идем в цирк. 6. Когда они приезжают в
Москву? - Они приезжают утром. 7. Мы уезжаем в Минск. 8. Эти студен­
ты делают упражнение или переписывают текст? 9. Кого встречают эти
студенты? - Они встречают иностранных студентов. 10. Куда вы идете? -
Я иду на фотовыставку. 11. Не выходи на улицу: идет сильный дождь.
12. Послушайте! Кто-то поет в соседней комнате. 13. Моя сестра помогает

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сейчас маме на кухне. 14. Сегодня хорошая погода. Тепло, светит солнце,
дует мягкий ветерок. 15. Посмотри на небо! Облака медленно плывут, сол­

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нце появляется из-за туч, становится тепло. 16. Послушай! Кто играет на

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пианино в соседней комнате? 17. Твои родители пьют чай? 18. Нина и
Анна моют пол. 19. Почему ты смеёшься? 20. Что несут эти мальчики?

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Exercise 5. Correct the mistakes if necessary.

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1. I'm busy at the moment. I talk over the phone. 2. I'm not knowing where he is.

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3. I look at the pictures at the moment. 4. What do you read, Freddy? I don't

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read. I write. 5. They are picking the apples in September. 6. Tom is looking
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well. 7. They have dinner now. 8. The train is arriving at 7.30. 9. He is drinking
coffee in the morning. 10. Our English friends come to our place on Monday.
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Exercise 6. Put the verb into the correct form, the Present Continuous or
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the Present Indefinite.

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1. These things (not / belong) to my parents. 2. Look! He (come). I (want)

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to speak to him. 3. This stream (flow) to the lake at the bottom o f the valley.
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4. Today the river (flow) much faster than usual. 5. It ever (rain) on Madeira?
6. They usually (grow) vegetables in their garden but this year they (not / grow)
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any. 7. Can you ride a bicycle? - No, but I (learn). My brother (teach) me. 8. You
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can borrow my dictionary. I (not / need) it at the moment. 9. I usually (enjoy)

music but I (not / enjoy) this record very much. 10.1 (not / believe) this man's
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stoiy. 11. My brother (live) in Cardiff. Where your sister (live)? 12. She (look)
for a new flat at the moment.
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Exercise 7. Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Indefinite or the Present
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Continuous.
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1. Mr. Smith (teach) us at present. He (substitute) for Mr. Reese, who (be) our
regular teacher. 2. "I (go) to visit Peter tonight. He (leave) tomorrow morning."
- "He (come) back the same day?" - "I (not / know). 3. John (stay) in a hotel
when he (come) to town, but tonight he (stay) with us." 4. We (go) to meet in the
club-room today. 5. "Nick (leave) today." - "What train he (take) for his journey?"
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 - "He (catch) the 5.50 train." 6. The mechanic (repair) my car today. So I must
go to work by the underground. 7. John (say) he (leave) for Chicago on the
fifteenth. 8 .1 (go) to the seaside on my holiday. 9. My brother (come) to see me
next week. 10. Whenever I (call) at the Smiths' home, they (play) cards. I really
(think) they (play) every night. 11. You (watch) TV? - No, you can turn it off.
12. Tom (watch) TV very often? - No, half an hour a day. 13. What she (do) ? -

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She is an economist. But she (not work) at the moment. 14. I'm afraid I've lost

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my key again. - Oh, no! You always (lose) your keys! 15. They are in Florida

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now. They (enjoy) their holiday greatly. 16. Dan (think) of buying a new car.

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The one he has is very old. 17.1 (think) Dan shouldn't sell his car. It's quite new

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and very comfortable. 18. What language they (speak)? - It (sound) like French.

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19. How many languages she (speak)? - English and German I think. 20. You

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always (listen) to music. You should do something more useful. 21. Kate (be)
very generous to me at the moment. I wonder why. 22. Don't put the scissors

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away, please. I (need) them now. 23. Can I borrow this calculator? Or you (use)

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it now? 24. Hello, Ann. What you (do) in this part of the city? 25. He (laugh)
best, who (laugh) last. 26. Scientists say that pollution (get) worse every day.
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27. She (think) you are right and she (take) your part.
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Exercise 8. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form, the Present
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Indefinite or the Present Continuous.

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1. "Where is Andy?" - "Mary (read) her a bed-time story." 2. Modem trains (go)
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very fast. 3. "I'm afraid I must go now." —"Where you (go)?" —"I (go) to have
lunch with my partner." 4. It (be) the early bird that (catch) the worm. 5. Every
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cloud (have) a silver lining. 6. "Why you (laugh)?" - she cried. "Because you
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(talk) nonsense." 7. He (laugh) best, who (laugh) last. 8. Actions (speak) louder
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than words. 9. Eric (speak) to the dean, and they both (smile). 10. "I've got a
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headache," Milly moaned. "Get me some painkiller. My head (split)." 11. That's
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the way she always (react). 12. I'm so careless. I always (forget) my keys.
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13. They (be) in the cafeteria. They (have) their breakfast. 14. Every week
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I (attend) additional classes to improve my English. 15. It's time to review

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grammar. It (get) more difficult every day. 16. How many languages Tom (speak)?
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17. I can see from what you say that your mornings are very busy! What you
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(do) this afternoon? 18. This workbook (include) grammar, but it (not/include)
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vocabulary. 19.1 (give away) this dictionary. Do you want to have it? 20. Please,
don't make so much noise. The girls (study) in the next room. 21. What exactly the
book lists (involve)? 22. Please be quiet! You continually (interrupt). 23. Girls
(not/share) changing rooms with boys. 24. More and more young people (come)
from village schools to study at University. 25. Each person (be) a unique
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 individual. 26. Water (boil) at 100 degrees Centigrade. 27. We (meet) twice a
week. 28. He (take) his English lesson: he always (take) his lessons in the
morning. 29. Where is John? He (prepare) his lessons; he usually (prepare) them
at that time. 30. I (not understand) your remark. 31. You (know) that we need
hundreds of thousands and even millions of skilled workers. 32. Can you hear
what I (say)? 33. After a whole week of clear weather, it (begin) to rain in earnest.

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telephone. 36. How you (feel)? 37. I (see) what you mean. 38. I (see) just my

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friend off. 39. It was freezing as it only (freeze) in December. 40. This

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thermometer (register) rises in temperature accurately enough. 41. Somebody

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(knock) at the door. 4 2 .1 often (spend) my summer vacation at the sea-side. 43.

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I cannot go out because it (rain). 44. What (be) the title of the book you (read)?

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45. Look, smoke (come) out of that window. 46. The sun (set). What a glorious

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sight it is! 47. The clock (strike), it is time to go home.

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Exercise 9. Open the brackets using the Present Simple or the Present
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I . Have you got a light? - Sorry, I (not/smoke). 2. My wife has never been to
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France. She (plan) to go there next summer. 3. Your car is so clean. How often you
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(wash) it? 4. Students often (think) that exams (be) a nuisance. 5. Peter seldom
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(tell) the truth. You can't believe everything he (say). 6. You (understand) what he
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(talk) about? 7. Nancy (look) like her father. 8. What you (do)? - I'm an engineer.
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9. The soup (taste) good. 10. Your brother (be) a student now? - Yes, he (study) at
university. 11. Ann (play) the piano better than Susan. And who (play) now? -
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I (think) it (be) Susan. 12. What you (do) tomorrow evening? - 1(go) to the theatre.
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13.1 usually (not/have) breakfast before I (go) to Work. 14. She often (take) my
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dictionary but seldom (remember) to bring it back. If tomorrow she (ask) for the
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dictionary again, I shan't give it to her. 15. What a beautiful dress you (wear)!
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When did you buy it? 16. He is a night watchman. He (work) at night and (sleep)
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in the daytime. 17. She (be) a dietician. She (help) people to choose the right food.
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18. They (say) if you (see) a black cat, you (not/have) good luck. 19. Jane (be) in
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Paris now. She (learn) French there. 20. If Peter (continue) to drive his car carelessly,
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he'll get into a traffic accident. 21. You (hear) this noise downstairs? What can it
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be? 22. Have you heard about Tom? He (build) a new house now. 23. You'll have
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to put on your rubber boots if it (not/stop) raining in a minute. 24. If I (have) some
time in the evening, I'll repair your bicycle. 25. Excuse me, but you (stand) on my
foot. 26. She (give) two concerts in London next week. 27. What time the children
(come) out of school, as a rule? 28. Why you (smell) the meat? It (not/ be) fresh?
29. She always (let) me down! 30. You (believe) in God? 31. You always (complain)
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 about the weather! 32. Take the saucepan off the cooker! The water (boil). 33. I'm
afraid you can't see my daughter at the moment. She (have) a music lesson. She
always (have) it on Friday mornings. 34. She (be) still ill, but she (get) better now.
35. It often (rain) here at this time of the year? 36. Don't interrupt me while I (talk)
to somebody else. 37. He's a doctor, but he (not/practise) at the moment. 3 8. What he
(do)? - He (try) to get the car started. 39. In Britain most shops (close) at 5.30 p.m.
40. I'm sony it's so noisy, but we (move) the furniture. 41. Where you (come) from?

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- I (come) from Russia. 42. Flowers always (make) a good present. 43. Alice

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never (go) to work by bus. She (walk) through the park, as a rule. 44. What he
(mean) by saying this? It (sound) strange. 45.1(write) to my parents twice a month.

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46. She always (be late) for classes! 47.1(write) this letter to you while the children
(play) on the beach. Actually, they (play) there every day. 48. If we (start) at

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nine, we'll have plenty of time for the shops. We (be) free till half past four. 49.

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They always (tell) him everything. So I (think), he (know) about it already. 50.

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This carpet (cost) 30 dollars. Why not buy it? 51. He still (try) to find a job but

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there (not / be) much work available at present. 52. Believe me, I (think) about you

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all the time. 5 3 .1 (not/know) how they (make) both ends meet. They (have) six
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children and (not/earn) veiy much. 54. My mother (think) that hitch-hiking (be)
dangerous. 55. The police (look) into the matter now. 56. People (like) stability in
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life. 57. They (open) a new McDonald's tomorrow. 58. The English (believe) that
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their home (be) their castle. 59. Mike (arrive) in three days. We can't wait until he
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(come). Everyone (look forward) to seeing him. 60. What a wonderful day we
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(have) today! 61. When he (have) a problem to solve he will work at it until he
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(find) an answer. 62. The equator (run) round the middle of the earth. 63. Jack and
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Helen (live) in the Hague. At the moment they (travel) round Britain. 64. When
snakes (lose) their skins? 65. The English (like) coalfires even though they (not/
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produce) much heat. 66. My brother (not/be) very much what he (look) like.
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67. She always (lose) her temper! 68. A hot-air balloon (float) because hot air (be)
lighter than cool air. A hot air balloon (consist) of a basket in which the pilot and
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the crew (stand), a gas burner and a large balloon. 69. As soon as doctors (find) an
answer to AIDS, they will be able to cure people. 70. You (look) great after your
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holiday! - Yes, I (feel) wonderful! 71. You can borrow my Walkman unless you
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(lose) it. 72. Have I told you about how Ann (get on) at college? 73. He (be)
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intelligent but he (lack) common sense. 74. The house (be) in good condition but
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it (need) to be repainted. 75. He (waste) his time looking for a job there, they (not/
take) any staff on now. 76. The man who (live) opposite us sometimes (come)
over for a cup of coffee. 77. She (dislike) asking people for favours. 78. If I (have)
a headache I generally (take) an aspirin. 79. In England it always (rain) and the
wind constantly (blow)! 80. If you (heat) ice, it (melt). 81. Don't take the newspaper
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 away! I still (read) it. 82. How I (look) in this dress? It (suit) me? 83. Much of
eastern England (have) soil that (produce) crops of a very high yield. 84. Let's sit
for a while. My feet (ache) me. 8 5 .1 (see) no way of avoiding the problem. 86. At
the moment the company (reorganize) its departments. 87. I (leave) for Minsk
tomorrow morning. 88. Scotland (occupy) the northern part of Great Britain, (not/
do) it? 89. Good news! Sue and Paul (come) to stay with us. 90. Can you close the

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window? It (freeze) in here. 91. My cousin (attend) a university in Midwest which

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(specialize) in astronomy. 92. Eveiy time cigarettes (go) up in price, many people

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(try) to stop smoking. 93. The food that Mother (cook) in the kitchen (smell)
delicious. 94. Whenever it (rain) very hard, the stream (overflow). 95. No wonder

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the house (be) so cold! You always (leave) the doors open! 96. The film (be) very
confusing. You (understand) what (go) on?

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1. В этой части света солнце садится рано. 2. Джойс едет в Лондон завтра,

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потому что ее дядя хочет ее видеть. 3. Некоторым людям больше всего
нравится лето, некоторые любят весну или осень, а другие предпочитают
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зиму. 4. "Где Лиззи?" - "Она катается верхом на лошади." 5. "Что делают
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дети?" - "Они слушают сказку и рисуют." 6. Джейн прекрасно рисует.

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7. Отец обычно ездит на работу поездом, но сегодня он на машине. 8. Каж­

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дый год он проводит каникулы в горах. 9. Я сижу у окна и смотрю на море.

10. "Когда он обычно приходит домой?" —"Он обычно приходит домой
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в 7 часов вечера." 11. Каким поездом вы уезжаете в Петербург на следую­

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щей неделе? 12. В следующее воскресенье ко мне приезжают друзья из

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Шеффилда. 13. Алекс делает новую полку для книг. Он всю мебель для
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своей комнаты делает сам. 14. На ней сегодня шляпа и голубое платье.
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15. Я не могу сейчас дать вам эту книгу, потому что я ее читаю. 16. "Вы
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много читаете?" - "Да, много." - "Вы покупаете книги или берете их в

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библиотеке?" 17. "Что вы делаете под столом?" - "Я ищу иголку." 18. "Что
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у вас обычно на завтрак?" —"Я обычно ем бутерброд и выпиваю чашку

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кофе." 19. В следующее воскресенье я уезжаю в Данию.

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THE PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE

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Exercise 1. Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Continuous. Comment
on the use of the Past Continuous.
1. My granny (sew) in the drawing-room when I returned home. 2. The students
(work) at the language laboratory all evening yesterday. 3. We (wait) for the
examination results from five till six. 4. At eight o'clock yesterday the students
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 (watch) a TV programme. 5. Mary always (lose) her gloves when she was a little
girl! 6. While I (walk) in the garden I saw children who (make) their first steps
in sport. 7. I noticed that little children (jump) and (dance) in the gym-hall. 8.
The workers (do) morning exercises during their five minutes' interval when I
opened the door of the shop. 9.1 (wait) for a friend of mine at 5 o'clock sharp.
10. I (write) a letter to my friend when Mum came. 11. She (watch) TV while

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her sister (read) an interesting book.

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Exercise 2. Put in the correct tenses (Present or Past Continuous).
1 .1... to a record at the phonetic laboratory when my friend came in and asked

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me to help him with the translation (to listen). 2. They ... for Vladivostok on

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Thursday (to leave). 3. I ... to programmes in English all day yesterday (to

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listen). 4. She ... always ... mistakes in her dictations (to make)! 5. My friend
... the essay from 5 o'clock in the morning till one o'clock in the afternoon (to

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write). 6. When I entered the assembly-hall the dean ... the difference in the

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curriculum to full-time and part-time students (to explain). 7. While some students
... the texts on tape the others ... their homework (to record, to answer). 8 .1 ...
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an English exercise now. (to write) 9. I ... an English exercise at this time
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yesterday, (to write) 10. My friends ... their homework at 7 yesterday, (not to
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do) They ... volley-ball, (to play) 11. You ... ice-cream when I rang you up
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yesterday? (to eat) 12. What you ... now? (to do) - 1 ... tea. (to drink) 13. You ...
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tea at this time yesterday? (to drink) - No, I ... it, I ... a banana, (not to do, to eat)
14. My sister is fond of reading. She ... the whole evening yesterday, and now
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she ... again, (to read, to read) 15. When 1 went out into the garden the sun ...
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and birds ... in the trees, (to shine, to sing)

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Exercise 3. Put in the correct tenses (Past Indefinite or Past Continuous).

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1. At six o'clock this morning I (have) a wonderful dream, but then the alarm
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(go) off. 2. This time yesterday I (lie) on the beach. 3. When I walked in they
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all (talk) about babies. 4. She (meet) her husband while she (travel) in Egypt.
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5. While I (talk) to Mrs. Singleton somebody (walk) into my office and (steal)
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the computer. 6. When Jake (come) in everybody (stop) talking. 7. I (look) out
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of the window and (see) that we (fly) over the mountains. 8 .1 (wake) up to find
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that water (pour) through the bedroom ceiling. 9. He (break) his leg while he
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(play) football. 10. Carol (make) dinner when the telephone (ring). 11.1 (do) the
shopping when I (see) Jane. We (stop) and (have) a chat. 12. We (be) stuck in a
traffic jam. We (not know) what to do. 13. Susan (have) the feeling that everyone
(look) at her. 14. He (lie) down on the sofa, (open) the book and (begin) to read.
15. The boys (enjoy) the film, when suddenly the electricity (go) off. 16. While
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 Dick (try) to get his car started the police car (stop) and the driver (offer) his
help. It (be) very nice of him. 17. The kids (make) so much noise that I couldn't
hear what he (say) and (ask) him to repeat. 18. He (stand) at the bus stop. I asked
him what bus he (wait) for. 19. When I (hear) the doorbell, I (run) downstairs.

Exercise 4. Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Indefinite or the Past

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Continuous.

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1. Mary (play) the piano, John (read), my wife (sew) when suddenly we all (hear)

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a shout. 2. When the doctor (leave) the hospital, he (catch) a glimpse o f himself in

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the glass front door. 3. When her father (come) in she (sit) before a red tea-table,

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finishing a very good tea. 4. Next day, while he (shave) he (cut) himself slightly. 5.

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The door of his room (be) open; his mother still (stand) at the window. 6. And,

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smiling to himself, he (begin) to make plans, fantastic plans for the future. He still
(smile) when he (walk) up the rock-cut steps. 7 .1(sleep) soundly when the phone

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(ring). 8. We (sit) on our front porch when Mr. Smith (drive) up in his new car.

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9. Crosby (cross) the street when the car (strike) him. 10. It (drizzle) when they
(come) out of the house. 11. When the World War (break), John (live) in Holland.
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12. It (get) dark and I (suggest) that we should go down. 13. John (come) in, (look)
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at the fire, (stand) a moment, (turn) and (go) away. 14. As I (walk) home yesterday,
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I (meet) a beggar who (ask) me for some money. 15. We (come) into the dining­
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room while our parents (eat) supper. 16. She (run) down the stairs and (go) to the
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library, where her husband (stand) with his mother. 17. Mike (lift) his eyes from
the book and (look) out of the window. It still (snow). 18. We (drive) at about forty
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miles an hour when the accident (happen). 19. You (have) a good time at those
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parties? 20. A fortnight later Holt (fall) and (hurt) himself when he (ride) his
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motorcycle. 21. He (go) to the kitchen and (get) himself a cup of coffee. 22. Eric
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(go) into the library and (sit) down to read the letter. The fire (crackle) merrily in
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the fireplace, and outside the wind (howl). 23. He (take) a cushion, (put) it behind
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and (lean) back. 24. At half past four I (turn) on the lights. 25. When I (be) a boy,
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I (want) to be an actor. 26. While he (wait) to cross Fifth Avenue, a man standing
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beside him (cough) painfully. 27. She (draw) aside the curtains and (look) out into
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the Square. Two cats (stand) in the light of a lamp. 28. When I (hear) his knock
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I (go) to the door and (open) it, but I (not / recognize) him at first because I (not /
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wear) my glasses. 29. Your telegram (come) just as I (leave) home. 30. John (talk)
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with his boss when I last (see) him.

Exercise S. Open the brackets. Use the Past Indefinite or the Past Continuous.
1. The local businessmen (like) something solid with their luncheon coffee.
2. I (glance) at the terrace below the balcony. He (sit) under one of the plane-
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 trees, smoking. 3 . 1 (open) the shutters and (look) out. The car (stand) where
I had left it. 4. Suddenly I (realize) that they (not / pay) attention to me any
longer. They (mutter) something and all (look) in the same direction. I (turn) my
head and (look) where they all (look). A man (come) down a steep little street
that (lead) uphill between the houses on my right. 5. On my left I (see) the lights
of the first house of the village, and I (hurry) towards it through the wood when

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a sudden flash of light (make) me stop. 6. At that time I (look) for a job. 7. Miss

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Nobbs (not / see) him leave the office. At half past four she (make) herself a cup

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of tea in a small recess off the main corridor. 8. The idea first (occur) to me that
afternoon as I (back) the car into the garage. 9 .1 probably (drop) the key when

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I (fish) for small change in my bag at the news-stand. 10. All through the night
I (hear) them work, open drawers, drag cases over the floor. They (pack). 11. At this

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time yesterday I (sit) at the theatre. 12. He (come) back to St. Petersburg on the
15th of January. 13.1 (go) to the University when I (see) him. 14. At this time

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yesterday we (have) dinner. 15. He (write) a letter when I (come) in. 16. He

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(make) a report when I (leave) the room. 17. Yesterday he (write) a letter to his
friend. 18. When I (look) at them, they (to smile) at me. 19. What you (do) at 6
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yesterday? 2 0 .1(go) to bed at half past eleven. 21. Yesterday the lesson (begin)
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at 9. 22. The cat (take) a piece of fish and then (run) away. 23. He (read) a
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newspaper when I (come in). 24. Yesterday I (get up) at 7. 25. The train (start) at
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15 minutes to 10. 26. He (to put) on his coat, (to open) the door and (to go) out.
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Exercise 6. Open the brackets putting the verbs into the Past Simple or the
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Past Continuous tense-forms.

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1. When the door-bell (ring) he (stand) up and (go) to the door. 2. It (rain) hard
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this morning when I (wake up). 3. While I (have) breakfast this morning, my sister
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(phone) from Mexico. 4. When I (see) his face, I (realize) my mistake. 5 .1 (take)
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my umbrella because it (rain). 6. Yesterday morning he (wake up) late and (miss)
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his breakfast. 7. When he (work) in the garden he (hurt) his knee. 8. Linda (wait)
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for the bus when I (see) her. 9 .1 (look) out of the window and (see) that it (snow)
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hard. 10. When the parents (come) from the theatre yesterday evening, the children
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(sleep). 11. When the guests (arrive) Mrs. Black still (cook) dinner. 12. Tom
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(not/want) to lend us the money at first but then he (agree). 13. The illness (get)
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worse and worse. In the end he (go) into hospital for an operation. 1 4 .1 (walk)
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along the road yesterday when I (meet) an old friend of mine. She (go) to the
post-office. 15. We (see) an accident when we (wait) for the bus. 16. It was an
amazing coincidence. Just as I (write) to Ann, she came to my house to see me.
17. I (go) to sleep at 3 o'clock this morning and (wake) up an hour later at
4 o'clock. 18. He (give) up his job as a journalist and (become) a teacher.
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 19. While we (be) on holiday, we (spend) most of our time swimming and sailing.
20. When my car (break) down I (phone) a garage. 21. When I (cook) I (cut)
myself. 22. Ann (show) me a photograph and then (go) to the kitchen for some
drinks. 23. Sally (lie) in bed when her mother (enter) the room. 24. This (use) to
be a station and all the London trains (stop) here. But two years ago they (close)
the station and (give) us a bus service instead. 2 5 .1 (go) to Jack's house but (not/

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find) him in. His mother (say) that she (not/know) what he (do) but (think) he

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probably (play) football. 26. We (cycle) along the road when we (see) a huge

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lorry. 27. "What you (do) between 9.00 and 10.00 yesterday?" (ask) the detective.

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- "I (clean) my house”, said Mrs Jones. "I always clean my house on Saturday

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mornings." 28. Although he (agree) with me on most points, there (remain) one

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to which he was unwilling to yield. 29. We (arrive) as they (leave). 30. She

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(weep) bitterly while she (tell) her story. 31. As Mary (get) out of the boat her
foot (slip) and she (fall) into the water. 32. While I (wait) for the bus I (notice) a

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group of tourists who (listen) intently to guide. 3 3 .1 (try) to explain the situation

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to my parents, but they just (not / understand) what I (talk) about. 34. She (injure)
her ankle while she (jog) in the park. 3 5 .1 (feel) rather worried. It (get) darker
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and colder, but there (be) still no sign of the rescue helicopter. 36. How often
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you (visit) your cousins when you (be) in the States last year? 37. John's children
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(use) to be well-behaved but now they are quite naughty. 38. While I (row)
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across the lake I (lose) one oar. 39. At school I (dislike) the maths teacher because
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he always (pick) on me. 40. Nobody (watch), so the little boy (take) a packet of
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sweets from the shelf and (put) it into his pocket. 41. The plane (crash) into a
bridge because it (fly) too low. 42. While I (try) to concentrate on my composition,
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a friend of mine (offer) to help me. 43. Last fall I (drive) along a free way when
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I (run) out of gas. Luckily a truck (stop) and (give) me a lift. 44. When they
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(walk) through the countiyside one day they (come) across a ruined mansion.
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45. While we (clean) the attic, we (come) across our grandmother's old school
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books. 46. The driver (fall) asleep as he (drive) along. 47. I (not / understand)
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what (go on). Several people (shout) at me and one (wave) a newspaper in front
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of my face. 48. The article (say) that crime (grow) at a rapid rate, especially in
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urban areas. 49. At six o'clock this evening I (walk), but then the rain (start).
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50. Laura (not / wear) her glasses at that time, so she (not / notice) what kind of
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car the man (drive). 51. We (not/go) to the skating rink, because it (freeze) hard.
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52. While I (have) a shower someone (knock) at the door. 53. She said she (get)
more forgetful as she (grow) older. 54. The only thing I disliked about him
when we (study) at college was that he always (borrow) my things without
asking. 55. While we (get) on the train, we (see) a robbeiy take place. 56. While
the boys (skate) they (slip) on the thin ice and (fall) into the water. 57. The sun
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 (shine) so brightly that Maria (have) to put on her sunglasses. 58. Bobby always
(make) up excuses for being late when he studied at school.

Exercise 7. Open the brackets using Past Simple or Past Continuous.

1) When we were in the country last summer, I (to go) to the wood one day. In
the wood I (to find) a little fox cub. I (to bring) it home. I (to decide) to tame the

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cub. Every day I (to feed) it and (to take) care of it. I (to tame) it the whole

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summer. Now the fox cub is quiet tame. It lives in my house.

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2) When I (to go) to school yesterday, I met Mike and Pete. They (to talk) and
(to laugh). They told me a funny story. Soon I (to laugh) too. I still (to laugh)

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when we came to school. After school I (to tell) this story at home. My mother
and father (to like) it very much.

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3) The sun (to go) down behind the hills when I (to reach) a village which (to be)
only a few miles from the sea. The working day (to be) over, and the villagers

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(to come) home from the fields. Along the road two boys (to drive) cows and

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sheep in the direction of the village. I (to approach) a group of people standing
near the road and (to ask) them, if I could find a place in the village to spend the
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night. An old man (to say) he would help me. He (to take) me to his small
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cottage at the far end of the street. A fire (to bum) in the stove when we (to enter)
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the house. One girl of about 18 (to prepare) supper in the kitchen while two
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other girls still (to do) something in the kitchen garden near the house. The old
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man (to invite) me to have supper with them. They all (to seem) to be nice
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people and we (to have) a friendly talk. After supper my new friends and I
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(to go) out into the garden. The moon (to shine) high in the sky, and the night (to
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be) warm and beautiful. That evening (to be) very pleasant and I shall remember
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it for a long time.

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Exercise 8. Translate into English.

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1. Я посидел на скамейке с полчаса, а потом начал читать книгу. 2. Я окон­

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чила университет, когда мне было 23 года. 3. "Когда вы были здесь после­
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дний раз?" - "Года полтора тому назад." 4. Грэй кивнул головой и пошел
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наверх. 5. Я встретила Лену около грех лет назад благодаря своим родите­
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лям. 6. Он остановился и сорвал розу. 7. Я навещала их год тому назад.

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8. Я видела его в Лондоне неделю назад. 9. Я не видел его, когда был в

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С.-Петербурге. 10. Что с вами случилось в тот вечер? 11. Они вернулись в
дом, когда пошел дождь. 12. "Ты видел его этим утром?" - "Да, он стоял у
машины." 13. Он вошел и увидел Нелли, которая рисовала странную кар­
тину. 14. Он побежал к воротам, где стояла Анна. 15. Я взглянул на Джен­
ни, которая все еще дрожала от холода. 16. Мы как раз говорили о нем,
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 когда он вдруг вошел. 17. Они пришли в то время, когда я работала в саду.
18. Вчера в шесть часов она накрывала на стол. 19. Что ты играл, когда я
вошла? 20. Вода в чайнике кипела, когда мои друзья вернулись в лагерь.
21. Когда я приехал, Елена, к сожалению, как раз уходила. 22. Он вдруг
понял, что едет не в ту сторону. 23. Я сидела в саду вчера, когда пришел
брат и принес щенка. 24. Когда я вошел, они сидели в гостиной. Старший

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снулась, в саду весело пели птицы. 26. "С кем вы разговаривали по теле­

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фону, когда я вошла?" - "Я разговаривала с сестрой."

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Exercise 9. Use Present, Past Simple, Present, Past Continuous.

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1 .1 (phone) you some time ago but you (not answer). What you (do)? You (be) at

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home? 2. What Linda (do) in the evenings? - She usually (knit) something or
(watch) TV. 3. Susan (make) a jacket for herself at the moment. She usually (make)

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all her clothes herself. 4. Which hotel they usually (stay) when they come here?

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5 .1 won't go out now as it (rain) & I (not have) an umbrella. 6. Ben (lie) in bed
thinking about getting up when suddenly somebody (knock) at the door. 7. Jack
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(be) on holiday this week. He (stay) with his brother in Florida. He often (go) to
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the beach & (sunbathe). 8. Prices (rise) all the time. Everything (get) more & more
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expensive. The cost of living (seem) to go up every day. 9. Jane & Tom (not go) to
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school by bus. Most mornings Jane (walk) & Tom (go) by bicycle. 10. My sister
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(bum) her hand while she (make) doughnuts. 11. The President of the USA usually
(live) & (work) in the White House. 12. It was a boring weekend. I (do not) anything
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& (stay) indoors. 13. How you (feel) now? Are you better? Shall I call a doctor?
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14. What's that noise? Why you (cry)? 15. Paul (be) very busy when we (go) to see
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him yesterday. He (revise) for his exams. 16. The plane you (look) at now (take
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off) for London. This flight usually (depart) at 6.45 but today it (be) late. 17. When
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Maty (hear) his knock she (rush) to the door & (open) it, but she (not recognize) him
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at first because she (not wear) her glasses & it (be) dark in the hall. 18. As Tom
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(cross) the street he (slip) on the ice & (fall) down. He still (lie) when he (see) a
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bus coming. Luckily the driver (see) him & (stop) the bus. Tom (stand up). He
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(feel) rather dizzy. 19.1 (stay) with John for a few weeks until my flat's ready.
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20. Laure was very extravagant. She always (buy) herself new clothes. 21. Jim
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(leave) the house at 7.30. - Where he (go)? - 1 (not see) where he (go). 22. You
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(like) your last job in the bookshop? - 1 (like) it at first but then I (quarrel) with the
manager & he (dismiss) me. - How long you (be) there? - 1 (work) there for 2 years.
23. They (show) a very interesting film on TV tonight. 24. They (not hear) the
phone, because they (sit) in the garden. 25. She (open) the door when someone
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1. Nina (to celebrate) her birthday yesterday. Her room looked beautiful, there
(to be) many flowers in it. When I (to come) in somebody (to play) the piano,
two or three couples (to dance). 2. Listen! Somebody (to play) the piano. 3 .1(to like)
music very much. 4. When I (to look) out of the window it (to rain) heavily and
people (to hurry) along the streets. 5. What you (to do) at 7 yesterday? - 1 (to
have) supper. 6. When I (to come) home yesterday, I (to see) that all my family

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(to sit) around the table. Father (to read) a letter from my uncle who (to live) in

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Kiev. 7. Where you (to be) yesterday? - 1 (to be) at home the whole day. - How
strange. I (to ring) you up at 2 o'clock, but nobody (to answer). 8. What you (to

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do) at 5 yesterday? - 1 (to work) in the library. - 1 (to be) there, but (not to see)
you. 9. Yesterday I (to work) at my English from 5 till 7. 10. It (to rain) the whole

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day yesterday. 11. Where your sister (to be) now? - She (to be) in her room. She

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(to do) her homework. 12. Look at these children: they (to skate) very Well.

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We (to skate) again next Sunday. 14. My brother can skate very well. He

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(to skate) every Sunday. 15. What you (to do) now? —I (to wash) the dishes.
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16. What you (to do) at 3 yesterday? - I (to have) dinner. 17. You (to have)
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dinner now? 18. Where your brother (to work)? - He (to work) at a factory.
19. Your grandmother (to sleep) when you (to come) home yesterday? 20. What
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your brother (to do) tomorrow? 21.1 (not to go) to the shop yesterday. I (to go)
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to the shop tomorrow. 22. Where Kate (to go) when you (to meet) her yesterday?
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23. Everyday the boss (to enter) the office at 9. 24. Yesterday the boss (to enter)
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the office at half past nine. 25. When the secretary (to come) tomorrow? 26. At 6
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yesterday we (to listen) to a very interesting lecture. 27. When I (to enter) the
office, the secretary (to type) some letters. 28. My friend (to ring) me up at 8
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THE FUTURE CONTINUOUS TENSE

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Exercise 1. Answer the questions in the Future Continuous Tense, using the
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given suggestions.
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1. What will you be doing at this time next week? (bathe in the Black Sea)
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2. What will grandfather be doing when we arrive? (work in the garden) 3. What
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will they be doing at this time tomorrow? (fly to Kiev) 4. What will he be doing
at the concert tonight? (sing Russian folk-songs) 5. What will he be doing at this
time the day after tomorrow? (interview a foreign delegation) 6. What will she
be doing on Sunday? (make a dress) 7. What will he be doing at the University
for five years? (study law).
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 Exercise 2. Turn the following into politer questions about future intensions
by using the Future Continuous Tense.
Pattern: When are you going to have your next lesson?
When will you be having your next lesson?
Is he going to meet us at the station?
Will he be meeting us at the station?

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1. Are you going to stay here long? 2. When are you coming again? 3. When are

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you going to post your letters? 4. What time are they planning to get up? 5. Are

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you going to visit him? 6. How do they intend to travel to work? 7. How are you
going to pay?

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Exercise 3. Open the brackets. Use the Future Indefinite if the action is

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permanent, repeated or it is a one-time action. Use the Future Continuous
if the action is temporary, taking place at a given moment in the future.

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1. You (know) her. She (stand) at the news-stand. She (wear) a scarlet rain coat.

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2. I (tell) her everything and I (show) her the papers. I promise you she (not /
smile) this time. 3. There (not / be) anyone in when we come. The secretary
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(have) lunch. 4. It (rain) when we get there. 5. Go straight up the street. The car
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(wait) for you at the entrance to the department store. 6. We are much too early.
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There (be) no one there. 7. O f course, I (be) still here when you return. I (mark)
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the papers. 8. Come and speak to me about it in your lunch hour. I (type) your
stuff. 9. Tdon't think she (be) there at that time. She (sketch) somewhere along
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the coast. 10. No one (see) us come. They (have) tea on the terrace. 11. At this
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time she (do) her shopping. 12. When you come to Athens I (cross) the border.
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Exercise 4. Put the verb in brackets into the Present Indefinite, the Future
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Indefinite or the Future Continuous.

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1. When I (get) home, my animals (sit) at the door waiting for me. 2. It (be) the
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middle of June. They (come) soon. 3. If you (want) to see us, come to Tom's on
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Sunday. We (wait) for you there at midday. 4. At this time next week they (board) the
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plane to London. 5. They (have) English from nine to ten in this room. 6 .1 (wait) for
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you when you (come). 7. "I (call) for her at eight." - "No, don't; she still (sleep)."
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8. They are so angry. A few more words and they (quarrel) again.
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Exercise 5. Translate into English.

1. Мы не должны опаздывать. Они будут беспокоиться. 2. Мы сегодня идем в
кино. Вы будете сидеть рядом со мной. 3. Нам нужно вернуться в 10 часов.
Мама будет ждать нас. 4. "Вы будете обедать со мной в понедельник?" -
"Я бы очень хотел, но боюсь, что в это время я буду сдавать экзамен." 5. "Что
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 они будут делать, когда мы приедем домой?" - "Я думаю, они будут читать."
6. "Я недостаточно хорошо себя чувствую, чтобы ехать в аэропорт и встре­
чать Элис." —"Я встречу ее. Скажите, как я ее узнаю?" - "На ней буцет ярко-
зеленый костюм." 7. Интересно, что мы будем делать через год и будем ли мы
еще встречаться друг с другом. 8. "Мой сын в будущем году буцет в девятом
классе." - "Значит, моя мама буцет учить его английскому языку." 9. Не гово­

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это время в следующую пятницу?" - "Как всегда буду работать в саду."

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THE INDEFINITE AND CONTINUOUS TENSE-FORMS

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Exercise 1. Open the brackets, using the appropriate tense forms.

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1 .1 wondered why he (laugh). I could see nothing funny in what (go on). 2. What

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you two (talk) about? You (discuss) his plan? 3. You (leave) the town early this

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summer? 4. When you (speak) to her about her lessons? 5. She (wear) dark
spectacles. They are not just sun spectacles. She (not / see) well. 6. Why you
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(wear) sun glasses on a gray day like this? 7. He (live) with his parents now.
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I think, he (look) for a job. 8 .1 could not see his face, he (sit) so that his face was
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in shadow. 9. When I (see) her last she (try) on hats at Angela's. 10. We (walk) for
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some time. The road (get) worse, just a narrow goat trail. 11. You (leave) us soon.
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It (get) colder every day. 12. We were friendly at school. I still (see) him from time
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to time. 13. You (hear) from me one o f these days. 14. Phone as late as you can.
I (be) up. I (watch) the football game on TV. It's the semi-finals today. 15. The rain
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(start) when I (wait) for my bus. 16.1 hate the place in autumn. It always (rain)
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there. It (rain) when we came and it (rain) when we left. 17. If I (find) the book
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I (give) it to you. 18. She (phone) us if she (have) any problem. 19.1 (give) the
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children their dinner before he (come) home. 20. As soon as she (learn) to type
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I (get) her a job. 21.1 (not buy) tomatoes till the price (come) down. 22. If you (go)
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to the library, I (come) with you. 23. She (not be) happy if she (not get) that new
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job. 24. If it (rain) we (stay) at home. 2 5 .1 (meet) you at the station if you (come)
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by train. 26. What you (do) if you (not find) your keys? 27. I (live) in London,
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though I (stay) in Minsk at the moment. 28. The car isn't here today because Sheila
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(use) it. She generally (use) the bus, but the drivers are on strike. 29. Not many
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planes (fly) faster than sound. 30. You (hear) the wind? It (blow) very strongly
today. 31. What (happen) in golf if you lose the ball? 32. Look at that crowd.
I (wonder) what they (wait) for. 33. While he (have) a swim somebody (come)
and (take) away his clothes. 34. You (be) in Rome in 1988? What you (do) there?
35. When the professor (see) Eliza for the first time, she (sell) flowers. 36. What
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 you (do) in that house? - I (look) for my old friend there. 37. She (feel) that
something strange (happen). 38. When the sun (rise), everybody (be) still sleeping.
39. We (not hear) from him for some time. —He (be) in Panama. 4 0 .1 (work) at
home tomorrow. You can call me there. 41.1 (not be able) to lend you a car tomorrow.
I (use) it all night. 42.1(see) the sales manager at the marketing meeting on Monday
and I'm sure she (give) me the figures then.

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Exercise 2. Translate into English.

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1. Вы сегодня пойдете на лещию по истории языка? 2. Нина пишет что-ни-

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будь? 3. Вы долго ждали его вчера? 4. Почему вы в свитере и брюках? У вас

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сегодня урок ходьбы на лыжах? 5. Обычно он ждет меня у входа в метро, и мы

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едем домой вместе. 6. Вечно ты возражаешь! 7. Я не могу с вами встретиться,

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завтра приезжает моя мама. 8. Ты что, целую библиотеку несешь в портфеле?

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Он очень тяжелый. 9. У нее обычно пять или шесть книг в сумке, поэтому она

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такая тяжелая. 10. День был очень холодный. На мне был свитер и лыжная

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куртка, и все же мне было холодно. 11. Ты увидишь ее сегодня в университе­
те? 12. Звонок раздался, когда я заканчивала писать сочинение. 13. Он вошел
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в комнату, где его ждал экзаменатор. 14. Кто-нибудь читает эту газету?
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Я хочу ее взять. 15. Где он сейчас работает? 16. Приходи сегодня, я буду
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ждать. 17. В какое время ты обычно завтракаешь? 18. Ты был вчера в теат­
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ре? - Нет. 19. Обычно он делает много ошибок в диктантах. 20. Он сломал
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ногу, когда играл в теннис. 21. Жена моего брата не работает; она смотрит за
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детьми. 22. Я буду еще работать, коща вы вернетесь. 23. Она не всегда убира­
ет квартиру сама. 24. Куца ты ходишь чаще: в кино или на концерты? 25. Мой
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брат купил эту книгу два дня назад. 26. Она попросила вас подождать, не так
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ли? 27. Не ходи к ней завтра. Она будет переводить очень сложную статью.
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28. Я видела этот фильм на прошлой неделе. Он мне не понравился. 29. Он

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вернулся из США 2 недели назад. 30. Если она не будет упорно работать, она
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не сдаст экзамены. 31. Оставайся здесь, пока я тебе не позвоню. 32. Никто не
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знает, где живет Виктор. 33. Если мы навестим ее, она будет очень рада.
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34. Интересно, узнаю ли я ее, когда увижу? 35. Если он поможет нам, мы
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закончим работу вовремя. 36. Мне не нравится такая погода. Идет дождь и
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очень холодно. 37. Когда они приезжают в Бостон? - Они приезжают утром.
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38. Становится холоднее. Идем быстрее домой. 39. Где Анна? - Она разговари­
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вает по телефону. 40. Они сейчас смотрят ТВ или слушают музыку? 41. Погода
была ужасная. Весь день шел дождь. 42. С кем ты разговаривал, когда я вош­
ла? 43. Какая книга произвела на вас самое большое впечатление? 44. Я спе­
шил в университет, когда встретил своего школьного друга. 45. Становилось
холоднее и мы вернулись в дом. 46. Завтра весь вечер я буду смотреть ТВ.
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THE PRESENT PERFECT TENSE

Exercise 1. Put the verb in brackets into the Present Indefinite or the Present
Perfect.
1. Look! They (stop). 2 . 1 (want) to see you. I (not / see) you for ages! 3. "What

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(be) your name?" - "My name (be) always Cole." 4. "You (read) this book?" -

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"Yes." - "What you (think) o f it?" 5 .1 (not / be) to a zoo before. It (be) a nice
feeling to go somewhere you never (be) before. 6. "You (know) Nick?" - "Yes."

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- "How long you (know) him?" - "I (know) him for 10 years." 7. You (realize)
we (know) each other for quite a period o f time now? And this (be) the first

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occasion you (ask) me to come with you. 8. Come in, I (be) awake since sun-up.

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9. It'll be good to see him again. How long he (be) away? 10. I (know) you

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nearly all my life, but I never (see) you so excited about anything.

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Exercise 2. Open the brackets using Present Continuous or Present Perfect.
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1. What you (to talk) about? 2. We just (to talk) about it. 3. He just (to say)
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something about it. 4. He (to tell) us nothing about it. 5. We (to have) 5 lessons
today. 6. They (to have) a meeting now. 7. She (not to speak) yet. 8. They
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(to ask) me several questions. 9. He already (to learn) the rule. 10.1(to write) an
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exercise now. 11. What he (to do)? - He (to read) a newspaper. 12. You (to read)
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any stories by London? 13. What you (to do) here? - I (to write) a letter to my
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friend. 14. What language you (to study)? 15. We already (to learn) a lot of
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English words. 16. You (to find) the book? 17. What you (to look) for here?
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Exercise 3. Put in been or gone.

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1. Where's Paul? - He has ... to the library. 2. We've ... to the country today.
Look, we've brought some flowers. 3. Where have you spent your holidays? -
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I've ... to Italy. 4. Are you going to the shops? - No, I've j u s t ... to the shops.
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5. Is Alex at home? - No, he's ... to the park. 6. Are they both out? - Yes, they've
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both ... to the market.

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Exercise 4. Translate the questions and the answers.

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1. Когда ты в последний раз видел Аню? - Я не видел ее с мая. 2. Когда в

последний раз шел дождь? - Дождя не было уже целую вечность. 3. Когда
они навещали вас в последний раз? - Они не навещали нас с июня. 4. Когда
ты в последний раз играл в теннис? - Я уже давно не играл в теннис. 5. Когда
ты в последний раз ела кокос? - Я никогда не ела кокос. 6. Когда ты в
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 последний раз водил машину? - Я не водил машину много месяцев. 7. Когда
ты в последний раз ездил в Канаду. - Я никогда не ездил в Канаду. 8. Когда
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Exercise 5. Translate into English.

1. Они построили новый дом. Ты его видел? 2. Ты показал маме свою кар­

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тину? - Нет, она еще не готова. 3. Я посмотрел этот фильм. А ты? - Да. Это

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интересный фильм. 4. Я звоню тебе уже третий раз за вечер. 5. Ты был в

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Лондонском зоопарке?-Да. 6. Отец только что вернулся с моря. 7. Возьмите
эти журналы. Я уже прочитал их. 8. Ты опоздала уже второй раз на этой

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недели. 9. Вы были когда-нибудь в Греции? - Да, это очень красивая стра­

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на. 10. Мы еще не сделали опыт. 11. Она никогда не переводила такие труд­

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ные статьи. 12. Машина ломается уже третий раз за месяц. 13. Я звонил
ему уже три раза сегодня. 14. Сегодня он уехал в Нью-Йорк. 15. Ты видел

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директора сегодня? - Нет. 16. Я выпила уже пятую чашку кофе за вечер.

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Exercise 6. Choose the correct tense.
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I. I (haven't seen / didn't see) much of him lately. 2. 'Who is she?' 'I (have never
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seen / never saw) her before.' 3 .1 ('ve done / did) a lot o f stupid things in my life.
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4. She (has left / left) school last year. 5. When (have you got / did you get)
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married? 6. Г т sony. I (haven't finished / didn't finish) yet. 7 .1 (Ve often wondered /
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often wondered) what he does for a living. 8. He (has caught / caught) the plane
at eight this morning. 9. I ('ve read / read) a lot of her books when I was at
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school. 10. (Have you seen / Did you see) any good films recently?
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Exercise 7. Complete the sentences with the Present Perfect or the Past
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Indefinite.
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1 .1(play) a lot of tennis this year. 2. She (have) six different jobs since she left
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school. 3. He (run) away from school three times when he was fourteen. 4. How
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many cups of coffee you (drink) today? 5. In those days, Andrew (come) to stay
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with us most weekends. 6. Shakespeare (write) poems as well as plays. 7. Since

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my brother lost his job, he (write) two books. 8. I'm not cooking today. I (cook)
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all the meals yesterday. In fact, I (cook) most of the meals this week. 9. Would
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you believe I (make) twenty-three phone calls today? 10. Our team are rubbish.
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They just (lose) eight games one after the other. 11. This scientist (write) a lot of
books. He (write) his first one in 2001. 12. You ever (see) a documentary as
good as that? 1 3 .1 never (travel) to the USA. What about you? When you (go)
there? 14. He (live) in Manchester for eight years, and he wants to move to
another place. 15. She (live) in Manchester for two years, and then in 2003 she
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 (move) to London. 16. We (meet) Jane and Alan two years ago. How long you
(know) them? 17. We (not know) that you (know) Mr. Black. How long you
(know) him? - 1 (know) him for 2 years. 18. Ben (say) that he would phone me
this morning, but it is now 8.20 & he (not phone) yet. 19. We just (receive) a
letter saying that we (not pay) the bills for electricity & gas last month. 20. You
(hear) the noise in the street at midnight? - No, nothing woke me up. 21. Betsy

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(have) bad luck all her life. But still she is always in a good mood. 22. Simon

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(be) ill & (spend) 10 days in hospital not long ago. 23. Jack has no work. He

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(be) unemployed ever since he left school. 24. The town (change) a lot since we

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(come) to live here.

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Exercise 8. Put the verb in brackets into the correct form, the Present Perfect

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or the Past Indefinite.
1 .1just (call) him. 2 .1 (not / call) him yesterday, I was busy. 3. My parents just

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(go) away. 4. She already (answer) the letter. 5. She (answer) it on Tuesday.

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6. My friends (go) away five minutes ago. 7 .1 (read) that book during the summer
holidays. 8. The fisherman (sell) now all his fish. 9. He (sell) the last one half an
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hour ago. 10.1 (not / see) him for three years. 11.1 (meet) him last week. 12, The
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newspaper (come)? - Yes, Ann is reading it now. 13. You (wear) your hair long
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when you were at school? - Yes, my mother (insist) on it. 14. He (not / smoke)
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for three weeks. He is trying to give it up. 15. When he (arrive)? - He (arrive) at
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2.00. 16. You (shut) the window? 17.1 (read) his books when I was at school.
I (enjoy) them veiy much. 18. You (be) here before? - Yes, I (spend) my holidays
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here last year. - You (have) a good time? - Yes, the sun never (stop) shining.
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19. The lecture just (begin). You are a little late. 2 0 .1 can't go out because I (not /
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finish) my work. 21. We (travel) around Europe last year. 22. My father knows
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so much because he (travel) a lot. 2 3 .1 (see) Pete today. 24. She (see) this film
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last Sunday. 25. Alex (meet) his friends 2 hours ago. 2 6 .1just (meet) our teacher.
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27. The children already (decide) what to do with the books. 28. Yesterday they
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(decide) to help their parents. 29. Helen speaks French so well because she
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(live) in France. 30. She (live) there last year. 31. The rain (stop) half an hour
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ago. 32. The rain (stop) and the sun is shining in the sky again. 33. Mary (buy) a
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new hat. 3 4 .1 (buy) a new pair of gloves yesterday. 35. The wind (blow) off the
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man's hat and he cannot catch it. 36. The weather (change), and we can go for
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a walk. 37. The wind (change) in the morning. 38. I never (be) to New-York.
39. You ever (be) to Moscow? 40. What you (prepare) for today? 41. Look at
this bird-house. Mike (make) it himself. He (make) it last Sunday. 42. When you
(see) Mary? - 1 (see) her two days ago. 43. He is not at school today, he (fall) ill.
When he (fall) ill? - He (fall) ill yesterday.
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 Exercise 9. Replace the infinitives in brackets by the present perfect or past
indefinite tense forms.
1. At last I (to do) all my home work; now I shall go out. 2. The building of the
house (to begin) early in April. 3. You (to enjoy) the week you spent at the sea­
shore? 4 .1 hear that you (to give up) the idea of going there. 5. The rain (to stop)
but an icy wind is still blowing. 6. We already (to settle) the matter. 7. He

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(to come) a moment ago. 8 . 1 never (to speak) to him. 9. He just (to finish) his

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work. 10. You (to make) any spelling mistakes? 11. It (to be) bitterly cold

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yesterday. 12. When you (to meet) him? 13.1 (not to see) him since 2008. 14. How

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many examinations you (to pass) up to now? 15. Where you (to put) the key?

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16. They (to choose) him as their delegate. 17. The factory (to begin) operating

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last year. 18. Where you (to buy) that book? 19. You (to do) all the exercises on

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this page? 20. This letter (to come in) the first mail this morning? 21. He deeply
(to study) the problem. 22. The snows (to go) with a rush this year. 2 3 .1 (not to

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see) him since last June. 24. You (to get) any money about you? 25. A large

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whale (to be washed up) last week on the coast of Sark, and now a second one
30 feet long (to be washed up) on the other side of the island. 2 6 .1 (to see) you
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coming out of the library the other day with a sack of books. 2 7 .1 (not to read)
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the paper this morning. 2 8 .1 (to be late) today. 29. The ferry (to stop) running;
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we must find someone to put us over. 30. I (to correct) that mistake before,
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but you (to make) it again. 31. Why you (to put) these things in the wrong
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place? 32. How long you (to be) in Moscow? —A week yesterday. 33. They (to
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keep) you waiting long? - Oh, quite a long time. 34. Why you (to leave) the
door open? You will catch cold sitting in the draught. 35. A week and a half (to
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pass) since I (to arrive) at this place, but we (to have) hardly a single fine day.
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36. "We not (to see) each other for so long," said I. - "Yes, and we both (to
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change) a great deal." 37. What books you (to read) when you (to live) in the
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country? 38. They not yet (to come) from the South. 39. Since when she (to be)
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your friend? 40. How many times you (to be) to St. Petersburg? 41. He (to be) ill
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last week but now he (to recover). 42. At last I (to translate) this article; now I shall
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have a little rest. 43. We (to have) a picnic yesterday, but the rain (to spoil) the
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whole pleasure. 44. She (to be) chairman of our collective farm for many years.
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Exercise 10. Open the brackets using the Present Perfect or the Past Simple
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tense-forms.
1 .1 (shout) at them and they (run) away. 2. What's the best film you ever (see)?
3. Simon is not at home. He (go) to a football match. 4. It was such a wonderful
performance that we (applaud) for fifteen minutes. 5. Why do you look so sad?
Anything (happen)? 6. Jaime lives in Venezuela; he never (see) snow. 7. I (not/
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 wake) at 7 o'clock yesterday, because my mother (not/be) at home. 8. Anyone
(see) my dictionary? I can't find it. 9. A lot of rain (fall) last week. 10. When I (get)
home late yesterday evening my dad (be) very angry. 11. I (know) Helen for
10 years. We (study) at university together. She was one of the best students.
12. Alexander Fleming (invent) penicillin in 1928. 13. The house they (buy) looks
much larger than ours. 14.1 (order) a taxi to take me to the airport. So we'll be on
time. 15. You (cut) your finger! How it (happen)? 16. Peter (not/eat) all the bread

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and butter, he (leave) some on the plate. 17. He (be) interested in jazz ever since

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he (leave) school. 18. We (have) a lovely time in Wales. —So you (enjoy) your
holiday, didn't you? 19.1 (use) to like swimming but I don't now. 2 0 .1 never (see)

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so many beautiful girls as here at the party. 21. My elder brother (have) a car for
two years already. He (buy) it in France. 22. Jane (recover) yet? - No, she is still in

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hospital. 23. My watch (stop). I must take it to the watchmaker's. 24. Shakespeare

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(be) bom in 1564 and (die) in 1616. 25. I'm sorry I can't accept your invitation. We

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already (make) our plans for the holiday. 2 6 .1 (begin) to teach Max to ride a bike
last year. 27. We (run) out o f sugar. Can you go and get some from the shop?

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28. My brother is an actor. He already (appear) in several films. 29. What your
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father (give) you for your last birthday? 30. You (see) Tom? —Yes, I (talk) to him
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an hour ago. 31. Are you the boy whose dog (make) a terrible noise at night? - I'm
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sorry, but you are mistaken, sir. I never (own) a dog. 32. What (happen) there? -
The dog (bite) the boy when he entered the garden. 33. You (know) each other
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before? - Yes. We first (meet) 3 years ago. 34. He (take) off his pullover, (lie)
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down on the sofa and (start) to read a magazine. 35. I don't keep pets now but
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I (use) to keep a dog when I (be) a boy. 36.1 (iron) Jim's shirts this morning and in
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the afternoon I (do) the shopping. 37. Why are you limping? - 1 (twist) my ankle.
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38. The plane (take) off from London at 9.00 and (land) in Geneva at 10.30.
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39. Joanna (not/change); she is the same as ever. 40. When I (switch) on the
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dishwasher, the machine (make) a loud noise. 41. People always (want) to be able
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to fly like birds in the sky. 42 .1 once (play) a guitar which (have) only five strings.
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4 3 .1 never (teach) a class where the students are so lazy. 4 4 .1 (lose) a button.
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I don't suppose I'll ever find it. 45. The slower you eat the more you will think you
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(eat). 46. You (be) already late for classes twice this week, Nick. 47. What a surprise!
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You're the very person I (want) to see so much. 48. They say the police already
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(catch) both of the thieves. 49. When we (be) kids, we (love) the beach very much,
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so we (use) to spend all our holidays at the sea. 50. You (make up) your mind yet?
What you (decide) to do? 51. She (slip) her arm under his and (give) him a nudge.
52. Thanks a lot. It (be) a wonderful holiday. We (have) a great fun. 53. Since
when you (lose) sight of him? 54. Anyone (leave) a note for me? 55. The
employment office (call) me twice since I (move) to Los Angeles. 56. When we
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 (live) in the north the water pipes (use) to freeze every winter and we (have) to call
in a plumber. 57. People (use) to come at the weekends, but during the week I (be)
alone in that huge house. 58. You (work) as a mechanic before? - Yes, I (use) to
change flat tires. 59. We (see) him at the summer course in London. 60. All the
shirts you (send) your farther (fit) him perfectly so far. 61. Although I (study)
French for years I have difficulty in speaking the language. 62. John whose grades

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are the highest in the school (receive) a scholarship. 63. Yesterday we (have) supper

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with the neighbours of ours. 64. Some years ago I (come) across this photo in an

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old magazine. 65. We (not/give) him a thing to eat since he (arrive). 66. Jerry (fail)

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his exams. He'll have to take them again. 67. It's ages since I last (see) a decent

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comedy film on television. 68. We understood that it (be) just a slip of the tongue.

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69. The police (find) the bomb yet? 70. When I (go) to book a ticket to Athens,

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I (find) that the flight (be) full. 71. I'm not disappointed with today's result. After all
we (win) ten matches already this season. 7 2 .1 never (do) anything like it before.

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We'll have to start from scratch. 73. My computer (break down) again. It's time for

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me to buy a new word processor. 74.1сапЧ afford a holiday abroad until I (pay back)
all my debts. 75. They always (bring) flowers when they came to visit me. 76. The
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butcher (cut) some steak, (wrap) it up and (hand) it to me. 77. Since the baby (be)
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bom, they (have) a lot of sleepless nights. 78. I'm sorry for her. She (have) bad luck
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all her life. 79. Jack (climb) quite a number of mountains but he never (be) to Everest.
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80. You (see) my gloves, by any chance? 81. He (give up) smoking yet? When he
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(do) it? 82. What's up? You (hurt) your ankle? How you (do) it?
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Exercise 11. Open the brackets using the Present Indefinite, the Present
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Continuous, the Past Continuous, the Past Indefinite or the Present Perfect
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Tense.
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1. In the morning, coming down the stairs, Rosemary (see) Tony who (lie) in the
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sitting room. "What you (do) here?" "I (sleep) here." "I am sorry we (take) your
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room." 2. He's a night watchman. He (work) at night and (sleep) in the daytime.
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It's noon now and he still (sleep). 3 . 1 first (meet) Richard a month ago, and
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I (meet) him several times since then. 4 .1 usually (go) to bed before midnight.
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5. What your brother (do) now? - He (play) tennis with our neighbour, they
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(play) it every day. 6 .1 (write) to my parents a fortnight ago, but I (not / have) a
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reply yet, so I just (write) again. 7. It's 3 p.m. and he (not / eat) anything today,
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but. he (eat) a good dinner last night. 8. Is Mary ready to come out? - No, she
still (dress). 9 . 1 (read) this book several times. I first (read) it in 1990. 10. He
often (read) detective stories; he (read) a very good one now. 11. She (not /
have) a holiday since 1996, but she (have) a very long holiday in 1995. 12. She
(meet) Helen when she (walk) along the street.
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 Exercise 12. Translate into English.
1. Я потеряла иголку. Я нигде не могу найти ее. 2. Ты смотрел вчера фильм
по телевизору? 3. Ее родители купили ей машину на 21-ый день рождения.
4. У нее теперь очень короткие волосы. Она сделала новую стрижку.
5. Вчера вечером он пришел домой очень поздно. Он принял ванну и потом
лег спать. 6. Вы посетили много музеев, когда были в Лондоне? 7. Книги

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нет на полке. Кто-то взял ее. 8. Когда твой отец бросил курить? 9. Я не

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завтракал утром, потому что мне не хотелось есть. 10. Почему ты не хотел

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играть в шахматы вчера? 11. Машина выглядит очень чистой. Ты вымыл

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ее? 12. Кто пришёл? 13. Кто взял мою ручку? 14. Мы не встречались с 1998

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года, не правда ли? 15. Я знаю Бориса с детства. 16. Они никогда не были

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в театре. 17. Где вы были всё это время? 18. Когда вы послали телеграмму?

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19. Почему вы не перевели текст? 20. Пойдём в библиотеку. - Я только что
там был. 21. Когда ты видела Нину? 22. Я ещё не сделал это упражнение.

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23. Мы пригласили их на наш концерт. 24. Она пошла гулять. 25. Вы уже

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посетили наш музей? 26. Почему Вы не сделали домашнее задание? - Я
был занят вчера. 27. Вы купили билеты? 28. Когда вы купили билеты?
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Exercise 13. Open the brackets using Present Perfect, Present Continuous,
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Present Simple or Past Simple.

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1. Please, give me a pencil. I (to lose) mine. 2 .1(not to meet) Peter since Monday.
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3. Nina just (to finish) work. 4. Where Sergey (to be)? He (to go home). He (to
leave) the room a minute ago. 5. What you (to read) now? - I (to read) "Jane
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Eyre" by Ch. Bronte. 6. They (to read) "Ivanhoe" by W. Scott a month ago. What
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about you? You (to read) "Ivanhoe"? 7. My watch (to stop). There (to be)
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something wrong with it. 8. You (to see) Jack today? - Yes, I (to see) him at the
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University. 9. You (to hear) the new symphony by М.? - Yes I ... - When you (to
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hear) it? - 1 (to hear) it last Sunday. 10. You (to change) so much. Anything (to
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happen)? 11. What you (to do) here at such a late hour? You (to write) your
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composition? - No, I (to write) it already. I (to work) at my report. - And when
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you (to write) your composition? I (to finish) it 2 days ago. 12.1 say, Tom, let's
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have dinner. - No, thank you, I already (to have) dinner. 13. What the weather
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(to be) like? It still (to rain)? - No, it (to stop) raining.
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Exercise 14. Open the brackets using Present Perfect, Present Simple,
Present Continuous, Past Simple or Past Continuous.
1. They (to go) to the Hermitage last week. 2. They (to be) to the Hermitage
twice this week. 3. After school yesterday he (to come) home, (to have) dinner,
(to read) an article from the latest magazine and (to begin) doing his homework.
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 4. When your friend (to return) from the south? - She (to return) yesterday. You
(to go) to the station to meet her? - No I ..., I (to be) too busy. 5. With whom you
(to discuss) this question yesterday? 6 .1(to see) this film this week. I like it very
much. 7. When I (to enter) the kitchen I (to see) that my mother (to stand) at the
table and (to cut) some cabbage. She (to cook) dinner. 8. As soon as I (to hear) a
cry I (to run) out o f the room and (to see) that a child (to lie) on the ground and
(to cry). "What (to happen)? Why you (to cry)? You (to hurt) yourself?" - I

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asked. 9. As soon as I (to see) him, I (to understand) that he (to work) hard. He

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(to write) something and (not to notice) anything. 10. When I (to come) home
yesterday, the children (to run) and (to sing) melody. "We (to learn) a new song!"

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- They cried. 11. When the young man (to enter) the room, she (to look) at him
in surprise. "What you (to want) to tell me?" she (to say). "Why you (to come)?"

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12. It (to rain) hard when I (to leave) home yesterday, so I (to return), (to put) on

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my raincoat and (to start) again. 13. Your brother (to return) from the north? -

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Yes, he (to come) a few days ago. 14. You (to be) to the Crimea? When you (to
b e )th e re ? -I (tobe)therein 1993. 15. Where (to be) your brother?-H e just (to

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come) home. He (to take) a shower in the bathroom now.
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Exercise 15. Translate into English, using the Present Indefinite, the Present
Continuous, the Past Continuous, the Past Indefinite or the Present Perfect.
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1. В пятницу на прошлой неделе шел сильный дождь. 2. Я обычно завтра­

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каю в половине восьмого. 3. Он уже построил дачу? —Нет, он все еще

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строит ее. 4. Почему вы идете так быстро? - Я иду быстро, потому что я
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боюсь опоздать на электричку. 5. Моя сестра никогда не носит шубу.

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6. Почтальон обычно приходит в восемь часов вечера. Сейчас уже полови­

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на девятого, а он все еще не пришел. 7. Когда я пришел к Пете в прошлое

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воскресенье, он читал новую книгу. 8. Лекция еще не началась, и студенты

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разговаривают. Лекция начинается обычно в девять часов. 9. В школе он

играл в баскетбол. 10. Я не играл в волейбол с 1989 года. 11. Автор еще
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молодой человек. Он написал свою первую пьесу в 2006 году. 12. Сейчас 9
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часов вечера. Ребенок уже заснул. Вчера вечером он лег спать гораздо позже.
13. Я никогда не был в Москве. Мне очень хочется попасть туда. 14. Я очень
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рад вас видеть. Мы не виделись с 1997 года. 15. Где сейчас ваш брат? Я не
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виделся с ним несколько лет. 16. Он никогда не видел таких прекрасных

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картин. Музей ему очень нравится. 17. Мы только что говорили с деканом
об этом. 18. Ты уже отправил письмо? - Да. 19. Помогите мне, пожалуй­
ста. Я потерял свой ключ и не могу попасть домой. 20. Вы когда-либо ви­
дели этот фильм? 21. Пойдём в столовую. - Нет, спасибо. Я только что
позавтракал. 22. Почему ты включил свет? В комнате всё ещё светло.
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 23. Они собираются продать свой дом. Ты что-нибудь слышал об этом?
24. Вы уже получили ответ от Анны? - Нет, мы ещё ей не писали. 25. В этом
году вы часто были в историческом музее? - Нет. А вы? 26. Где вы купили
эту вещь? - Я её не покупал. Это подарок. 27. Ты ещё делаешь уроки? -
Нет. Я уже сделал. 28. С какого времени она болеет?

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THE PAST PERFECT TENSE

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Exercise 1. Put the verb in brackets into the Past Indefinite and the Past Perfect.
1. They hardly (go) when aunt Julia (wander) slowly into the room. 2. He hardly

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(reach) the door of his office when he (encounter) two young men. 3. He scarcely
(take) a few steps along the street, when three men (appear) from around the

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corner. 4. No sooner he (start) to play than one string on the violin (break). 5. They
barely (leave) the room when the chaos (break) out. 6. No sooner they (arrive) at

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Rougemont than her sister (ring) up from home about an accident with her little

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daughter. 7. No sooner the curtains (fall) than he (rise) to go. 8. Hardly he (ask) his
questions when she (answer) them. 9. He scarcely (take) off his coat when he
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(begin) to read the letter. 10. Scarcely Nell (settle) herself on a little heap of straw
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in the comer, when she (fall) asleep. 11. The rain nearly (stop) when he (reach) his
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hotel. 12. He scarcely (say) the first words when she (interrupt) him.
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Exercise 2. Put the verb in brackets into the Past Indefinite and the Past Perfect
1. She realized that she was going to faint. She (eat) nothing since the picnic.
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2. His wife (not / be) in. She (go) out a quarter of an hour before. 3. After dinner
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Mr. Grag proposed a game of cards. He (not / play) cards since his illness. 4. Dr.
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Lecter (be) English, though he (live) in America for thirty years. 5. His smile
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(be) something she never (see) before. 6. We hardly (leave) the town, when it
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(begin) to rain. 7. He (come) into the room a moment after I (get) there. 8. When
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he (return) at eleven o'clock the telegram (arrive). 9. When they (go) I (get) busy
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at the desk. 10. When evening (fall) their son (leave) the house. 11.1 hardly (be)
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there five minutes when Mrs. Brown (come) in with the coffee. 12. The moon
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(not / rise). There was nothing to dispel the dark of the night. 13. Scarcely they
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(move) into the new house when their friends (come) in. 14. The evening (go)
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off easier than she (expect). 15. But the village he (show) her (be) the best he
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ever (see). 16. Just at that moment a boy and a girl (come) and (sit) down where
the old couple (be) before. 17.1 (keep) silence for a little while, thinking of what
he (tell) me. 18. Soames (spend) the night at Winchester, a place he often (hear)
of but never (see). 19. She (know) why he (come). 20. Within a week she (know)
the fearful mistake she (make).
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 Exercise 3. Open the brackets using Past Simple or Past Perfect.
1. He (to study) French before he (to enter) the university. 2. Jenny (to say) that
he (to get) his education in Cape Town. 3. The boy (to want) to act the main
part in the play because he (to organize) the theatre. 4. Jenny (not to know)
who (to attack) him in the darkness. 5. The girl (to be) glad that she (to find) a
seat near the window. 6. Suddenly he (to remember) that he (not to ring) her up

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in the morning. 7. By the time the train (to reach) the city, he (to make) friends

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with many passengers. 8. When his uncle (to leave), he (to hurry) to the station

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to book a ticket. 9. She (to think) that Girt and Jenny (to quarrel). 10. When
I (to come) home, my mother (to tell) me that she (to receive) a letter from

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grandpa. 11. Where you (to work) before you (to enter) the university? 12. On my
way to school I (to remember) that I (to leave) my report at home. 13. He

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(to open) his eyes, (to look) around and (to try) to remember what (to happen)

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to him. 14. All the passengers (to see) at once that the old man (to travel) a

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great deal in his life.

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Exercise 4. Put the verb in brackets into the Past Indefinite, the Past
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Continuous and the Past Perfect.
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1. He (close) the window and (sit) in his armchair. 2. When I (arrive) the lecture
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already (start). 3. The rain (stop) and the sun (shine) brightly. 4. Unfortunately
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when I arrived Ann just (leave), so we only had time for a few words. 5 .1 (watch)
his eyes pretty closely while we (exchange) these remarks. 6. Scarcely I (close)
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the door when a gust o f wind (open) it again. 7. When I (come) to them they
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(tell) me that he just (leave). 8. When I (look) for my passport, I (find) his old
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photograph. 9. You (look) very busy when I (see) you last night. What you (do)?
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10. He (not / be) there five minutes, when the storm (begin). 11. He (not / allow)
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us to go out in the boat yesterday as a strong wind (blow). 12. I (call) Paul at
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7.00 but it wasn't necessary because he already (get) up. 13. When I (come) to
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see my friend, I (find) him lying in bed. He (look) very pale as he (be) seriously
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ill for the whole month. 14. When he (seal) and (stamp) the envelope, he (go)
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back to the window and (draw) a long breath. 1 5 .1 (see) you yesterday from
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the bus. Why you (use) a stick? - 1 (use) it because I (hurt) my leg that morning.
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16. We (return) home at nightfall and we (be) very glad to get home again, but
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we (have) a wonderful day. 17. As they (walk) along the road they (hear) a car
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coming from behind them. Tom (turn) round and (hold) up his hand. The car
(stop). 18. When I (arrive) at the station Mary (wait) for me. She (wear) a blue
dress and (look) very pretty. 19. When I (see) him he (paint) a portrait o f his
wife. 20. While he (water) the flowers it (begin) to rain. 21. While I (say) goodbye
[Link] rest of the guests Isabel (take) Sophie aside.
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 Exercise S. Translate into English.
1. Когда вы пришли, я уже выполнил домашнее задание. 2. К 7 часам все
уже были на вокзале. 3. К тому времени, как вы позвонили, гости ещё не
собрались. 4. Вы изучали английский перед тем, как поступить на эти кур­
сы? 5. Сколько страниц в этой книге они перевели к концу прошлой неде­
ли? 6. Ты закончил свою работу к этому времени вчера, не так ли? 7. Что

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вы уже подготовили к тому времени? 8. Кто уже сдал экзамен к тому мо­

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менту? 9. Дождь уже прекратился, когда мы вышли из дома. 10. Вы вчера

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ходили в театр, не так ли? 11. Почему же вы нас не пригласили? 12. Я знал,

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что Анна никогда не бывала в США. 13. Я позвонил ему после того, как

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получил телеграмму от нашего друга. 14. К трём часам они уже подгото­

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вили машину и упаковали вещи. 15. Он надеялся, что с ними ничего не

А.
случилось. 16. Он знал, что секретарь заказала билеты туда и обратно.
17. Они опоздали на поезд, потому что попали в пробку? 18. Только они

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отъехали, как Петр сказал: "По-моему, я забыл билеты дома". 19. Сове­

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щание только началось, когда открылась дверь, и вошёл профессор Браун.
20. К тому времени, как я пришёл, все уже собрались. 21. Они закончили
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украшать зал к 5 часам. 22. Он вошёл в зал, когда представление уже
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началось. 23. Учитель закрыл журнал и начал объяснять новое правило.

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24. Когда я вошёл в класс, учитель уже закрыл журнал и объяснял новое
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правило. 25. Я понял, что читал эту книгу до того, как прочитал её до кон­
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ца. 26. Выйдя на улицу, Саша вспомнил, что оставил ключи дома. 27. Он
сказал, что не видел своего друга 2 дня и думает, что тот заболел. 28. Она
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дала мне письмо только после того, как я сказал ей своё имя. 29. Отец
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Павла показал нам мост, который он построил в 1997 году.

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Exercise 6. Open the brackets using the verbs in Past Perfect, Past Simple,
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and Past Continuous.

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1. When we came into the room, Lisa (to stand) before the looking-glass and (to
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comb) her hair. 2. We (finish) dinner when father came home from work. 3 .1 went
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for a walk after I (to do) my work. 4. When my friend came I (to do) the work
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and (to write) it down in my exercise book. 5. When you (meet) him? 6. What
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you (to do) yesterday? - A little of everything. 1 (to read), (to write) letters and
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(to walk) and (to do) the shopping. - And after you (to do) all these things? -
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I (to watch) TV. 7. You had to finish the work yesterday. How much work you
(to do) by 12? 8. He said he (to find) the watch he (to lose) the day before. 9. He
said he (to know) the man when he (to live) in Saratov. 10. By what time he (to
do) all the exercises? 11. When I (to leave) home, it (to rain) hard. 12. The
steamer (to go) to the North when a violent storm (to break out). 13.1 (to meet)
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 him when he (to walk) to the station. 14. What you (to write) when I (to come
in)? 15. He (to cycle) along a narrow path when he (to fall) and (to hurt) himself
badly. 16. When I (to look) out of the window, the sun (to approach) the horizon
and dark clouds (to overspread) the sky. 17. When we (to leave) home, a strong
wind (to blow); the snow (to whirl) in the wind. 18. When I (to approach) home,
lightning (to strike) an old oak tree in front of our house. 19. The telegram (to

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come) just as I (to leave) the house for the office. 20. It already (to begin) to grow

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dark; the cold autumn wind (to whistle); clouds (to creep) over the sky. 21. His fair

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hair (to grey) on his temples, but none the less he was strikingly youthful in
appearance. 2 2 .1 (to sit) here watching the game while I (to wait) for you. 23. He

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(to seat) himself before the fire and (to declare) he (to think) o f taking a long
vacation to visit his old friend. 24. When I (to come) up, they (to get) into a taxi.

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25. When we (to wake), the sun (to shine) in at the window. 26. The sun already

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(to slip) behind a snow-capped ridge when we (to drive) into the valley. 27. The

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the South. 2 8 .1 (to pick) my way along the fence when suddenly I (to hear) voices.
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1. When I (to call) at his house, they (tell) me that he (to leave) an hour before.
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2. On checking up his answers he found that he (to do) five examples wrong.
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3 .1 noticed when I came in that somebody (to leave) their umbrella on the porch.
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4. After we (to clear) the ground, we set up the first of the tents. 5. Before he (to
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read) half of the book, he insisted he did not like it. 6 . 1 knew all along that we
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(to take) the wrong road. 7. The message (to arrive) five minutes after he
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(to leave) the house. 8. They (to stop) where the road was wide and (to wait) till
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the other car (to pass). 9. Unfortunately, by the time we reached the station the
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train (to leave). 10. We (to go) only a few blocks when a tire (to burst). 11. When
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I (to come) to see my friend, I (to find) him lying in bed. He (to look) very pale
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as he (to be) seriously ill. 12. The rain (to stop) but there (to be) still a slight
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drizzle in the air. 13.1 (to leave) home at nine o'clock, but I (not to go) far when
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I remembered that 1 (to forget) to lock my door. 14. When the expedition returned,
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they (to relate) what they (to see) in the Arctic region. 15. It was a great relief
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when the sun (to go down) for the day (to be) hot and oppressive. 16. The moon
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not (to rise) yet and only two stars (to shine) in the dark blue sky. 17. It was
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nearly nine when the audience (to assemble) and the performance (to begin).
18. We (to return) home at nightfall and we (to be) very glad to get home again,
but we (to have) a wonderful day. 19. I (to be) surprised what progress she
(to make) considering how little time (to pass) since our last meeting. 20. He
(to look) round the railway carriage before he (to get) out to make sure he not
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 (to leave) anything behind. 21. The flowers just (to begin) to appear when the
cold weather (to kill) them. 22. I not yet (to fall) asleep when I (to hear) the
sound of the bell. 23. Scarcely I (to close) the door when a gust o f wind (to
open) it again. 24. Although darkness (to fall), we still (to continue) our way.

Exercise 8. Open brackets using Present Perfect, Past Simple, Past

Continuous or Past Perfect.

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1. Your mother (to return) from work? Can I speak to her? 2. The cat (to drink)

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all the milk which I (to give) it. 3. When Nick (to come) home from school, his
friends (to play) in the yard. 4. When you (to receive) a letter from your friend?

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5. They (to eat) all the apples I (to bring). 6. When the children (to have) dinner,
they (to go) for a walk. 7. Last summer we (to live) in the country and (to go) to

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the river every day. 8. She is so upset: she (to lose) the key to the door. 9. Columbus

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(not to know) that he (to discover) America. 10. He (to discuss) the problem

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with a lot o f people before he (to take) a decision. 11. Mother (to bake) a delicious

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cake! Sit down at the table and let's eat it. 12. She (to read) an English book the

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whole evening yesterday. 13. At this time yesterday they (to sit) on the sofa and
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(to listen) to their grandmother who (to tell) them fairy-tales. 14.1 (to stand) at
the tram-stop when it (to begin) to rain.
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Exercise 9. Use the verbs in Present, Past, Future Simple; Present, Past
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Continuous; Present, Past Perfect.

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1. Mike (to eat) ice-cream every day. Look, he (to eat) ice-cream now. When
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I (to see) him in the morning, he (to eat) ice-cream too. He (to say) he (to eat)
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one ice-cream already by that time. I think he (to fall) ill if he (to eat) so much
ice-cream. 2. They (to walk) along the street and (to talk). Suddenly Nick (to
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stop) and (to say): "Oh, what shall we do? I (to lose) the key to the door." "If you
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(not to find) it," said Pete, "we (to have) to wait for mother in the street."
3. When I (to come) to the station yesterday, I (to learn) that my train already (to
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leave). 4. What he (to do) when you (to see) him yesterday? 5. I (to give) you
this book as soon as I (to finish) reading it. 6. When the ship (to cross) the ocean,
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a great storm (to break) out. 7 .1 (to be) not to the theatre for 15 years. 8. From
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his worried expression I knew he (to hear) my story. 9. Well, what (to happen) at
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Blackstable since I was there? 10.1 walked to the station by myself. I (to refuse)
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to let my aunt see me off. 11. He whispered: "You (to see) who's with him?"
12. Then as she came nearer he recognized that he (to meet) her somewhere
before. 13.1 just (to get) this bike and this is the first time I (to try) to ride it.
14. What you (to learn) for today? - 1 (to be) sorry, I (not to prepare) my lesson.
I (to be) ill yesterday and (not to know) what to do. I (to prepare) my lesson
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 tomorrow. - If you (not to prepare) you lesson tomorrow, you (to get) a bad
mark. 15. What you (to do) at 5 yesterday? 16. Mike always (to do) his homework
in the evening, but today he (to begin) doing it as soon as he comes from
school, because his father (to promise) to take him to the cinema. 17. When
Mary (to come) home her brother (to read) the book which she (to bring) him 2
days before. 18. Autumn (to come). It (to be) November now. It (to get) colder,

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the days (to get) shorter. It often (to rain). Soon it (to be) very cold. 19. When

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I (to do) my homework yesterday, I quickly (to run) to the yard, because my

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friends (to wait) for me there. 20. We (to have) a good time last summer.

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1. Когда он вошел в комнату, он увидел Анну там, где он ее оставил. 2. Я за­

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метил, что кто-то забыл свой зонтик на крыльце. 3. Он не прочел и полкниги,
как заявил, что она ему не нравится. 4. Когда гости ушли, она вошла в гости­

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ную и выключила свет. 5. Она сидела на диване и думала, почему еще не

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пришло письмо от отца. 6. Дождь прекратился, но в воздухе был еще легкий
туман. 7. Я не знала, куца он ушел. 8. Он не помнил его имени и не помнил,
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чтобы встречал его когда-либо раньше. 9. Мы проехали два часа, когда нако­
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нец увидели озеро. 10. Прошло некоторое время, прежде чем они поняли, что
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ему нечего было сказать. 11. Когда он приехал домой, он узнал, что его сестра
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только что ушла. 12. Когда экспедиция вернулась, они рассказали, что они
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видели в Арктике. 13. Она закончила паковать вещи к тому времени, когда ее
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сестра постучала в дверь. 14. В последние дни было очень холодно, но снег не
шел. 15. Когда все ушли, она подошла к телефону и быстро набрала номер. 16.
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успехи она сделала. 18. Не успел он подойти к двери, как встретил своих школь­
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ных друзей. 19. Было гораздо холоднее, чем она предполагала. 20. Когда рас­
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THE FUTURE PERFECT TENSE

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Exercise 1. Open the brackets using Future Simple, Future Continuous or

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Future Perfect.
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1 .1 (to do) my homework tomorrow. 2 . 1 (to do) my homework at 6 tomorrow.

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3 . 1 (to do) my homework by 6 tomorrow. 4. When I come home tomorrow, my

family (to have) supper. 5. When you come to my place tomorrow I (to read)
your book. I (to do) my homework by the time you come. 6. Don't come to my
place tomorrow. I (to write) a composition the whole evening. 7 .1 (not to go) to
the cinema tomorrow I (to watch) TV the whole evening. 8. What you (to do) at
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 8 tomorrow? 9. You (to play) tennis tomorrow? 10. You (to do) this work by
next Sunday? 11. When you (to go) to see your friends next time? 12. How
many pages you (to read) by 5 tomorrow? 13. Tomorrow I (to begin) doing my
homework as soon as I come from school. I (to do) it from 3 till 6. My father
(to come) home at 7 tomorrow. I (to do) all my homework by the time he comes,
and we (to go) for a walk together.

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Exercise 2. Use the Future Indefinite, the Future Perfect or the Present

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Perfect.
1. By the end o f the year I (to read) 5 of Shaw's plays. 2. They (to leave) the

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country before you go to see them. 3 . 1 can give you a definite answer only after
I (to speak) to my mother. 4. By the end of the term we (to learn) a lot of new

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words. 5. I hope, when you (to do) this exercise, there (not to be) so many

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mistakes in it. 6 .1 expect you (to grow up) by the time I come back from England.

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7. You had better not go bathing until you (to get rid) o f that cough. 8. I'm sure
you (to forget) me by that time. 9. She won't have any pudding until she (to eat)

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her potatoes. 10. When I (to learn) a thousand English words shall I be able to
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read a newspaper? 11.1 (to write) all my exercises long before you come back.
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12. Don't ask for another book before you (to read) this one. 13. They will not
return home until they (to see) Scotland, Ireland and Wales. 14. I hope that by
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the end o f the year he (to teach) us to speak English a little. 15. Sit down and
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when you (to rest) I'll show you the garden.

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Exercise 3. Put the verb in brackets into the most suitable future tense.
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1. She is worried that he (not manage) to catch the train. 2. 1 (see) them at the
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conference anyway. 3. This time next year we (travel) together around Europe.
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4. I'm sure there (be) no more wars anywhere in the world. 5. Our football team
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(fly) to London this time tomorrow. 6. His parents think he (become) a doctor
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one day. 7. I hope water pollution levels (drop) soon. 8. She (not finish) her
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translation until 10 o'clock. 9. Look at the sky! It (rain), let's go home. 10. Since
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it is getting dark, I (turn) on the light. 11. They (be) eighteen next month.
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14. Don't call me tonight between seven and nine, I (study) for a test. 15. Scientists
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(find) a cure for this disease by 2020.

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Exercise 4. Put the verb in brackets into the Present Indefinite, the Future
Indefinite, the Future Continuous and the Future Perfect.
1. He (be) here for two hours by the time you (come) back. 2. "It (be) very late."
- "They (be) back soon." 3. "There (be) no planes tonight." - "Never mind, I (go)
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 by train." 4. "You (be) angry if I (talk) to you about it?" 5. By the time you
(finish) cooking they (do) their work. 6. "I (be) afraid, my train (leave) by that
time." - "(not / worry), 1 (drive) you home." 7. I hope it (stop) snowing by
tomorrow morning. 8. If you (think) over you (see) I am right. 9. If you (not /
take) a taxi, you (be) late. 10. By the time you (get) to the theatre the first act
(be) over and you (miss) the most interesting dialogues. 11. My friend's brother

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is a graduate this year, he (finish) his studies by spring. 12. Don't you know what

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Peter (do) at 7 o'clock? 13. When the guests (arrive), we (decorate) the fir-

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tree. 14. When I (call on) her, Mary (lay) the table. 15. By the time Mother

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(come) home we (cook) dinner. 16. She (recover) by the end o f winter holidays.

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17. By the end of the week I (finish) to make my dress.

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Exercise 5. Replace the infinitives in brackets by the future tense forms
where necessary.

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1. I'll come to your office as soon as I (to obtain) their consent to the plan. 2 .1 shall

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come as soon as I (to complete) my task. 3. After we (to finish) our dinner, I shall
wash up the dishes. 4. When you (finish) this book, you (to learn) over a thousand
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words. 5. By the end of the month the committee (to come) to some conclusion.
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6. By the 1st of January we (to complete) our production plan. 7. These letters must
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be posted as soon as they (to be stamped). 8. I'll send for the doctor as soon as he
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(to do) his wards. 9. When you (to read) these books, put them away. 10. We
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(to start) at five if it (to stop) raining by that time. 11. When I (to finish) my work,
I (to take) the children out for a walk. 12.1 (to give) you a definite answer when
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I (to look) into the matter. 13. The sun (to set) by the time we reach home. 14. We
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(to go) on reading when the noise (to stop). 15. He (to leave) home before you (to arrive).
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Exercise 6. Translate into English.

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1. К завтрашнему дню я закончу этот отчет. 2. Мы сделаем эту работу к

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мены. 4. Строители построят эту школу к 1 сентября. 5. Я напишу это письмо

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к тому времени, как придет секретарь. 6. Поезд уже уйдет к тому времени,
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когда мы придем на станцию. 7. Я переведу эту статью к понедельнику.

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8. К тому времени, как вы вернетесь, я уже уеду. 9. Если вы придете к

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девяти часов утра, то они еще не уйдут. 10. Они надеются, что отремонти­
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Exercise 7. Translate into English.

1. Я переведу эту статью, когда приду домой, и позвоню вам по телефону, когда
вам прийти за ней. 2. Напишите это упражнение, пока я схожу в библиотеку.
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поговорю, когда он придет домой, но я не уверена, придет ли он сегодня.
4. Я не знаю, когда я получу от нее ответ, но как только я получу его, я
немедленно вам позвоню. 5. Она попросила меня присмотреть за ребен­
ком (to keep an eye on the child), пока ее не будет дома. 6. Мне бы хотелось
знать, когда она вернется в Москву. Если она вернется после 1-го июля, я

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THE INDEFINITE, CONTINUOUS
AND PERFECT TENSE-FORMS

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Exercise 1. Open the brackets using an appropriate tense form.

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1. When morning came, the storm already (to stop), but the snow still (to fall).

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2. Yesterday by seven o'clock he (to finish) all his homework, and when I

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(to come) to his place at eight, he (to read). 3. Everybody (to be) at the door of
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the museum, but Mary (not yet to come). 4. We (to drink) coffee when the
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telephone (to ring). 5. Ann noticed that everybody (to look) at her, and she (to
feel) shy. 6. Light (to travel) more quickly than sound. 7. The concert (to be)
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a greater success than we (to expect). We were very glad. 8. Ring me up as soon
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as you (to come) home. 9. He (to begin) to write his composition at two
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o'clock. It is already ten, and he still (to write) it. He says he (to finish) it by
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eleven. 10. Our train starts late in the evening, so if you (to come) at six o'clock,
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we still (to pack) our luggage. 11. When they returned, they (to tell) us many
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interesting things which they (to see) during their journey. 12. You (to read) this
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book? - Yes, I (to read) it. I (to think) it (to be) very interesting. 13. What the
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children (to do) now? - Oh, they (to play) the new board game which I (to buy)
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for them the day before yesterday. 14. They (to reach) the comer of the street by
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now and (to stand) at the bus stop. 15. By next year he (to translate) about, two
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hundred pages. 16. What you (to do) from five till eight yesterday? 17. Go to see
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your old grandfather as soon as you (to arrive) in Minsk. 18. You always (to
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spend) summer at the seaside? - Yes, as a rule. Last summer I (to go) to the
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mountains, but I (not to find) the rest there as pleasant as near the sea.
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Exercise 2. Use the best possible tense.

1. When you (to see) him last? 2 . 1 (to meet) her when she (to walk) across the
park. 3. Don't enter the bedroom! Nick (to sleep) there, and he always (to wake)
up when somebody (to open) the door. 4. Where is your luggage? - 1 (to leave)
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 it at the station. I (to take) it tomorrow when Andrew (to come) to help me.
5. You ever (to be) to London? - Yes, I (to be) there last winter. 6. What your
sister (to do) now? - She (to have) dinner. She usually (to have) dinner at this
time. 7 . 1 (to buy) a new costume. I (to show) it to you tomorrow when you
(to come) to my place. 8. At this time tomorrow we (to discuss) your report.
9. Yesterday I (to meet) a friend of mine whom I (not to see) for a long time.

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10. Ring me up at twelve o'clock, I (not yet to sleep). 11. You (to be) late for the

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concert if you (not to take) a taxi. 12. Hardly I (to go) out when I (to remember)

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that I (to forget) to take my umbrella. 13. If you (to ring) me up tomorrow, I (to tell)
you all about it. 14. By the time we all return from holiday father and Bob (to

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finish) decorating the living-room. 15. I am sure that you (to recognize) her
when you (to meet) next autumn. 16. While you (to cook) dinner, I (to lay) the

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table tomorrow. 17. We were greatly surprised not to find Ann at home. It turned

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out that her sister (to forget) to give her our message, and Ann (to leave) the

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house fifteen minutes before we (to come). 18. Jane usually (to work) in the
library. She (to work) there now. She already (to gather) the necessary material

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and now she (to write) her report. 19. The young people entered the theatre.
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The performance already (to begin), and they (to have) to wait till the first act
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(to be) over. Nina never (to be) there before and she (to like) the theatre very
much. 2 0 .1 (to fly) to Manchester tomorrow. My friend Mick (to meet) me at the
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airport when the plane (to arrive).

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Exercise 3. Use the required tense instead of the infinitives in brackets.

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I (to write) to you because I hope that you (to help) me. If you (to answer)
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my letter as soon as you can I (to be) grateful to you.

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A strange thing (to happen) to me yesterday. You of course know my friend

Bob. He (to move) to a new flat recently. We (to meet) in 1996 and (to be)
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friends ever since.

He (to invite) me to his housewarming party a few days ago. The thing is
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that when I (to speak) to him on the phone, the doorbell (to ring). I (to hang) up
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and when I returned the paper with his address on it (to disappear). So I don't
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know where he (to live). Maybe you can help me.

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An interesting thing (to happen) to me last night. I (to sit) in my room reading,
when the phone (to ring). Usually I (not to run) to the phone so quickly. But this
time I (to know) it was something important.
The voice on the phone (to belong) to an old friend of mine from whom
I (not to hear) for eight years. I said, "Let's meet tomorrow after I (to finish) my
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 work. I can't wait to see what you (to look) like now. I wonder if you (to change)."
But suddenly our talk was interrupted. In vain I hoped he would ring back.
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This (to happen) in Australia during a water-polo game. It was the end o f the
game and the players (to move) very slowly. Suddenly one of the players jumped
out o f the water saying that one of the forwards o f the opposite team (to bite)

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him in the leg under the water. The judge (to call) the forward out of the water

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but he (to refuse) to admit it. In some minutes another player jumped out o f the

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water and cried: "If you (not to stop) the game I (not to go) back into the pool."

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"I (to be) a water-polo fan for many years. Today's game is very slow, so I

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(to decide) to make the players move faster, I (to hope) that my little crocodile

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(to do) it better."

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Exercise 4. Translate into English.

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1. К счастью, дождь перестал, когда мы вышли. 2. В одиннадцать часов мы
еще работали. 3. Я не приду. Я буду писать сочинение весь вечер. 4. Где ты
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сов? - Завтра к восьми часам я уже закончу все свои уроки, и в восемь
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часов буду играть с друзьями во дворе. 7. Наступила зима, и теперь мы

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опять часто будем ходить на каток. 8. Когда Том вышел из дома, все ребята
играли в футбол, а Бил и Джон считали круглые камешки, которые они
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принесли с реки. 9. Она была удивлена: она еще никогда не видела столько
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цветов. 10. Когда я проснулся, мама уже встала и готовила чай. 11. Он был
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болен уже два дня, когда они послали за доктором. 12. Я никогда его не
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встречала и не знаю, как он выглядит. 13. А теперь мне надо укладываться,

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мы уезжаем рано утром. 14. Они не отъехали и тридцати километров, как

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погода изменилась. 15. Вот увидите, через минуту она будет рассказывать
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вам о своих болезнях, посещениях врача и так далее. 16. Было уже темно,
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Exercise 5. Translate into English.

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1. Летом она ездила во Францию. Она уже вернулась в Москву. 2. Ты читал
поэмы Байрона? - Да, мы читали их в прошлом году. 3. Ты играешь на
пианино? Послушай, Джон играет. Он всегда играет хорошо. 4. Какую книгу
ты сейчас читаешь? - Я не читаю книг, я люблю газеты и журналы. 5. Я не
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 видел его в последнее время. - А я только что встретил его. Он шел в
библиотеку. 6. Ты часто ходишь в кино? - Нет, я не была в кино с лета.
7. Я купила это платье три года назад. Оно было очень дешевое. Цены
сейчас растут. 8. Тебе купить билеты в театр? —Нет, спасибо. Мама уже
купила. Мы идем в театр завтра. 9. Ты сейчас делаешь эту работу? - Да, но
я только что ее начал. 10. Ты ездил за город в эти выходные? - Нет, мы

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были очень заняты. Мы убирали дом. 11. Что вы здесь делаете? - Я жду

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своего друга. Он работает в этом университете. 12. Дождь еще не прекра­

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тился, когда мы вышли из дома. 13. Вы поедете в Москву на следующей
неделе? —Я еще не знаю. 14. Не приходите завтра в 2: я буду стирать.

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15. В Англии часто идет дождь? - Да, когда мы приехали шел дождь.
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1. Я еще не приготовила обед. - Тебе помочь? - Да, спасибо. Гости прихо­

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дят в семь. 2. Где ты был вчера? Мы искали тебя весь вечер. 3. Вы когда-

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нибудь бывали в Париже? - Да, я был там в прошлом году. 4. Когда уехала

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Мэри? - Она уехала до того, как вы позвонили. 5. Мы уже встречались. -
Когда мы встречались? - Я не помню. По-моему, мы встречались 3 года
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назад. 6. Мы обедали, когда Джон пришел. Он не хотел обедать с нами.
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вышел из офиса, шел дождь. У меня не было зонта. Я не заметил, что

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римент будет закончен к концу следующей недели. 11. Вы поедете в Крым?

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было много народу. 13. Завтра в это же время мы будем плыть на парохо­
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де. 14. Вы уже видели этот фильм? - Да, я видела его на прошлой неделе.
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THE PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE-FORMS

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Exercise 1. Put the verb in brackets into the Present Perfect Continuous.
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1. I (work) on this problem for two months. 2. Barbara (stand) here since 7
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o'clock. 3. She (sleep) all this time? 4. You are out of breath. You (run)? 5. You
(talk) this nonsense all day long. 6. How long your sister (learn) Chinese? 7. We
(study) English for 6 years. 8. It started raining last Monday and it (rain) ever
since. 9. "Mark isn't working now." - "He (not / work) for years." 10. She hasn't
got any money left. She (to shop).
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 Exercise 2. Translate into English using the Present Perfect Continuous.
1. Отец ищет тебя с самого утра. 2. Сколько времени вы живете в этом
городе? —Я живу здесь с 1997 года. 3. Он уже полчаса ждет, чтобы ему кто-
нибудь помог. 4. Они обсуадают этот план уже два часа. 5. Ты давно ждешь?
6. Вы опять дрались? 7. Он занимается уже три часа. 8. Как давно у вас
болит нога? 9. Я учу испанский с октября. 10. Диана ищет работу шесть

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месяцев. 11. Мои родители работают в Манчестере с 1 марта. 12. Какой

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глубокий снег! Сколько времени шел снег? 13. Мой брат курит десять лет.

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14. У тебя красные глаза. Ты плакала? 15. Долго ваш босс разговаривает с
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Exercise 3. Use the Present Continuous or the Present Perfect Continuous.

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1. What you (to do) here? 2. Christopher (to do) his lessons since after lunch.
3. "Where's Brian?" - "He (to work) in the garden. He (to plant) rose bushes since

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dawn." 4. All things in the living-room are out of place. The children (to play)

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hide-and-seek! 5. We (to stay) at this hotel; won't you come and see us? 6. He
had barely entered the room when his secretary said: "Somebody (to ring) for
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you for the last ten minutes." 7. "What the children (to do)?" - "They (to play)
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games all morning and now they (to learn) to tell time by the position o f the
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sun." 8. "What you (to think) about?" - "I (not to think), I (to count) the birds in
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the sky." 9. It (to snow) for two hours. 10. They still (to watch) TV. They (to
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watch) television since 2 o'clock. 11. What you (to look) at? - 1 (to look) at that
picture over there. I (to look) at it for almost half an hour and I still cannot
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understand what it is. 12. What Mary (to do)? - She (to practise) the piano. She
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(to play) since 121 think she must have a rest. 13. Here you are at last. I (to look)
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for you everywhere. 14. Why you (to smile), Robert? - 1 (to watch) your kitten.
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What a playful little thing it is! 1 5 .1 see you (to write) letters all the morning.
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Is it the last letter you (to write) now? 16. You (to sit) here for a long time. You
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(to wait) for anybody? 17. How long you (to study) English? - For 3 years
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already. 18.1 (to work) at my report since Monday. Now I (to write) a conclusion.
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19. Mary's mother (to rest) in the garden all day because she is ill. 20. She
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(to sleep) for 10 hours! You must wake her! 21. David (to repair) the TV set. He
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(to work) at it for an hour or so. 22. David (to wash) his hands. He just (to repair)
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the TV set. 23. Why you all (to laugh)? Jim (to tell) you his anecdotes? 24. It's 6
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o'clock. I (to wait) for Ann for half an hour. I must be off now.

Exercise 4. Translate into English.

1. "Куда ты так торопишься?" - "Мама ждет меня у метро уже десять ми­
нут." 2. Вы читаете эту газету? 3. "Которая из девушек Катя?" - "На ней
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 красное платье." 4. Я ношу эти туфли уже три года. Они очень удобные.
5. Кого вы ждете? 6. Давно вы его ждете? 7. Она преподает английский с
прошлого года. 8. Твой брат ищет тебя весь вечер. 9. Я проявлял наши
летние фотографии весь день. 10. Кому ты машешь (рукой)? 11. Кого вы
ждёте? —Петра. Я жду его уже около часа. Интересно, что с ним случи­
лось. 12. Весь день идёт снег. Мы давно не имели так много снега.

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13. Сколько времени вы здесь живёте? - Около пяти лет. 14. Что вы се­

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годня делали с утра? - Я переводил одну очень важную статью. 15. Сколь­

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ко времени они обсуждают этот вопрос? - Более получаса. 16. Темпера­

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тура понижается с утра. Боюсь, что вечером она упадёт до -30 градусов

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по Цельсию.

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Exercise 5. Choose the appropriate tense form.

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1. The price of petrol has risen/has been rising by 15% over the past year. 2. No

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wonder you are overweight! You have eaten / have been eating chocolates all

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day long! 3 .1have read/have been reading "Gone with the wind" this morning.
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4. Doesn't the room look better? I have whitewashed / have been whitewashing
the ceiling. 5. Who has worn / has been wearing my scarf? 6. Nicholas has
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asked / has been asking for a pay-rise three times this year. 7. Someone has
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eaten / has been eating all my chocolates. The box is empty. 8. Have you decided /
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Have you been deciding where to go? - Not yet. We have thought / have been
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thinking about it for the whole week. 9. I remember meeting your sister last
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month, but I haven't seen / haven't been seeing her this month. What has she
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done / has she been doing since then? 10. Oh, David, I have looked / have been
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looking for you.

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Exercise 6. Write two sentences, one with the Present Perfect and one with
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the Present Perfect Continuous.

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Example: (He / read for two hours) - He has been reading for two hours.
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(He / read / 53 pages so far) = He has read 53 pages so far.

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1. (She / travel / around Europe for three months); (She / visit / six countries
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so far). 2. (He / play tennis since he was 11); (He / win /the national
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championship six times). 3. (I / read / Pushkin's prose / in the garden); (I / read /

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three of London's stories). 4. (Mother / sew / since lunch); (She / make / a ball
dress for me). 5. (They / make ten films since they left college); (They / make
films since they left college). 6. (Father / write /children poems since he retired);
(He / write / four books). 7. (She / clean / the flat for three hours); (She / do /
two rooms so far).
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 Exercise 7. Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Perfect or the Present
Perfect Continuous.
1. How long you (learn) Italian? - For 2 months already. 2. It's a shame, I never
(learn) to swim. 3 .1 feel so tired. My mother & I (garden) all afternoon. 4. The
girl (stand) looking at the top windows for the last 10 minutes. 5. Who's that
young man? - 1 never (see) him here before. 6. My uncle only (farm) for 2 years

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but he is doing quite well. 7. We only (hear) twice from Sally since she went

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away to Denmark. 8. How many times you (see) this film? - This is the second

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time I (see) it. 9. My sister & I (make) biscuits for the party since early morning.

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10. Someone (eat) all the chocolates. There aren't any left. 11. The rooms are in

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a terrible mess. What you (do)?

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Exercise 8. Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Perfect or the Present
Perfect Continuous.

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1 .1(collect) coins since I graduated from the University. Now I (collect) enough

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to organize an interesting exhibition. 2. She (read) a fairy tale to the children since
breakfast. They (not / finish) yet. 3. Those people (wait) for a tram for the last
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fifteen minutes. I'm afraid, they don't know that the electricity (go) out. 4. What
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(happen) to Mary? John (ring) her up the whole evening and nobody (answer).
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5. So, you (arrive). We just (speak) of you. 6. The secretary (type) the letters you
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gave her but she (not / finish) them yet. 7. There's sufficient light, you (waste)
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electricity for nearly an hour. 8. Look! The children (fall) asleep! 9. We (meet)
before? 10. She (study) French for two years and (learn) a lot of words and
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expressions. 11.1 (not / hear) of her since yesterday. 12.1 (look) for Jack since
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I finished my lesson but I (not / find) him. I (be) to his office and to the laboratory
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but he isn't there. 13.1 really don't know what you (do) there all this time. 14. They
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(struggle) with this problem for about a week and they (solve) it at last. 15. She
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(do) shaping since September and her figure (improve) remarkably. 16. You (pass)
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your exam in English literature? 17. I (try) to learn English for years but (not
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make) good progress yet. 18. That book (lie) on the table for weeks. You (not
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read) it yet? 19.1 (wait) here for her since 7 o'clock and she (not come) yet. 2 0 .1
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(read) "War and Peace" for the last three months. 21.1 (think) about you all day.
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22. He never (be) here before. 2 3 .1 can't help being angiy with you; you (sit) here
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all the time and (do) nothing. 24. There is nothing to be proud of; you (not get) a
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single excellent mark yet. 2 5 .1 (work) so hard this week that I (not have) time to
go to the cinema. 26. The girls (talk) about their new dresses for half an hour
already; it seems they have nothing else to talk about. 2 7 .1just (talk) to him; he
agrees to help us. 28. Some of our students (join) the English club to get a better
command o f the language. 2 9 .1 (know) her all my life and we always (be) good
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 friends. 30. Jack (fail) his driving test three times because he doesn't know how to
park. 31. He (practise) for three hours every day for the past week, and I think he
(make) a lot of improvement. 32. My brother (not pass) his driving test either.
33. He (worry) about this for two months. 34. I (study) the driver's manual for
hours every day, but I (not take) my test y et 35. My father (help) me to review the
questions. 36. My elder brother just (buy) a new stereo. 37. He (play) records
since eight o’clock this morning, and he is driving me crazy. 38. My mom (talk) to

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my elder brother about it, but he (not obey) her yet. 3 9 .1 am especially annoyed

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because I am taking my final test this week. My elder brother (write) two tests
already, and he (fail) both of them because he (not study). 40. I (think) about

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telling my dad about this, but I (not make) a definite decision yet.

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Exercise 9. Complete each mini-dialogue in the Present Perfect or the Present

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Perfect Continuous.

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1. - How long you (know) about it?
- I (know) about it all the time.

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2. - Why you (turn) off the music?
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3. - 1 (phone) home all day, but there's no reply.

- I expect your mother (go) shopping.
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4. —What's the matter? You look exhausted.

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- I (study) all day, and I (not / finish) yet.

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5. - Where are the children?

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- They (fish) since morning and I'm sure they (catch) a lot of fish.
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6. - You are dirty. What you (do)?

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- 1 (fix) my bike.
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7. - That man (play) on the computer since early morning.

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- Oh, he (not / play). He (repair) our computer all day, but he (not/repair) it yet.
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8. - What (happen) to you? You are out of breath.

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- 1 (run).
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9. - Sorry, I'm late.

- That's all right. I (not / wait) long.
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10. - You (swim) long?

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- I (swim) since 10 o'clock.

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Exercise 10. Translate into English.

1. Ты съел все конфеты? 2. Почему у тебя черные губы? —Я ела чернику.
3. Она сегодня делала покупки и наконец нашла себе летние туфли. 4. Ты
знакома с Томом? - Я знаю его целую вечность. 5. Я все утро занимаюсь
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 домашней работой и еще ничего не сделала. 6. Он переводит эту статью уже
два часа, а перевел только половину. 7. Твой брат уехал работать в Англию? —
Да. Он работает в Англии уже два месяца. 8. Он уже окончил университет? -
Да, он уже два года работает. 9. Давно он читает эту книгу? - Неделю, хотя
обычно он быстро читает книги. 10. Мы живем в этом городе пять лет. Город
сильно изменился за это время. 11. Его сестра работает в библиотеке с тех
пор, как окончила университет. 12. Сколько времени ты читаешь этот роман?

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Exercise 11. Put the verb in brackets into the Present Continuous, the Present
Perfect or the Present Perfect Continuous.

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1. - What you (look) for?
- We (look) for school things. We (not / buy) everything yet.

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- 1 (buy) everything.

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2. - What you (do), Linda?

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- What you (read) all this time?

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3. - You ever (work) as an interpreter?
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- Yes, that is what I (do) for five years.
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4. - Where is John?
- He (work) in the garden.
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- He must be too tired. He (work) there all day.

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5. - She just (sell) three of her own pictures.

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- She's lucky. I (paint) for four years and (not / sell) a single picture yet.
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6. - Who you (wait) for?

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- 1 (wait) for Peter. I (wait) for him since 12 o'clock.

7. - They (stand) there for the last 20 minutes.
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- What they (talk) about all this time?

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8. - What you (think) of?

- 1 (think) of our life together.
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9. - The girls (play) the piano in the sitting-room.

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- They (play) the piano since I walked in.

10. - You (choose) any books to read from my library?
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- 1 (try) to choose something since you left me here, but it seems to me I

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(read) all o f them.

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Exercise 12. Open the brackets using the Present Indefinite, the Present
Continuous, the Present Perfect or the Present Perfect Continuous.
1. Paul, you (hear) me? I (talk) to you for a minute already. 2 .1 want to see how
much the place (change) since I was there last. 3 .1 (be) perfectly happy. All my
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 life I (be) perfectly happy. 4. Wait till you (see) Michael and (talk) to him. 5. The
children (live) with their aunt now since their mother (be) ill. 6. The train (not /
arrive) yet but a great number of people (stand) on the platform. 7. Mrs. Cusak
(not / feel) well for over a month. 8. How many English lessons you (have) lately?
9. Look, the sky (get) darker and darker. I think it (go) to rain. 10. Since when you
(learn) German? - Since I got to university. 11.1 (study) hard of late. I have exams
next week. 12. It (rain) steadily for two days on end now. 13. It is the first time he

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(clean) his own boots. 14.1 (know) him very well. We (know) each other since I

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came to live in this house. 15. Where you (be)? I (wait) for you for over an hour.

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Exercise 13. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense: Present Perfect,
Present Perfect Continuous or Simple Past.

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I. 1 (buy) a new house last year, but I (not sell) my old house yet, so at the

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moment I have two houses. 2. When Ann (be) on her way to the station it (begin)

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to rain. Ann (run) back to her flat for her umbrella, but this (make) her late for
her train. 3. I'm sony I'm late, you (wait) long? 4. At 7 a.m. Charles (ring) Peter

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and (say), 'I'm going fishing, Peter. Would you like to come?' 'But it's so early,'
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(say) Peter. 'I (not have) breakfast yet. Why you (not tell) me last night?' 5. Tom
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(meet) Paul at lunch time and (say), 'I (not see) you at the bus stop this morning.
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You (miss) the bus?' 'I (not miss) it,' (reply) Paul. 'I (not miss) a bus for years.
But this morning George (give) me a lift.' 6. Those two men (stand) outside the
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house for over two hours. Do you think we should call the police? 7. Ann (go) to
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Canada six months ago. She (work) in Canada for a while and then (go) to the
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United States. 8. You look tired. I think you (work) too hard lately and you (not/
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get) enough fresh air and exercise. 9. Peter (try) to come in quietly but his mother
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(hear) him and (call) out, 'Where you (be)? Your supper (be) in the oven for an
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hour.' 10. 'Annie's clothes are very dirty. What (she/do)?' 'She (play) in the garden.'
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II. Mary (be) in Japan for two years. She is working there and likes it very
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much. - How she (go)? - She (go) by air. 12. Bill usually has breakfast at 8.00.
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Yesterday at 8.30 Peter (meet) Bill and (offer) him an apple. 'No, thanks,'
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(say) Bill. 'I just (have) breakfast.' 13.1 (read) his books when I was at school.
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I (enjoy) them very much. 14. The clock is slow. - It isn't slow, it (stop). 15. He
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(not smoke) for two weeks. He is trying to give it up. 16. The actors (arrive)
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yesterday and (start) rehearsals early this morning. 17. It (be) cold this year.
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I wonder when it is going to get warmer. 18. You (lock) the door before you
(leave) the house? 19. You (wear) your hair long when you were at school? -
Yes, my mother (insist) on it. But when I (leave) school I (cut) my hair and
(wear) it short ever since. 20. Sally and her boyfriend Peter (go out) together
since last winter. 21. The concert (begin) at 2.30 and (last) for two hours. Everyone
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 (enjoy) it very much. 22. We (miss) the bus. Now we'll have to walk. 23. He
(break) his leg in a skiing accident last year. 24. Mr. Count (work) as a cashier
for twenty-five years. Then he (retire) and (go) to live in the country. 25. You
(be) here before? - Yes, I (spend) my holidays here last year. - You (have) a
good time? - No, it never (stop) raining. 26. Where is Tom? - I (not see) him
today, but he (tell) Mary that he'd be in for dinner. 27. Where you (find) this

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knife? - I (find) it in the garden. - Why you (not leave) it there? 2 8 .1 (lose) my

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black gloves. You (see) them anywhere? - I'm afraid I ... . When you last (wear)

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them? - 1 (wear) them at the theatre. - Perhaps you (leave) them at the theatre.

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Exercise 14. Choose the most suitable word or phrase underlined.

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1. Are you studying French fo r long / at the moment? 2. What's the matter?

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Haven't you started yet / still? 3 .1 am making a great progress these days / so far.
4. The trouble with you is that you are always / often complaining. 5 . 1 haven't

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been feeling very well lately / currently. 6. The food tastes worse now / usually.

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You've put too much salt in it. 7. I'm feeling rather down lately / at present,
doctor. 8. She bought a CD player last week and she's been listening to music ever
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since/ for a while. 9. Computers are becoming faster and faster every day/already.
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10. We normally/ forever study hard for exams. 11. My parents are coming to
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see me tonight/occasionally. 12.1usually/at the moment complete my homework

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assignments on time.
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Exercise 15. Put the verb in brackets into the most suitable present tense.
1. Education (prepare) children for life. 2. He (always, borrow) books from me!
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3. He (pass) two subjects, but he (not, pass) English yet. 4. Do you know that someone
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(break) the window in our classroom. 5. In our country we (have) lessons on Saturday.
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6. How long you (know) Alison? We (be) friends for three years. 7. Peter (make)
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two mistakes in exercise 1 and one in exercise 3. 8 .1(work) on this composition for
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two weeks now. 9. She (look) for a better opportunity at the moment. 10. Let's look
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at the timetable. The lesson (start) at 10 o'clock. 11. Who (use) my cup? 12. Greg,
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you (look) a bit tired. What you (do) all day? 13.1 (already, have) two messages
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from Peter and in all of them he (say) that he (come) here for three days. 14. How
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many pages (he / write)? 15. (you / ever / be) to London? No, 1 (never / be) there.
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Exercise 16. Put each verb in brackets into either the Past Simple, the Present
Perfect or the Present Perfect Continuous.
Ever since the day I ... (1 decide) to move to London, I ... (2 worry) whether the
decision I ... (3 take) was the right one. As I already ... (4 sell) my house and ...
(5 arrange) a new job, it is too late to change my mind. However, since then I ...
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 (6 hear) a lot o f negative things about living in the capital, and lately some of
them ... (7 begin) to bother me. I ... (8 grow up) in a fairly small town and I ...
(9 spend) all o f my life there. I always ... (10 want) to live in a big city and so
when my company ...(11 offer) me a job in their London office, I ... (12 grab)
at the chance. But according to a programme I just ... (13 hear) on the radio,
more and more people ... (14 stop) working in London recently, and a lot of

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large companies ... (15 choose) to move away from the center. O f course I ...

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(16 tell) my parents that I'm moving and they ... (17 accept) my decision, but

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when I ... (18 tell) my friends they ... (19 seem) rather shocked. Since then I ...
(20 hope) secretly that the company would tell me that the move was off!

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Exercise 17. Open the brackets. Use the Past Simple, the Past Continuous,

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the Present Perfect or the Present Perfect Continuous.

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1. Thomas (return) at last. Jessica (wait) for him so long. 2. Helen, you (read) my

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letters. Dont deny it. 3. When I (come) home, Mother (make) dinner and Father
(have) his tea. 4. When you (discuss) it? I never (hear) the subject mentioned. 5. No,

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you cant go to the Smiths'. You (be) there twice this week. 6. You (not / change) at
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all. I (recognize) you the moment I (see) you. 7. Patrick (go) shopping already?
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8. When you (go) to bed? 9 .1 (see) her when I (drive) past their house on my way
home. 10. He (not / say) a single word to me yet and he (get) that telegram on
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Monday. 11. The children (talk) o f nothing else for weeks. 12. I (stand) in this
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queue for ages. It (not / move) at all in the last five minutes. 13. How long it
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(rain)? 14.1 supported you at the time because I (feel) that you were right 15. Peter
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couldn't understand what had been decided because too many people (talk) at once.
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Exercise 18. All the sentences contain errors. Correct them.

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1. It grew darker and colder, and there was still no sign of the rescuing helicopter.
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2. When we were in Madrid we were exploring the city every day, and in the evening
we were going to exciting bars. 3 .1dont understand what you wait for. 4. Гт so glad
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youVe got here at last; I was expecting you all day. 5. So far we didn't manage to find
what we are looking for. 6. When has you elder brother left school? 7. How long is she
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feeling unwell? 8 .1 wonder where have you been all this time. 9. She has tripped over
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the cat and fallen nearly over. 10. Look! I found a ten-pound note. 11. What have you
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done since you graduated from the University? 12.1 am interested in sports since my
childhood. 13. IVe met such nice people before never. 14. Г т waiting for you since six
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o'clock. 15. Ever since we have met, you have never asked me what I prefer to do.

Exercise 19. Translate into English.

1. "Вы давно здесь работаете?" "Около четырех лет." 2. "Вот и Джон, -
сказал он. - Я давно его жду." 3. Я со вчерашнего вечера думаю о том, что
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 ты сказал. 4. Где ты был? Я все утро тебя ищу. 5. Скажите, когда придет
ваш директор. Я жду его с 11 часов. 6. Довдь идет уже три дня. 7. Я его
только что видела. Он переходил улицу. 8. Когда ты пришел? 9. Она мне
все рассказала. 10. Вчера вечером, когда мы ехали домой, он мне все рас­
сказал. 11. Они играют в шахматы с обеда. 12. Когда она вам в последний
раз писала? 13. Он тренирует эту команду всего полгода, но они сделали

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большие успехи. 14. Он посмотрел на меня, но ничего не сказал. Он ждал

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кого-то. 15. Вы давно знаете этого молодого человека? 16. С какого време­

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ни вы изучаете английский язык? 17. Мы ждем здесь с двух часов, и никто

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не сказал нам, что делать. 18. Мария еще не выздоровела. Она болеет уже

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две недели. 19. Мой брат учится в университете уже два года. 20. Он игра­

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Exercise 20. Use the required tense.

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1. She (go) to Italy five years ago. Since then she (not to speak) Italian, and she

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(forget) nearly all she (learn) there. 2. When he (run) after the tram, he (fall) and
(hurt) his leg. We (have) to carry him home. Now he (lie) in bed. The doctor just
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(leave). The doctor (say) he must stay in bed for a week. 3. He (look) through
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my album when I (enter). "You (like) my sketches?" I (ask) him. "They (not to
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be) very good." 4. What you (look) for? - 1 (lose) my pen and (want) to find it
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before it (get) dark. - When you (lose) it? - 1 (think) I (drop) it somewhere here
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when I (go) to the University this afternoon. 5. My friend Robert (learn) French
for the last three years, and now he (study) German, too. 6. You (speak) to Ann
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yesterday? - No, I (not to see) her for a long time. I (not to remember) when
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I last (see) her. 7. My brother (study) modern English literature for two years
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and then (give) it up. 8 . 1 (look) at this photograph for five minutes, but I can't
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see you in it. - I'm afraid you (look) at the wrong one. 9. You must stop reading;
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you can have a headache because you (read) too long! 10. My elder brother
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(join) the army when he (be) eighteen. 11. They (live) in that town for ten years
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and then (move) to the country. 12. We (live) here for the last six months, and
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just (decide) to move. 13. He (write) a new play for the last two years, but he
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(not to finish) it yet.

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THE PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE

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Exercise 1. Put the verb in brackets into the Past Perfect Continuous.
1. She (study) English for three years before she got this job. 2. We (wait) for
two hours when Thomas arrived. I wonder what he (do) all that time. 3. We (sit)
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 in the cafe for half an hour until the rain stopped. 4. He (work) in the garden, but
he stopped when he saw us. 5. They were very angry. They (try) to see you for two
hours but you were not in. 6 .1 (listen) to her complaints all day before I dared to
tell her what I really thought of it. 7. How long you (do) this translation before you
finished it? 8. Yesterday morning I got up and looked out of the window. The sun
was shining brightly but the ground was wet. It (rain). 9 . 1 was very tired when

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I arrived home. I (work) hard all day. 10. My father gave up smoking a year ago.

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He (smoke) for 20 years. 11. Helen's eyes ached because she (use) the computer

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all day long. 12. When he phoned, I (have) a piano lesson for half an hour.

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Exercise 2. Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Perfect or Past Perfect

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Continuous Tense.

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1. We (to drive) for 3 hours before we came to the ancient castle. 2. By the time
the train arrived, they (to wait) already for an hour and a half. 3. He knew where

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the Brows lived but he never (to be) there. 4. When I first met him he (to lecture)

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at Cambridge University for 10 years. 5. It was in Bristol that I first met Peter.
He was 15 and just (to come) back from school for summer holidays. 6. Before
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Ann came to college she (to study) French for quite a while. 7. She realized that
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it was completely dark and that she (to walk) for a long while. 8. She (to look) at
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him since they sat down; and he wondered what she (to think) about all the time.
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9. It (to snow) all day when I left home. 10. At lunch Peter told them about New
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York and what he (to do) there.

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Exercise 3. Translate into English.

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1. В своем последнем письме моя подруга написала, что с сентября она за­
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нимается на курсах вовдения. Я знала, что она два года мечтает научиться
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водить автомобиль. 2. К завтраку Мария вышла с красными глазами, и Пат­

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рик знал, что она ночью снова плакала. 3. Том понимал, как тяжело бросить
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курить, потому что он сам курил уже 10 лет. 4. Вчера Джон вернулся домой
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очень усталый, так как он работал весь день без отдыха. 5. Когда я наконец
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появился в приемной, секретарь сказала, что директор ждет меня уже пол­
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часа. 6. Сколько лет твой отец работал в этом университете до того, как вы­
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шел на пенсию? 7. Его брат управлял этой компанией два года до того, как
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уехал в Лондон. 8. Мать Питера была очень сердитой, когда он поздно вер­
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нулся домой, потому, что она волновалась целый вечер.

Exercise 4. Use Present or Past Perfect Continuous.

1 .1 (to work) like a slave all week. 2. I've seen it myself, for I (to ride) around
London for years. 3. Mr. Smith who (to look) at the door, turned to his wife.
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 4. She told him that she (to stay) there for two weeks. 5. We (to sit) there for an hour
and a half when he came. 6 .1 (to think) of your life ever since I met you. 7 .1 (not to
pull) for more than 1 minute when George noticed something black floating on
the water. 8. I (to try) to see you ever since this horrible affair. 9. "Hello," she
said, "I'm so glad you're here, Jane. I (to wait) to talk to you." 10. Then she took up
a book which (to lie) beside her on the bench and began to read it. 11. He (to look)
2 minutes at the fire, and I (to look) the same length of time at him when, turning

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suddenly, he caught my gaze. 12. "Well, what you (to do)?" - he asked. "Nothing?

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Well, I thought so. I (to intend) to drive over and see you all summer." 13. You
must know, that I (to wait) to do that ever since I was ten. 14. The truth is that for

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the last week I (to work) day and night. 15. My daughter and son-in-law (to look)
for a decent cottage I don't know how long. 16. Why are you looking so at the

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boy? You (to look) at him all the evening. 17. I (to think) about it, and I think

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I know the answer. 18. It seemed to him that he (to eat) nothing but boiled beef

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for weeks. 19. After Bambe (to follow) him for a long time he said: "At last!" -

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and they stopped. 20. Before the boys appeared on the scene the old man

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(to grow tired) of his loneliness and his seventy years. 21. Toby, who (to stand)
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uneasily near the gate, looked startled and came forward.
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Exercise 5. Translate into English:

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1. Она учила английский пять лет, прежде чем смогла свободно говорить
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на нём. 2. Она подумала о том, давно ли он здесь стоит, и видел ли он, как
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она прятала письмо. 3. Всю ночь без остановки шёл дождь. И утром на
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дороге были большие лужи. 4. Когда я пришёл, он работал. Он выглядел

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очень усталым, и я подумал, что он работает уже давно. 5. Я с детства

мечтаю иметь собаку. 6. Мы уже полчаса идём под дождём. Он когда-ни­
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будь кончится? 7. Где ты был? Мы ждем тебя уже два часа. 8. Ты уже часа
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3 смотришь телевизор. У тебя глаза не устали? 9. Наконец ты пришёл.

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Exercise 6. Use the Past Indefinite, the Past Continuous or the Past Perfect
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Continuous Tense.
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1. My sister's wedding (be) the only thing everybody (talk) at home for the last
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three weeks. 2. He (turn) to look at the corner where she (stand). 3. He just
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(leave) for the airport when I (call). 4. "Who are you thinking of?" he (ask) after
he (look) at me for a few seconds. 5. He (read) his evening paper as usual when
a friend of his called him on the phone. 6. The boys (play) football and did not
hear their mother calling them from the window. 7. The boys were tired because
they (play) football. 8. We (work) in silence for some time when John spoke.
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 9. He (look) at the fire and (think) o f something. 10. He (look) three or four
times at the fire and then turned his face to me; it was sad. 11. At last I found the
book, which I (look) for all day. 12. He asked me what I (look) for. 13. When I
entered the room Sir George (talk) in a loud voice. 14. She (put) aside the book
she (read) and (stand) up from the table. 15. When we went to see them last
night, they (play) chess; they said they (play) since six o'clock. 16. She felt
chilly after she (swim) for an hour. 17. They told me that Ben still (swim).

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18. He (read) before the fire for half an hour when the telephone (ring).

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Exercise 7. Use the Past Perfect or the Past Perfect Continuous of the verb

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in brackets.

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Yesterday Jim ... for Mary for h alf an hour when he finally decided to give up

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(to wait). She ... never ... so late before, so he thought she ... about their

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meeting (to be, to forget). He went to telephone to her house to find out if she ...

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(to leave). He learnt that Mary ... for him outside the cinema for half an hour

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(to wait). She ... home twice during that time (to telephone). Jim was very much

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surprised to hear it as he ... outside the cinema for half an hour too (to stand).
It was clear that Mary ... to the wrong cinema (to go). Jim ran to the cinema they
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usually went to. And indeed there she was. They ... to the cinema together for
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two months, and this was the first mistake they ... (to go, to make).
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As they ... the first part o f the film they decided to wait for the next show
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(to miss). They were awfully hungry as they ... no dinner (to have). Jim invited
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Mary to a cafe. She agreed as she ... of her tea for some time too (to think).
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Exercise 8. Put the verb in brackets into the Past Indefinite, the Past Perfect
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or the Past Perfect Continuous.

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1. She (run) downstairs to open the door, but it (be) too late. The postman already
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(go). 2. She (apologize) and (say) she already (have) lunch. 3. He (smoke) for
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10 years before he finally (give) it up last year. 4. All the roads were blocked: it
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(snow) all night long. 5. I hardly (get) off the tram when it suddenly (start)
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moving. 6. Victoria (take) a hot bath after she (work) in the garden all afternoon.
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7. When I (leave) home the snow already (stop). 8. She (say) she (teach) at this
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school for 20 years. 9. He (say) he just (finish) the book he (read) all that time.
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10. The postman (come) after lunch and (bring) me a letter which I (expect) for
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a long time. 11. It (rain) since morning, and the fields (be) quite muddy.
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Exercise 9. Open the brackets using the appropriate tense-form (the Past
Indefinite, the Past Perfect or the Past Perfect Continuous).
1. By the time I (get) to the station the train (leave). 2. Andrew's mother (be)
very angry when he (come) home late because she (worry) about him all evening.
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 3. The children (start) a fire. They (play) with matches. 4. Brenda (disappear)
before I (have) time to talk to her. 5. When I (meet) him he (work) as a plumber
for a year or so. 6. We scarcely (start) eating when there (be) another scream.
7 .1(be) very pleased when my son (find) my watch because we (look) for it for
hours. 8. Nina (think) she (leave) her purse in a locker in the changing room
the day before. 9. Karen (admit) that she (make) a mistake and (apologize).

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10. When we (get) to the airport we (hear) that they (cancel) all the flights.

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11. When Mr. Gabb (come) out of the water, he (find) that somebody (take) all

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his clothes. 12. Ann only (work) there for a few days when she (decide) to leave.
13. The label (come) off the tin and I didn't know how to cook the meat.

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14. They (get) married in 1999, just a year after they (fall) in love. 15. David
(admit) that he (hit) the other car, but (say) he (not / damage) it. 16. Jane (miss)

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the party because no one (inform) her about it. 17. Hardly Harry (start) working

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when he (realize) that he (need) to go to the library. 18. As Lucy (walk) home,

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she (try) to remember what (happen). 19. By the time Liz (be) eighteen she

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(study) English for six years. 20. We (fly) for twenty minutes when the pilot
(announce) we (have) to go back because of bad weather.
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Exercise 10. Put the verb in brackets into the Past Continuous, the Past
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Perfect or the Past Perfect Continuous.

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1. Liz (sit) on the sofa drinking tea. She was tired because she (work) very hard
all day. 2. After we (have) dinner, we went for a walk. 3. The children (sit) on the
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grass. They were out of breath. They (run) a two-kilometer race. 4. After we
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(walk) for an hour we decided to have a rest. 5. Ann's brother (study) at university
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for several years before he finally passed his exams. 6. I already (sleep) when
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my friend phoned me last night. I (be) in bed for 2 hours and it was very difficult
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for me to wake up. 7. When we went out it (not rain). The sun (shine). But it
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(rain) before, so the ground was wet. 8 .1 took my dog for a walk. It was difficult
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to keep up with him because he (run) very fast. 9. Ben got really tired in his first
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marathon because he (not run) in such a long race before. 10. After Susan (stop)
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trying to lose weight she looked much healthier. 11. We were very sad when our
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dog Spot died. We (have) him for a long time. 12.1 (go) to sleep by the time he
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arrived. 13. The house (be) empty for several years when I bought it.
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Exercise 11. Underline the correct tense.

1. We were happy to hear that we (were passing / had passed) the exam. 2. My
uncle had been the headmaster of that school for thirty years before he (had
retired / retired). 3. She (was walking / had walked) home when she saw the
accident. 4. How long ago (had you taken / did you take) this course? 5. She
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 bought the blouse because she (wanted / had wanted) to wear it to the party.
6. We (weren't / hadn't been) satisfied with our achievements then. 7 .1 (watched /
was watching) the news when the telephone rang. 8. It had been raining all day
and the roads (had been / were) very wet. 9. When (did she choose / has she
chose) to take a course in statistics? 10. Bill (had been thinking / thought) about
his answer during the lunch break. 11. George was angry. He (had been waiting /

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was waiting) for Nora for two hours. 12. The students (opened / had opened)

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their books and did the exercise. 13. The teacher (was smiling / had smiled) as

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she was reading Mary's composition. 14. It was easy for him to get lost because
he (hadn’t been / wasn't) to a big city before. 15. Tom (listened / was listening) to

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the teacher while the others (took / were taking) notes.

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Exercise 12. Choose the appropriate tense of the verbs in brackets, either

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the Past Simple, Past Perfect, Past Continuous or Past Perfect Continuous.

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1. On that day it (rain) heavily since early morning and mother (not allow) the

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children to go out. 2. John (park) his car under a "No parking" sign and (go) into
the shop. When he (come) out o f the shop ten minutes later the car (be) no
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longer there. He (wonder) if someone (steal) it or if the police (drive) it away.
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3. She (put) aside the book she (read) for half an hour and (get) up from the sofa.
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4. The whole place was deserted, but it was obvious that someone (live) there.
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5. Actually, she (not know) what (go) on in the house on that Saturday morning.
She (work) in the garden since the sun (rise). 6 .1 (live) in a bed-sitter up to then.
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7. On Wednesday Marion (go) down with pneumonia. She (look) unwell for
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several days. 8. On his table Daniel (see) a message that his partner (send) him
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a few days before. 9. The employees (feel) tired as they (work) for eighteen
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hours. 10. Did the new boss know that we (purchase) goods from that company
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for five years? 11. He (affirm) that he (be) in the service for three months already.
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12. Robert (work) for a steel factory in Sheffield for a year already when his
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family (move) to live there. 13. The plant (do) very well when its executive
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manager (decide) to retire.

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Exercise 13. Put the verb in brackets into the Past Indefinite, the Past
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Continuous, the Past Perfect or the Past Perfect Continuous.

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1. Nobody (know) where Smith (go). 2. A girl who (stand) under the beech tree
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(come) up to us. 3. Mary (speak) to Mr. Boxwell when I (see) her in the corridor
this morning. 4. John (park) the car in Fifth Avenue when a young man in black
glasses (appear) from nowhere and (stand) before him. 5. He again (come) to
the village where he (live) in his childhood. 6. While we (talk), there (come) a
loud knock at the door. 7. He (look) into the drawing-room. The old man (sleep)
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 peacefully in the armchair at the fire-place. 8. When their visitor (leave) John
and his mother (stand) near the window. 9. When he (dress), he (go) downstairs,
(write) a long letter to his parents and another to his sister. 10. She (welcome)
him with a bright smile and (turn) back to the offensive dandelions she (fight)
with. 11. While she (read) this notice, a middle-aged woman (appear) in the
doorway. 12. When he (come) back to the conference room, he (see) that the
situation (change). 13. She (sit) at the table only five minutes when a car (come).

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14. Their father (be) still silent, even when they (have) coffee. 15. The three (sit)

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down to the meal that Susan (prepare).

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Exercise 14. Put the verb in brackets into the Past Indefinite, the Past
Continuous, the Past Perfect or the Past Perfect Continuous.

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1. How your chief (find) out that you (come) to work late? 2. He told me that his

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aunt (live) with them for three months. 3. The discovery of the art o f writing

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(enable) the Ancient Egyptians to remember what their ancestors (do) before them.
4. The Romans (destroy) Jerusalem with fire and (kill) many of the inhabitants.

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5. He scarcely (get) outside the door when he (hear) Wardle's voice talking loudly.
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6. I knew right away that that was the place I (look) for all my life. 7. At nine
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o'clock that evening a long black Packard roadster (draw) up to her door, and
Amie (step) out of the front seat where he (sit) with the driver and a girl between
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them. 8 .1(shout) to him to stop, but at that moment he (run) too fast to hear. 9. He
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(pick) up the book he (read) before I (come) into the room, and (turn) the cover of
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the page to mark the place where he (stop) reading. 10. No sooner they (arrive) at
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this point than a most violent and startling knocking was heard at the door.
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Exercise 15. Complete the sentences using the Past Indefinite, the Past
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Continuous, the Past Perfect or the Past Perfect Continuous.

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1. I never (lend) a friend a large amount of money, because I always (think) it

would almost certainly be the end of the friendship. But one day I (have) a very
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good reason for borrowing money myself. I (need) an urgent operation. 2. It (snow)
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when I (get) up this morning. The children next door (make) a snowman. I quickly
(put) on my warm clothes and (race) outside to help them. 3. Our team (play)
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really well. We (win) at half time, but in the end we (lose). 4. When my mother
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(come) downstairs this morning, she couldn't believe her eyes. We (do) all the
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washing-up and (make) breakfast for her. We (work) for an hour before she
(wake) up. 5. She (live) in Oxford when she (meet) her husband. They (go) out
for two years before they (get) married. 6. Once I (tell) him the truth, I (feel)
better. For many years I (keep) it a secret. 7. It was 1 o'clock and the dog from
next door (bark) for two hours. I wondered what (happen) there. 8. She said she
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 (try) to phone me since morning, but nobody was at home. 9. No sooner I (get)
home than the telephone (ring). My mother (call). 10. When we arrived at the
station, Alex (wait) for us for half an hour already. He (wear) a white suit and
(look) very handsome.

Exercise 16. Put the verbs in brackets into the most suitable past tense.
1. Ruth (rise) early, (make) coffee and (eat) her breakfast. 2. She (become) an

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excellent player by the time she finished school. 3. The party already (start) by

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the time I (arrive). 4. She (ask) this question yesterday? 5. Their school (celebrate)
its 50th anniversary in 1998. 6 .1 (begin) to adjust to my new life at college after

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I (be) there for three months. 7.1 (review) grammar rules before the test when
my computer (start) to blink. 8. She was upset, because she (not manage) to

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prepare for the test. 9. They (be) nervous before the test yesterday? 10. What the

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director (say) to you when you were in his office? 11. He was dizzy. He (work)

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on the computer all night. 12. John (read) an economic book, while Ted (look

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through) some magazines. 13.1 do not remember exactly how long ago it (be).

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14. The boy (receive) two letters from his parents since the time he (arrive).
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15. Dave (not give) any explanation why he (be) late for school. 16. Brenda
(work) here for a year before she left to go to the university. 17. He (drive) to
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work at this time yesterday morning. 18.1 already (eat) breakfast by the time the
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others (wake up). 19. It (rain) for two days when suddenly the sun (come out).
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20. They already (see) the film twice at the cinema when she (rent) it on video.
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21. The teacher (teach) the students how to use past tenses yesterday. 22. The
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cousins (go) to the Crimea for their holidays last summer. 23. They (play) tennis
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on the sports ground when the weather (change). 24. After I had finished my
homework, I (leave) the library. 25. Everybody (dance) in the hall when electricity
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suddenly (go off). 26. By the time he (find) what he wanted he (spend) all the
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money. 27. A fire (break out) in a residence hall where a number of students (stay).
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Exercise 17. Put the verbs in brackets into the most suitable past tense.
Cara (1 go) to the department store and (2 return) the dress she (3 buy). She
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(4 return) home after the clerk (5 refund) her money. After she (6 eat) her dinner,
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she (7 begin) to watch a movie on television. She (8 change) from Channel 7 to

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Channel 4 because she (9 see) already the movie on Channel 7.

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After she (10 watch) the movie for a while, she (11 become) bored. She just
(12 turn off) the set when the telephone (13 ring). By the time she (14 answer) it,
the person on the other end (15 hang up). It was getting late so she (16 decide) to
take a shower and go to bed. She scarcely (17 get) undressed when someone
(18 knock) at the door. After she (19 put on) her robe, she (20 open) the door
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 and she (21 discover) that someone (22 leave) her a package. After she (open)
the package, she 24 (be) surprised to see a birthday card and a beautiful scarf.

Exercise 18. Translate into English.

1. Она смертельно поссорилась со своим мужем десять минут назад. 2. На
старой даме было бархатное платье, которое не видело света двадцать лет.

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3. Гости ушли. Теперь они сидели одни перед камином в гостиной. 4. Люди,

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которых она встречала по дороге домой, улыбались ей и спрашивали, как

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она провела отпуск. 5. Я думаю, он показал мне около тридцати картин.
Это был результат шести лет, в течение которых он рисовал. 6. Она боль­

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ше не получала от него писем. Он перестал писать за три года до этого.
7. Я переписал письмо от Элизы, положил его в конверт и пошел на почту. Снег

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прекратился. Когда я вернулся, я выпил чаю и сел к пианино. 8. Она изучала

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искусство рисования три года, прежде чем стала работать в издательстве.

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9. Когда я вчера принимала ванну, как всегда, зазвонил телефон. 10. Перед

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отъездом мы зашли к мисс Чандлер. Мы не видели ее некоторое время, и моя
сестра заметила, что она сильно изменилась. 11. Не успели они проехать и
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пяти миль, как их остановила полиция. 12. Он путешествовал уже два дня, но
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выглядел свежим и не чувствовал усталости. 13. Буря утихла, и опять светило

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солнце. 14. Мистер Мэтлок посмотрел на своего сына, его взгляд смягчился.
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Exercise 19. Replace the infinitives in brackets by the past indefinite, the
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present or the past perfect tense forms, or the present perfect continuous
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or past perfect continuous tense forms.

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1. This noise (to go) on since I (to sit) here. 2. Soviet biologists (to study) this
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problem for many years. 3. The children (to live) with their aunt since the mother
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(to fall) ill. 4. We (to climb) for six hours when we at last (to reach) the summit
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of the mountain. 5. "I (to wait) a long time for you," said my companion with a
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displeased air. I (to pull) out my watch and (to show) it to him. He (to apologize)
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saying that his watch (to be) fast. 6. We (to know) each other since I (to come)
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to live in this house. 7. For a long time you (to promise) to give me those
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books. 8. What you (to do) in my absence? I (to read) Byron. - Show me the
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poem you (to read). 9. He (to study) for two hours, tell him to rest a little.
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Exercise 20. Complete the sentences using the Past Indefinite, the Present
Perfect, the Present Perfect Continuous, the Past Perfect or the Past Perfect
Continuous.
1. When 1 was speaking to the girl I (realize) that I (meet) her somewhere before.
2. My grandfather used to talk to me for hours about all the interesting things he
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 (do) in his youth. 3. You know, I (do) housework all day today. I (clean) all the
rooms in the flat. 4. It's the first time all the family (be) together since Sally's
birthday. 5. Where you (be)? I (look) for you for the last 20 minutes. 6. Granny
could see that the child (cry) for some time. 7. Where is Mary? - I (not see) her
today, but she (tell) David that she would be in for dinner. 8. It's 4 already & I'm
really hungry. I (not have) any breakfast & I (not have) time to go out for anything

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to eat this afternoon. 9. We (wait) there for some 20 minutes when a passer-by

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(tell) us that we were at the wrong crossroads. 10. Ifs one o f the most interesting

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films I ever (see). 11. We just (be) to the film "Gone with the wind". You (see) it?
- No, I haven’t. Is it like the book? - 1 (not read) the book. - 1 (read) it when I was

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still a schoolgirl & (enjoy) it greatly. 12. He (arrive) late because he (not realize)
the streets would be so slippery. 13. The lesson already (start) when he arrived.

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14. Alan is a good basketball player. He (play) basketball since he was 10.

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15. Robert (feel) nervous when he first drove in England because he (not drive) on

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the left before. 16. This is the only time I ever (see) her cry. 17.1 (walk) for about
half an hour when it suddenly (start) to rain. 18. We got to the station at 10, but the

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train already (leave). 19. I'm so tired. I (do) Christmas shopping all day. 20. It was
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the second time he (be) in love that year. 21. Martin's hands were dirty. He (clean)
his bike. 22. You (finish) painting the bedroom yet? - Yes, I (do) it last weekend.
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[Link] (decide) what you're going to do when you leave school? - Well, I (not make)
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up my mind yet. 24. Tom (fall) asleep in class in the morning. He (dance) in the
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disco till 6 am. 25. The baby's face was red. It (scream) for hours.
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Exercise 21. Choose the appropriate tense of the verbs in brackets.

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1. The train not yet (to arrive), but a lot o f people (to stand) on the platform.
2. When I (to leave) home, the snow already (to stop), but an icy wind still (to
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blow). 3. The pain already (to go) but the child still (ito cry). 4. The lesson not yet
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(to begin) and the children (to talk) loudly in the corridor. 5. I (to run). That's
why I look hot. 6. Clouds (to gather) all day and now rain came down in sheets.
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7. When we left home a strong wind (to blow), the snow (to whirl) in the wind.
8. The postman (to come) today? - Yes, he (to come). He (to bring) me a letter
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which I (to expect) for a long time. 9. It (to be) nearly eleven o'clock when we
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(to set) off on our four-mile walk home. 10. It (to be) nine o'clock when the
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doctor, having finished his evening meal, (to draw) his chair to the fire. 11. He
(to be) back for two months before I (to see) him.
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Exercise 22. Choose the right tenses (past simple, past continuous, present
perfect, past perfect, present perfect continuous or past perfect continuous).
1. Reports are coming in that a train (crash) near Birmingham. According
to eyewitnesses, it (hit) a concrete block which somebody (put) on the line.
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 2. Halfway to the office Paul (turn) round and (go) back home, because he
(forget) to turn off the gas. 3 .1(do) housework all day today. I haven't finished yet.
4. I (lie) in bed thinking about getting up when the doorbell (ring). 5. It wasn't
surprising that she (start) getting toothache. She (not go) to the dentist for two
years. 6 .1(play) a lot of bridge recently. 7. When I (get) home everybody (watch)
TV. 8. We (not see) your mother for ages. 9. How long you (learn) English?
10. London (change) a lot since we first (come) to live here. 11. 'How many

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times you (see) this film?' 'This is the first time I (see) it.' 12. 'Who's that?' 'I never

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(see) him before in my life.' 1 3 .1 hear Joe (get) married last month. 1 4 .1 often
(wonder) where she (get) her money. 15. You (read) Pam Marshall's latest book?

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16. They just (discover) a new fuel - it's half the price of petrol, and much cleaner.
17. You (hear) the storm last month? 18. My sister (be) married three times.

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19. While she (talk) on the phone the children (start) fighting and (break) her

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favourite vase. 20. He used to talk to us for hours about all the interesting things

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he (see) in his life. 21. You know, she (stand) looking at that picture for the last
twenty minutes. 2 2 .1 (spend) a lot of time travelling since I (get) this new job.

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23. When I (meet) him he (work) as a waiter for a year or so. 24. When I (be) at
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school we all (study) Latin. 25. You (finish) with the bathroom yet?
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THE FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE

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Exercise 1. Use the Future Perfect Continuous.

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1. By next year we (live) in this city for twenty-five years. 2. By the end of this
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month we (learn) this language for ten years. 3. By this time next week, he (work)
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on this book for a year. 4. When my daughter goes to school we (live) here for
over five years. 5. Do you realize that on September 15, you (repair) our car for
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three months? 6. If nobody stops him, he (grumble) for hours. 7. We (fly) non-stop
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for three hours before we get to London tomorrow. 8 .1(write) my course paper for
two months before I defend it. 9. The children (play) out of doors the whole evening
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till their parents return home. 10. We (admire) the beauty of Italy for two weeks
before we come home. 11. By the time he arrives, I (pick) apples in our garden for
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two hours. 12. My mother (sit) in front of the TV-set for the whole evening till
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I come home. 13. By the end o f this year I (live) in England for three years.
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14. I (cook) for a few hours before the guests arrive. 15. The children (decorate)
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the New-Year tree for the whole evening before they go to bed.

Exercise 2. Use the Future Perfect Continuous or the Future Perfect.

1. By the end of March he (live) here for three years. 2. They will be tired when
they get there. They (travel) all day. 3. They (have) lunch by the time we arrive.
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 4 .1 (work) for this company for thirty years by the end of October. 5. They (stay)
here for five weeks by Monday. 6. By tea time she (play) tennis for three hours.
7. By next June Ann (study) in London for a year. 8. The children (sleep) for
eight hours by breakfast time. 9. How long you (study) in this group by February?
10.1 (write) my homework by six o'clock. 11. They (complete) the new bridge
by the end o f the year. 12. By the end o f this week, I (wait) for three months
for my car to be repaired. 13.1 hope I (finish) this report by the end of the day.

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14. She (leave) for work before the children get home from school. 15. He (work)

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in the North for two years by the time he retires. 16. By the end of the year he
(climb) 10 mountains. He (climb) for ten years by that time. 17. By the end of this

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month I (save) for three years, and I hope I (buy) a new car by my wife's birthday.

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Continuous Tense.

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1. By the end o f next week my wife (do) her spring-cleaning and we will all be

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able to relax again. 2. I usually make a lot of apple jam in summer. I (make)

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about 200 kilos by the end of the summer. 3. In two months' time he (finish) his
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preliminary training and will be starting his work. 4. He spends all his spare
time planting trees. He says by the end o f next year he (plant) 2,000. 5 .1 will
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be back again at the end of next month. I hope I (pass) my driving test by then.
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If I have, I will meet your train. 6. Come back in an hour. I (do) my packing by
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then and we will be able to have a talk. 7. When he reaches the lake he (walk)
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for 6 hours. 8. He is only 35 but he has started losing his hair already. He (lose)
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it all by the time he is 50. 9. By the end of next year I (work) for the firm for 15
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years. 10. Our committee is trying to raise money to buy a new lifeboat. By the
end of the year, we (send) out 5,000 letters asking for contributions. 11. By the
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time the polls close, how many people, do you think, (vote) in this election?
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12. On 11 October the Pattersons (live) here for ten years. 13. The company
(build) 500 houses by the end of the decade. 14. Between now and Christmas
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the doctor (treat) at least 500 patients. 15. Scientists claim that the sea level
(rise) three centimetres before the year of 2015.
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Exercise 4. Use the Future Perfect Continuous or the Future Perfect.

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Bill: Do you know, Joan, next month I (live) in this house for 25 years?
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Joan: Yes, and my family and yours (be) neighbours for 25 years, too.
The (have) 25 years together without any quarrels or trouble.
Bill: Yes, and how long your family (be) in this town?
Joan: Well, my father was bom here, so in March, when he has his birthday,
he (complete) 48 years here.
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 Bill: How is your father's work getting on?
Joan: When he has finished the house he is building now,
he (build) six houses this year.
Bill: That's good. When he (finish) this house?
Joan: By the end o f November, probably. He (work) on it for two
and a half months by then. By the end of this year he (build) houses

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for twenty years.

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Bill: My father (be) a doctor for sixteen years next June,

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and he (work) in this town for eight years next January.

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Joan: You (finish) your medical studies by 2016?

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Bill: I (graduate) from the University, I hope;

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but I (not do) my hospital work yet. By the summer o f 2016

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I (study) medicine for five years.
Joan: Well, by that time I (finish) my studies and I (work) as a teacher

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for a year, I hope.

Exercise 5. Translate into English.

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1. К тому времени, как он закончит университет, его родители проработа­
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ют в Южной Африке два года. 2. Мы будем рекламировать эти товары

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несколько месяцев к тому времени, как они появятся на рынке. 3. На буду­

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щий год к этому времени она будет изучать немецкий уже два года. 4. К тому
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времени, когда она приедет, я уже буду жить здесь в течение двух лет.
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ца. 6. Сколько времени они будут показывать этот фильм, пока ты не при­
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везешь новый? 7. К пяти часам я буду разгадывать этот кроссворд уже два
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часа. 8. К тому времени, когда он приедет в Лондон, он будет ехать пять

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часов без остановки. 9. К следующему году моя мама будет преподавать

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английский двадцать лет. 10. Я уверена, что мы будем жить в этом старом
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доме много лет, пока мы не купим новый.

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Exercise 6. Put the verbs into the Present Indefinite or the Future Indefinite,
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the Present Perfect or the Future Perfect, the Future Continuous or the
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Future Perfect Continuous tense.

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1.1think she (hear) all about it by the time I (see) her. 2 .1promise, I (finish) this
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book by the weekend and then I (give) it to you. 3. The children (be) hungry
when they (get) in because they (run) about all afternoon. 4. This government
(be) in power for eight years soon but I don't think they (win) the next election.
5. You (have) breakfast yet? If not, I (make) you something. 6. Don't phone
them now. They (not get) home yet. They probably (get) back at about half past
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 eight. 7. I think they (finish) building the house by the time the winter (come)
and then we (move) in by the New Year. 8. I expect they (be) tired when you
(see) them because they (work) all day. 9. If I (come) and (see) the film with you
on Saturday, I (see) it six times. But it's the best film I ever (see). I think you
(love) it. 10. Why don't you come round at 9 o'clock? The children (go) to bed
by that time so it (be) nice and peaceful. 11. They might be tired when you see
them because they (work) hard since morning. 12. We hope that life in this

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region (return) to normal within a couple of months, although it (take) many

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years before they (repair) the structural and emotional damage of the war.
13. You (lend) me your season ticket? - 1 (not lend) it to you because it's against

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the law. 14. When I (get) home, my dog (sit) at the door waiting for me. I (feed)
the dog before I (go) to bed. 15. You (have) lunch with me tomorrow? - I'd love

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to, but I'm afraid I (do) my exam at that time. 16. He spends all his spare time

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planting trees. He says that by the end o f next year he (plant) more than one

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thousand. 17. I hope they (repair) this road by the time we (come) here next

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summer. 18. I'm going to Hyde Park to hear the people making speeches. - By

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the time you (get) there they (finish) their speeches and everybody (go) home.
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19. In the future more and more people (use) mobile telephones. It's the first
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time I (use) this telephone today. 20. I hope you (inform) me as soon as the
director (sign) my application. - Don't worry I think he (sign) it by tomorrow.
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Exercise 7. Use an appropriate Future tense where necessary.

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1. What you (say) if you see her? 2. We (work) at this problem for a month when
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you visit us a second time. 3. The Stones (be) married for thirty years in May.
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4. By the end of the month she (work) in this company for three years. 5. Why
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don't you come with us? We (go) to have a lot of fun. 6. The children (be) really
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hungry when they (get) home because they (run) around all afternoon without any
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food. 7 .1 (not go) to speak to her until she (apologize). 8. You (be) sick if you eat
more chocolate. 9. By the time you (get) back, all the food (go). 10. You (not be) able
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to enter the building if you (not have) your identity card. 11. When I (learn) a thousand
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English words, I (be) able to read a newspaper? 12. The film (not finish) until midnight.
13. She (cook) dinner for us by the time we (get) home. 14.1(hope) you (not forget)
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your promise by tomorrow. 15. By Christmas I (work) in this office for ten years.
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16. A new video shop (open) today. I (meet) my friends there this afternoon.
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Exercise 8. Open the brackets using an appropriate Future tense where

necessary.
1. By the end of the month I (work) for this firm for a year. 2 . 1 don't think I can
join you because my aunt and uncle (stay) with us this weekend. 3. You don't
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 work in class! I (phone) your mother about this. 4 .1 (watch) television from eight
o'clock to midnight. 5. When you (repair) my bike, Daddy? —I (do) it tomorrow if
I have time. 6. It's so crowded in here. I think, I (faint). - 1 (take) you outside for a
while. 7 .1 don't know when the concert (be) over. 8 .1(live) there for five years next
February. 9. By the end of the summer he (teach) me to work with the computer.
10. Have a good time in Italy! - Thanks. I (send) you a postcard. 11.1 think you

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(like) Nick when you meet him. 1 2 .1 (cook) spaghetti in case you get hungry

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13. They (move) to a new flat next week. 14. This time tomorrow I (lie) on the

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beach. 15. If you ask I am sure he (offer) to help. 16. What you (do) tomorrow
evening? 17. Either you keep quiet or I (have) to ask you to leave. 18. We both hope

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that your leg (be) better in a couple o f weeks and you (be) able to come to the
wedding. 19. If he doesn't come I (be) upset. 2 0 .1 (take) my sun-glasses in case it is

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sunny. 21. The bus (leave) at eight o'clock on Monday morning. 22. As soon as I (hear)

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the results I (let) you know. 23. Look at the sun! It (go) to be a hot day tomorrow.

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24. When the train (arrive) tomorrow night? 25. You (work) late tomorrow night?
26. This parcel looks heavy. I (take) it to the post office for you. 27. You (have) to stay

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at home until you (get) rid of your bad cough. 28. According to the weather forecast
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snow (fall) by the end of December. 29. They (not go) to the football match tomorrow,
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because they (work) at that time. 30. By the time you (get) back, Simon (leave).
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REVISION: THE ACTIVE VOICE

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Exercise 1. Translate into English.

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1. В моей библиотеке так много прекрасных книг, но я прочитал только по­

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ловину из них. 2. Экзамены приближаются, и я выучила почти весь матери­

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ал. 3. Как только наступит осень, мы пойдем в лес собирать грибы и ягоды.
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4. Аэропорт был закрыт, так как целую неделю шел сильный снег. 5. - Вы
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когда-нибудь работали с компьютерами? - Да, конечно, я интересуюсь ими.

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6. Фрукты очень полезны, в них так много витаминов. 7. Служащий напом­

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нил нам, что компания оплатила все счета. 8. Какие у меня замечательные
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студенты! Предполагаю, что они сделают большие успехи в английском язы­

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ке. 9. Гости приезжают к нам завтра, а у нас мало хлеба, тебе придется пойти
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и купить немного. 10. В поезде было немного народу. Некоторые читали,

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другие спали, дети смотрели в окно. 1 1 ,- Какая сегодня погода? - Солнеч­

но, такая погода заставляет людей чувствовать себя счастливыми. 12. Когда
ты купила новые туфли? - О, я приобрела их в начале зимы. 13 . - Вам при­
дется подождать. Тестируют последнего студента. 14. Учитель рассмеялся и
сказал, что он тоже получал плохие оценки в школе.
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1. Перед зданием нашего университета есть красивая церковь. Рабочие
отреставрировали ее 5 лет назад. 2. —Мне так нравится твое кольцо! Оно у
тебя давно? - О, оно у меня уже много лет. Я его купила, когда была в
Индии. 3. Когда дети вышли из дома, то они вспомнили, что не выключи­
ли телевизор. 4. Я не могу взять эти деньги и потратить их. Я их не

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заработал. 5. Пока она гладила брюки, он слушал радио. Последние ново­

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сти были интересными. 6. Нет ничего трудного в этой задаче. Тебе просто

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нужно немного подумать. 7. Я умираю от голода. Я с утра ничего не ел.
8. В моей жизни существует так много проблем, и я еще не решил, что де­

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лать. 9. Шел дождь, когда мы расстались, но когда мы подъехали к дому, он
уже прекратился. 10. Туристы были довольны, так как гид очень хорошо

А.
спланировал программу. 11. Учитель прокомментировал контрольные ра­

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боты своих учеников и сказал, что трое из них получили высшие оценки.

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12. Мы слышали, что он опубликовал новый роман год назад. Вы его чита­

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ли? О чем он? 13. Мы слышали, как он громко разговаривал со своим ше­
фом. Они опять спорили.
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III
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1. Когда я пришел в университет, то обнаружил, что профессор заболел.

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2. Сведения, которые он только что получил, интересуют всех. 3. Сегодня

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я не выходила из дома, так как идет дождь и у меня много дел. 4. Она
считает, что он самый красивый, самый умный, самый лучший человек на
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свете. 5. - В слове "грамматика" две буквы "м"? - Да. - Какая досада!

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Я опять сделала ошибку. 6. - Мне позвонить врачу? - О, нет, не нужно.

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Мне уже гораздо лучше. 7. Ты не знаешь, где черная сумка? Я нигде не

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могу ее найти. 8. - Когда уезжает ваш брат? - Он планирует улететь завтра,

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если ничего не случится. 9. - У тебя есть деньги на обед? - Есть немного,

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но их не хватит даже на бутерброд. 10. Когда солнце встает в Париже, в

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Мексике еще ночь. 11. Он сказал, что ждет нас уже полтора часа. 12. Если
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пойдет дождь и будет ветрено, то старые люди опять будут плохо себя чув­
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ствовать. 13. Ты идешь с нами? Мы не можем ждать, у нас очень мало

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времени. 14. - У тебя есть билеты на концерт? - Нет еще, но я собираюсь

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попросить друга купить их.

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IV
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1. Он предложил детям пойти в зоопарк, так как он не был там с детства.

2. Я знаю его хорошо. Я знаю его всю жизнь. 3. - В какое время люди
обычно обедают в вашей стране? - Обычно от двух до четырех. 4. —Где вы
были вчера в это время? - Я писал сочинение в библиотеке. 5. Я давно не
ввдел своих старых друзей. 6. У моих соседей нет телевизора, и поэтому
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 у них много времени для чтения и прогулок. 7. Какая великолепная сегод­
ня погода! Давайте выйдем и прогуляемся по улицам. 8. Я просмотрела
все журналы, но не нашла статью, которая меня интересует. 9. Критики сей­
час так много говорят об этом режиссере. Он так талантлив! 10. Ты права!
Ее волосы действительно очень красивы, они длинные и блестящие. 1 1 .-
Сколько вам требуется времени, чтобы добраться до станции метро? - Мне

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требуется 5 минут автобусом или полчаса пешком. 12. Он не самый луч­

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ший, но и не самый худший человек, кого я когда-либо встречал. 13. -

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Новости сегодня интересные? - Жаль, но никаких новостей еще не по­

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ступало. 14. —Ваш сын не много читает, не так ли? - К сожалению, не

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могу заставить его читать больше. 15. Они уже приняли решение. Невоз­

А.
можно предпринять что-то, чтобы помочь им. 16. - Наконец мы прибыли

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в Лондон. Я так счастлив. Я всегда хотел посетить столицу Великобрита­
нии. - И я тоже. 17. Интересно, получили ли они письма, которые мы от­

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правили в прошлый понедельник.

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Exercise 2. Use the most suitable tense of the verbs in brackets.
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TEXT 1
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BAD LUCK
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David Williams (to have) such a terrible time this year that he ought to be in the
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Guinness Book of Records. The trouble (to start) one morning last January when
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David (to find) that his cat (to go) from outside his house. He (not to see) it
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since. In March he (to buy) a new car, but he (not to have) it more than a week
when someone (to crash) into the back of it. These disasters (to continue) right
би

up to the present time. Two days ago David (to sit) on a bench that someone
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(to finish) painting only a few minutes before. He (to wear) a new suit he
хи

(to buy) only the previous week. The worst thing happened in August. David
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(to spend) 3 days of his holiday at the airport because of strikes. When he (to arrive)
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home finally, he (to discover) that someone (to break) into his house. His video­
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recorder and television (to disappear). David doesn't know what he (to do) to
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deserve all this bad luck. He just (to hope) his luck will change soon.
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TEXT 2
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INVITATION TO DINNER
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Dear Ann,
You (to be) free to come to dinner here on Saturday next at 8.00? My brother Paul
(to come) and (to bring) a friend of his called Tom Edwards. You (not to meet)
Tom but I (to think) you (to like) him. He is an assistant stage manager at the Gate
Theatre and (to be able) to tell you about the actors. Paul says Tom (not to receive)
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 much salary and often (not to get) enough to eat, so he (to ask) me to have roast
beef and Yorkshire pudding for diner. He probably (to ring up) between now
and Saturday to say that it (to be) a good idea to start with soup. I (to know) you
usually (not to eat) such meals, but I hope you (to enjoy) the conversation.
Anyway, come if you (to be able).
Love, Mary

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TEXT 3

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A REMARKABLE BOOK

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Once, while I (to walk) in a park of London, I (to see) an old strange-looking

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man. He (to sit) on a bench holding a closed book in his hands. I (to sit) on the

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bench and (to look) at the book.

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1 (to see) that the book (to be) of great interest. It (to be) a very old copy of early

А.
Byron's works. I (to look) at the old man in surprise and (to understand) that he

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(to know) I (to sit) on the bench because of him and the book he (to hold) in his

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hands, I (to smile). "It is the last I (to have)" - he said and (to stretch) it out to me.

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I (to take) it with the words: "I (to be) a lover of old books". I (to open) this small
book and (to look) at the date. "Oh", I said. "It (to be) a remarkable book".
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"Yes”, he (to sigh). "I (to have) to sell it to buy the necessities o f life. I (to have)
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a hard life and this book always (to be) a comfort to me".
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I (to nod) and (to think) that I never (to see) such a remarkable book.
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THE PASSIVE VOICE

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Exercise 1. Change the form of the verbs in the sentences from the active
into the passive voice.
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1. We turn on the light when it's dark. 2. The students finished their translation
ар

in time. 3. Helen washed the dishes. 4. Betty often took Benny to the park.
5. Mother has made some coffee. 6. Have you ironed your dress yet? 7. Nina
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mispronounced the word. 8. We pronounce the consonant with aspiration. 9. We

form the Present Perfect Tense with the help of the auxiliary verb 'to have'. 10. They
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told her the truth. 11. She promised me a book. 12. She's cooked the cake very
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well. 13. One uses chalk for writing on the blackboard. 14. I'll finish my work at
кт
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about seven. 15. Somebody is cleaning the room at the moment. 16. Someone
has opened the door. 17. One of my friends took me to the pictures last week.
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18. They'll meet me at the station. 19. Mother was cleaning the room when
I arrived. 20. We shall finish this work in time. 21. They didn't invite me to the
birthday party because they didn't know I was in Moscow. 22. She's given me an
English book. 23. They didn't turn off the light. 24. Have you written the letter yet?
25. Suddenly I heard footsteps behind me. The boy was following me. 26. You
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 should open the wine about three hours before you use it. 27. You must not
hammer nails into the walls without permission. 28. They are pulling down the
old building. 29. The organizers will exhibit the paintings till the end o f August.
[Link] judge gave him a month in which to pay the fine. 31. They feed the
tigers at the zoo twice a day. 32. The author has written a special edition for
women. 33. Did the idea interest you? 34. Previous climbers had cut steps in the
rock. 35. Someone will serve coffee. 36. Members may keep books for three

а
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weeks. After that they must return them. 37. I've bought a piano. They are

еш
delivering it now. 38. Who wrote it? 39. He expected us to offer him the position.
40. They will say nothing more about the matter if someone returns the stolen gun.

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Exercise 2. Change the form of the verbs in the sentences from the passive

А.
into the active voice. Think of new subjects in the sentences.

А.
I. The light has not been switched off. 2. The boy was punished for something.

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3. The dictation was written without mistakes. 4. His work had been finished by
3 o'clock yesterday. 5. Her dress was washed and ironed. 6 .1 was not invited to

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the party. 7. The work wasn't finished in time. 8. This house was built last year.
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9. Excuse the mess: the house is being painted. 10. The letter has just been sent.
М

II. This article will be translated. 12. When will this book be read? 13. The
room was cleaned and aired. 14. Have all these books been read? 15.1 felt I was
и
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being watched. 16. She showed me the article which had been translated by her
т

brother. 17.1 shan't be allowed to go there. 18. Everything will have been done by
ио

Tuesday. 19. English is spoken here. 20. He's been told everything. 21. A great
бл

deal o f property is destroyed by tornadoes every year. 22. A lot of buildings

би

were ruined by the hurricane. 23. Several new proposals were being considered
в

by the MPs. 24. Some new equipment has been ordered by the company. 25. These
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papers should be signed by Mr. Ritz. 26. The works of art have been examined
ар

by the experts. 27. The papers will have been received by Daniel by tomorrow.
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28. My girl-friend is being interviewed on TV now. 29. Our bags were being
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carried by Bob and Jack. 30. Is the service charge included?

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Exercise 3. Make the sentences passive. Use by... only if it is necessary to

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say who does/did the action.

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1. Shakespeare wrote 'Hamlet'. 2. They have arrested her for shoplifting. 3. They
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are repairing your car now. 4. People in Chile speak Spanish. 5. Has anybody
asked Peter? 6. My mother made this ring. 7. Electricity drives this car. 8. Somebody
will tell you where to go. 9. A drunken motorist knocked her down. 10. The
Chinese invented paper. 11. They don’t sell stamps in bookshops. 12. The directors
are still considering your application.
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 Exercise 4. Read a sentence and then write another sentence with the same
meaning.
1. The bill includes the service. The service ... in the bill. 2. People don’t use
this road very often. This road . . . . 3. They cancelled all flights because of fog.
All flights .... 4. Somebody accused me of stealing the money. I .... 5. They are
building a new ring-road round the city. A new ring-road . . . . 6 . 1 didn't realize
that someone was recording our conversation. I didn't realize that our conversation

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... .7 . They have changed the date o f the meeting. The date o f the meeting ....

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8. Brian told me that somebody had attacked and robbed him in the street. Brian
told me th a t... .9. They didn't offer Ann the job. Ann .. . . 10. We will send you

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your examination results as soon as they are ready. Your examination results ...
to you as soon as they are ready.

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А.
Exercise 5. Correct any verb forms which are impossible or inappropriate.

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1. A lot of homes in the area have been being broken into by burglars. 2. As I drove

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south, I could see that the old road was rebuilding. 3 . 1 suppose the letter will

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have been delivered by now. 4. Jim was been given the sack from his new job.
ГУ
5. Somehow without my noticing my wallet had been disappeared. 6. The new
М

shopping center has been being opened by the local MP. 7. Harry is been
questioned by the police about the accident now. 8. A lot of meetings have been
ки

held, but nothing has being decided yet. 9. Last week it is decided not to have an
те

office party after all. 10. The letter was being sent by post on the 21st of last
ио

month.
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Exercise 6. Open the brackets, using the necessary tenses in the Passive
в

Voice.
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1. Dictionaries may not (use) at the examination. 2. I'm not wearing my black
ар

shoes today. They (mend). 3. This room (use) only on special occasions. 4. Bicycles
must not (leave) in the hall. 5. He (take) to hospital this afternoon, and (operate)
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on tomorrow morning. 6. The damaged buildings (reconstruct) now, the

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reconstruction (finish) by the end of the year. 7. The paintings (exhibit) till the
end of the month. 8. She heard footsteps, she thought she (follow). 9. Normally
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кт

this street (sweep) every day, but it (not sweep) yesterday. 10. Thousands of new
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houses (build) every year. 11. Why don't you use your car? - It (repair) now,
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I had a bad accident a week ago. - Anybody (hurt)? 12. My keys (return) to me
yesterday; they (pick) up in the street. 13. The living-room (sweep), (mop) and
(dust). It is clean now. 14. We (tell) to wait because the man (question) in the
room. 15. If he comes in you (find) looking through his papers. 16. The boxes
(not pack) yet. 17. Your food still (prepare). 18. Luckily by the time we got there
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 the painting (not sell). 19. We had to go on holiday because our house (decorate).
20. I'm afraid that next week's meeting (cancel). 21. If we don't hurry, all the
tickets (sell) by the time we get there. 22. All main courses (serve) with vegetables
or salad. 23. The cathedral (build) in the fourteenth century. 24. Nothing (see) of
Pauline since her car (find) abandoned near Newbury last week. 25. The Tower
of London formerly (use) as a prison.

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Exercise 7. Use the verb in brackets in the appropriate form.

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1. For the first two minutes he (occupy) with eating; then as his appetite (quiet),
he took his time. 2. Why nothing (do) about it at the time? 3. You can't go in. She

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(interview) for the TV. 4. I had a most unpleasant feeling that I (watch). 5. She
looked a different girl. Her face (wash), her hair (comb). 6. We could still see

А.
А.
the tracks where the car (drag) off the road. 7. You can't use the office at the
moment, it (redecorate). 8. A new metro line (construct) now. One of its stations

и
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(build) in our street. 9. Like many medieval cities, Moscow developed round the

им
walls of a stronghold. First a brick wall (build) around the merchants' quarter
which (know) as Kitaigorod, then, in the 16th century, a new wall (erect) round
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the so-called Bely Gorod. 10. Maize (use) by many peoples of the world to
М

make their bread. 11. The house (lock) up before they set off. 12. Wherever
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I went I found evidence that the camp (leave) only a short time before we arrived.
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13. The place looked wonderful. Everything (prepare) for the ball. 14. Evidently
the tea (sweeten) before I put sugar into it. 15. The student (ask) to tell the story
ио

again. 16. Progress (make) every day in the world of science. 17. He saw that
бл

the table (push) into the corner. 18. Empty bottles must (throw) away, the sooner
би

the better. 19. Photographs (take) after the ceremony. 2 0 .1 never (speak) to like
в

that before. 21. In some countries women still (deny) the right to vote. 22. My
хи

uncle recently (make) a captain. 23. We (suppose) to take your remark seriously?
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24. The newspaper (deliver) before I got up this morning. 25. Smoking (not
й

allow) in this part of the building. 2 6 .1 phoned the police when I found out that
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my passport (steal). 27. The National Gallery (restore) at the moment. 28. When
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I entered the room Richard still (examine). 29. We can't take the car yet: it still
р

(repair). 30. The windows are really dirty: they (not clean) for years.
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Exercise 8. Supply appropriate prepositions.

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1. Though the question had been discussed for a long time no decision was
arrived .... 2. The visit of this delegation is widely commented ... in the
newspapers. 3. He left for Australia five years ago and hasn't been heard ...
since. 4. I'm sure your idea of spending the week-end in town will be strongly
objected .... 5. Unfortunately our work was constantly interfered .... 6. His
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 presence at the meeting will be insisted .... 7. Don't say foolish things. You will
be laughed .... 8. Mr. Brown is such an experienced lecturer. I'm sure he will be
listened ... with great attention when he gives his lecture on Modem Art. 9 .1felt
I was being looked ... and turned around. 10. The children should be looked ...
better. They look so grubby. 11. The key has been looked ... since morning but
it's nowhere to be found. 12. A shop was broken ... last night. A man was seen

а
leaving it. 13. He was knocked ... by a bus and taken to hospital. 14. The roof

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was blown ... by a gust of wind. 15. The matter will be dealt ... as soon as

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possible. 16. Nobody likes to be shouted .... 17. Mr. Sakson has been sent ...

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and he will soon come. 18. This newspaper article is often referred .... 19. He

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can never be relied .... Whenever he makes a promise he always breaks it.

А.
20. There was a road accident last night. An elderly man was run ... by a car and

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was badly injured. 21. Where have you been all this time? You have been asked
... more than once. 22. When they realized that the child was running a high

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temperature the doctor was s e n t... immediately.

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Exercise 9. Supply the required passive forms of the verbs in brackets.
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1. Meg (look) upon as a perfect wife for a clergyman. 2. After his brother's
М

departure Paul sat for a long time thinking about what (say). 3. "I'm not prepared,"
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my father said, "to listen to your suggestions that you never (treat) fairly at
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school." 4. "Remember, I (pay) by an hour," grumbled the driver. 5. But there

ио

were signs that order (restore) in the town. 6. Well, what (do) about it, Ted?
7. He went into the bedroom. The bed (turn) down for the night by the maid
бл

many hours before. 8. Please, find out if our father (see) to leave. 9. She could
би

have gone to Cambridge if she had wanted, she (offer) a scholarship. 10. On
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Friday she (give) two weeks' notice at the Works. 11:1 found the idea of going to
хи

Hereford very upsetting because I (promise) a very nice job a couple of weeks
ар

before. 12. Not far away she noticed the film manager in whose office she once
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(make) to feel so ridiculous. 13. "You must be very prosperous, Eustace, to own
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a car like that." - "This car (lend) to me by an American woman." 14.1wondered

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to what extent she (influence) by his name to accept his offer. 15. Such are
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matters that (deal) with in Mr. Burrough's book.

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Exercise 10. Translate into English.

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1. На этой фабрике делают очень красивые сумки. 2. Ее отправили в боль­

ницу два дня тому назад. 3. Это упражнение можно написать карандашом.
4. Все ваши сочинения будут возвращены на следующей неделе. 5. Тебя
ищут. Иди домой. 6. Почему над ним всегда смеются? 7. Лекции этого
знаменитого профессора всегда слушают с большим интересом. 8. Эти
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 письма просмотрены. Их можно отправлять. 9. Эти книги используют­
ся для работы? 10. Когда читали новый рассказ, кто-то постучал в дверь.
11. Вас уже пригласили на вечер? 12. Когда мама пришла, обед был уже
сварен. 13. Статья будет переведена к пяти часам. 14. Где сейчас ваш брат?
- Его послали во Францию. 15. Этот мост еще строится. Он строился, ког­
да я его увидел в первый раз. 16. Эти цветы только что сорвали. 16. К тому
времени, как он приехал, письмо было уже получено. 17. Лучшие новости

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всегда печатаются в утренних газетах. 18. Этот кинотеатр был построен

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до того, как мы приехали сюда. 19. Обед готовили, когда я пришел домой.
20. Когда я вернусь домой, все мои чемоданы будут уже уложены.

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Exercise 11. Put tbe verbs in brackets into the correct tense form in the

А.
Active or in the Passive Voice.

А.
1. Each o f the children (receive) a due share o f Mrs. Gerhardt's attention.

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2. From the clink of dishes one could tell the supper (prepare). 3. The front door

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of his house (unlock) as he (leave) it. 4. Mrs. Fripp (come) to inform her that

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dinner already (serve). 5. His phrase (greet) by a strange laugh from a student
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who (sit) near the wall. 6. A note (bring) in, addressed to Eleanor, and (put) on
the table to await her 7. When the door (close), old Jolyon (drop) his paper, and
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(stare) long and anxiously in front of him. 8. To his knowing eyes the scene
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below easily (explain). 9. The door (shut) behind him. 10. Finally, his name
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(call), and the boy (push) forward to her. 11. Finally, he (persuade) by Bass to
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go away. 12. But when autumn (come) the cows (drive) home from the grass.
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13. "Will you work on this new job all your life?" The question (ask) with sincere
би

interest. 14. She (tap) on the door. John (open) it. 15. Look! There's nothing
here. Everything (take) away.
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Exercise 12. Use the required tense instead of the infinitives in brackets.
The Bedes (to be) in their new house for twenty-two days when their first mail (to
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deliver). Three large envelopes (to bring) by the postman. There (to be) a letter
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from Gwen's sister. Gwen (to think): "I (to read) it when the postman (to go)
away." One envelope (to address) to Mrs. Alison who (to live) next door at that
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time but she (to leave) somewhere on holiday. Gwen (to promise) to keep the
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letter until Mrs. Alison arrived. When Gwen's husband returned from work he (to
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say): "Mrs. Alison (to come) back from her holiday. She (to come) to see us tonight."

Exercise 13. Translate into English.

1. Дом был построен в 18 веке, но за ним так хорошо присматривают, что
он выглядит замечательно. 2. Меня прервал Джон. 3. Его всегда любили,
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 и ему всегда доверяли. 4. О ней заботятся ее друзья. 5. Дверь открыла по­
жилая женщина, и Джейн ввели в маленькую гостиную. 6. Кровать не была
застелена, стул был сломан. 7. Об этом фильме много говорят. 8. Пока го­
товился завтрак, мать подошла к постели ребенка. 9. Ей дадут квартиру в
этом доме. 10. "Где врач?" - прошептал он. - "За ним послали." 11. К концу
этой недели работа будет завершена. 12. Его давно не видели. 13. Около
железнодорожного моста строятся два новых дома. 14. Детей часто водят

а
ов
вкиноитеатр. 15. Ей объявили, что поезд уже ушел. 16. Его попросили не

еш
вмешиваться. 17. Ей задали несколько вопросов и велели подождать.
18. Будет ли нам предоставлен отдельный номер в отеле? 19. Тогда как раз

л
Ку
строилась школа. 20. Ну, что-нибудь уже решено? 21. Покажите мне, где
в вашем городе строится новый театр. 22. Зимой свет зажигается рано.

А.
23. За билеты давно уплачено. 24. Его можно было видеть в саду в любую

А.
погоду. 25. Нам в лагерь регулярно доставляют провизию и почту. 26. Жаль,

и
ен
что на конференции таких вопросов не касались. 27. Об этой книге уже
написано много статей. 28. Над ним всегда смеялись, когда он был школь­

им
ником. 29. Ничего удивительного, что все цветы завяли, их не поливали
ГУ
уже целую неделю. 30. После ланча я слышал, что за Чарльзом послали.
М

31. Посмотри! Разбили наше окно. 32. Я почувствовал, что ему уже зада­
вали этот вопрос. 33. Интересно, что это строится в самом центре города?
и
ек

34. Его никогда не приглашали на вечеринки. 35. Скоро даже самые отда­
т

ленные острова будут посещаться туристами.

ио
бл

Exercise 14. Translate the following sentences into English. Mind the tense
би

and voice forms of the verbs.

в

1. Дай знать, если тебе понадобиться моя помощь. 2. Сейчас у меня кани­
хи

кулы, и я работаю в магазине продавцом. Надеюсь, что этот опыт поможет

ар

мне в будущей профессии. 3. Вдруг мы услышали шаги за спиной. За нами

й

шли. 4. Как только вещи были уложены, послали за такси. 5. Нас всегда
ны

очень тепло принимают в этом доме. 6. Вы слышали новость? Мистера

он

Грина назначили президентом компании! 7. Наша группа имеет задание

закончить исследование к апрелю. А будет ли исследование закончено к
р
кт

середине марта? 8. Наш партнер считает, что, если корпорация улучшит

ле

качество товаров, она получит больше прибыли. 9. Прошлым летом мы

Э

ожидали увеличения прибыли после того, как увеличился выпуск товаров.

10. Я был очень занят с тех пор, как видел вас в последний раз. 11. Эти
упражнения уже исправлены нашим преподавателем. 12. Кем была пере­
ведена эта статья? 13. Когда будет напечатана эта книга? 14. В этом районе
строится большой завод. 15. Эта работа должна быть закончена к шести
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 часам. 16. Этот текст может быть напечатан на машинке. 17. Когда эта
книга была переведена на русский язык? 18. Почему это письмо не было
отправлено вчера? 19. Его пригласили присоединиться к нашей экскур­
сии. 20. Ему одолжили словарь. 21. Нам дали ключ от ее комнаты. 22. Го­
ворят, что он будет завтра в городе. 23. Послали за главным инженером.
24. Факты, на которые ссылались, были очень интересны. 25. Было указа­
но на грубые ошибки в переводе. 26. Во время бури лодку угнало далеко

а
ов
в море, и вскоре она пропала из виду. 27. Нам дали все нужные указания,

еш
которые следовало принять во внимание при составлении программы.
28. Считают, что его последнее произведение - шедевр (masterpiece) ис­

л
Ку
кусства. 29. Кем эта книга была переведена на русский, и где она сейчас
печатается? 30. Метод, на который ссылался докладчик, широко применя­

А.
ется в школе и дает хорошие результаты. 31. Новая программа как раз об­

А.
суждалась, когда я пришла на заседание кафедры. 32. Когда я вышел из

и
магазина, то обнаружил, что мой велосипед украли. 33. Мы не могли пере­

ен
сечь речку в этом месте. Новый мост через нее все еще строился.

им
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REVISION: ACTIVE / PASSIVE VOICE
М

Use the most suitable tense-form of the verbs in brackets.

ки

I
те

In 1980 a giant crater, 110 miles wide (discover) in Mexico. Many scientists believe
ио

it (cause) by a huge asteroid that fell on the Earth 65 million years ago and (kill)
бл

dinosaurs. Now scientists (find) another crater, in Australia, that (explain) an even
би

earlier destruction of life on our planet. Tests on rocks from this crater (show) that it
в

(form) 200 million to 280 million years ago - the same period when 90% of all
хи

animals, including early reptiles and sea creatures called trilobites, suddenly (become)
ар

extinct. An asteroid of this size (throw) tons of dust into the air, blotting out the sun.
The earth (turn) dark, cold and hostile to life.
й
ны

II
он

It happened on a very foggy day in London. The street traffic (move) with their
lights on. Mr. Smith (expect) at a very important meeting in parliament. He (do)
р
кт

his best to get there on time. Soon he (understand) he (lose) in the fog. Suddenly
ле

he (run) into a man. "I (help) you?" the man asked. He promised that he would
Э

take Mr. Smith to Westminster. The fog (get) thicker every minute, but after a
ten-minute walk they (find) themselves at Westminster. The expression on his
guide's face (strike) Mr. Smith as strange. The man's eyes (not blink). The man
(tell) Mr. Smith that he (be) blind since his birth. And that (make) him such a
perfect guide in the fog.
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 III
Doctor Black was a well-known neurologist who could give good advice to his
patients. One day he (sit) in his consulting room. He (see) a sad-looking man
enter. The doctor (understand) that the man (worry) about something. "How you
(feel)?" he asked the patient. The man explained to the Doctor that physically he
(be) in the best form. After the patient (give) a check, the Doctor said "You
(wear) out. Go to the theatre to see a silly play. That (make) you laugh." The man

а
ов
said that he already (see) a lot of silly plays but it (not help). The Doctor said that

еш
the man would forget his depression if he (buy) a ticket for Mr. Sneerwell's
performance. "The famous comedian (know) how to bring a dead man back to

л
Ку
life", he said. But the patient (keep) repeating: "No use, Doctor." Then he added:
"The matter (be) that 1 (be) Mr. Sneerwell."

А.
А.
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THE SEQUENCE OF TENSES

ен
им
DIRECT AND INDIRECT SPEECH ГУ
Exercise 1. Look at the examples and choose the correct forms of the rules.
М

I told the assistant that I wanted size 8. (NOT 1 told that I wanted size 8.)
I said that I wanted size 8.
ки

I said to the assistant that I wanted size 8. (NOT I said the assistant-that-...)
те

I said to her ‘What are you doing? ’ (NOT I told her ‘What are y &u doing? ’)
ио

I told him to hurry up. (NOT Isaid him to hurry up.)

бл

1. After (say / tell), we normally say who is spoken to. We do not put 'to' before
би

the object.
в

2. After (say / tell), we do not have to say who is spoken to. If we do, we put 'to'
хи

before the object.

ар

3. (Say / Tell) means 'inform' or 'instruct'. It can't introduce questions.

й

4. (Say / Tell) can't normally be used before an infinitive.

ны

5. (Say / Tell) can be used without a personal object in a few expressions like
он

(say / tell) a lie, (say / tell) the truth, (say / tell) a story, (say / tell) the time.
р
кт

Exercise 2. Put in the correct forms of say or tell.

ле

1. Ben ... that the lift is out of order. 2. Lucy ... Harris that she couldn't go to the
Э

pictures with him. 3. What did she ... you? 4. Please, don't ... Jim what had
happened. 5. Ann ... she didn't like Peter. 6. Jack ... me he was ill. 7. Why
didn't you ... me the truth? 8.1 ... that I wasn't ready. 9. ... me what you need.
10. Have you ... the doctor about it? 11. Did you ... anything to me? 12. He
doesn't ... me anything. 13. Mary ... her mother she was going to the office.
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 14. Why didn't she ... goodbye? 15. I ... him to be quiet. 16. Who ... that?
17. ... that you won't forget me. 18. Could you ... the time, please? 19. She ... to
me she didn't know what to do. 20. That little boy is very bad. He ... a lot of lies.

Exercise 3. Say whether the action of the object clause precedes, follows or
is simultaneous with the action of the principal clause in the following

а
sentences.

ов
1. He asked me what work I was doing and whether I intended to go to a

еш
University. 2. She claimed that she had met Brenda on her way home. Brenda

л
had told her that I would probably come to her place later. 3. Then I thought

Ку
about Mother. She would certainly ask me where I had been all day. 4. She

А.
said she would be staying in town the next day to do some shopping. 5 .1 don't

А.
think that I shall ever work for your father. 6. Out o f the corner o f my eye I saw

и
the youths had stopped talking and were watching us. 7. I hope you know

ен
what you are doing. 8. In the hotel the waiter told me that an American had

им
been staying there for three months. 9. It was also rumoured that Dan had got
ГУ
married.
М

Exercise 4. Explain how the rules of the Sequence of Tenses work in these
ки

clauses. Translate them into Russian.

те

1. She called my mother to say that they had just got a telegram from Boston
ио

announcing that Henry's brother had got married in Germany. 2 . 1 knew she was
бл

itching to tell me what had happened. 3. He knew that his mother would think
би

he was seriously ill and would probably speak to the teacher. 4. He wanted to
return to the house to see how Billy was doing and tell him that he would be
в
хи

going out to Carolina in two or three days. 5. Rudy decided that he would have
ар

to tell Bogart that it was impossible for him to appear before the board the next
day, but that he would offer to do so any other day.
й
ны
он

Exercise 5. Give your reasons as to why the rules of the Sequence of Tenses
р

are not observed in the following sentences.

кт

1. He said he is free tomorrow. 2. He spoke with the satisfaction of a competent

ле

workman who knows his job from A to Z. 3. He sought pleasure in the simple
Э

and natural things that life offers to everyone. 4. Monty told me that he had no
permit for the gun, and that in England it is illegal to own a gun without a
permit. 5 .1 knew I should go; but we sat there because it is difficult to go without
any particular reason for living. 6. Billy folded his arms and leaned back. "I told
you I don't like milk.”
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 Exercise 6. Imagine these sentences were reported in another place a month
later. Put in the 'here' and 'now' words.
e.g. 'I'll see you tomorrow.' She said she'd see me the next day.
1. 'My brother's arriving here today.' She said her brother was arriving ... .2. 'I'll
phone you this evening.' He said he'd phone her .... 3. 'Do you like it here?' She
asked if I liked i t .... 4. 'My uncle died last week.' He told me his uncle had died

а
... . 5. 'This meat tastes funny.' She said ... meat tasted funny. 6. 'I'm leaving

ов
now.' He said he was leaving ... . 7. 'I overslept this morning.' She told him she

еш
had overslept ... morning. 8. 'The train leaves at 11.00 tonight.' I was told the

л
train left at 11.00 ... 9. 'Pete phoned me yesterday.' He said Pete had phoned him

Ку
... .10. 'You look good today.' Bill said she looked good . . . .

А.
А.
Exercise 7. Make the actions o f the following object clauses simultaneous
with those of the principal clauses.

и
ен
1. I thought you (have) better sense. 2. She could not imagine what he (do)

им
there. 3. She wanted Wilfred to forbid my walking in the park alone. She said
it (be) dangerous. 4. I did not know whether the doctor (mean) what he (say)
ГУ
or whether he (have) a joke at my expense. 5. What surprised me was that Pat
М

(be) so much at home there. 6. He asked me what work I (do) and whether
ки

I (intend) to go to a University. 7 . 1 was surprised you (not know) my name.

те

8. He told his father that he (make) ten dollars a week less. 9. The last two
ио

weeks she had been saying to everyone who phoned her that she (be) unwell
бл

and (not leave) home. 10. When I knew him better he admitted that he (feel)
lonely in London.
би
в

Exercise 8. Make the actions in the following object clauses precede those
хи

of the principal clauses.

ар

1. At ten o'clock he telephoned again, saying that he (change) his mind. 2 .1 knew
й

that for the past twenty-five years he (buy) the same paper each morning.
ны

3. Indeed it was whispered that the headmaster (receive) a telegram from the
он

boy's father. 4. She seemed to have forgotten what (happen) a few minutes before.
р

5. But he was uneasy. His wife would easily find out that he (go) to Saigon. 6. It was
кт

not known where he (spend) his early childhood. 7. The question was why he
ле

(do) it at all. 8. Then he admitted that he (live) since the summer in his father's
Э

house. 9. What she could not understand was why he (tell) them such a pack of
lies. 10. She wrote that they (let) their house for a year. 11. Her mother once
confided to her that she (want) to be an actress. 12. It was probably true that he
(be) quite fond of his late brother. 13. One day she told me why she never (get)
married. 1 4 .1 wondered what she (do) there so late at night.
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 Exercise 9. Complete the reported sentences with the correct tenses.
1. 'I'm tired.' She said she ... tired. 2. 'You play very well.' He told me I ... very
well. 3. 'Can you help us?' They asked if I ... help them. 4. 'We're leaving.' They
told us they ... . 5. 'She hasn't brushed her hair.' I noticed that she ... her hair.
6. 'John's had an accident.' Pam rang to say that John ... an accident. 7. 'I left
school at fifteen.' Her letter said that she ... school at fifteen. 8. 'She won't say
anything.' I knew she ... anything. 9. 'Nobody will know.' I thought nobody ....

а
ов
10. 'This letter has been opened.' I could see that the letter .. . .

еш
Exercise 10. Report the statements.

л
Ку
1. Betty said to Lucy, "I'm sorry to disturb you." 2. Dan said, "I've missed my
bus, I'll be late and my boss will be furious." 3. The girl said to her friends,

А.
"I didn't go to the stadium yesterday." 4. My brother said, "I'm talking on the

А.
phone." 5. Nora said to Jack, "I'll tell you what to do." 6. Lora said, "John phoned

и
ен
this evening." 7. Bill said, "I've been ill for a fortnight." 8. She said, "I've never
set eyes on him in my life." 9. He said, "Bill wants to know if you are free

им
tomorrow." 10. Jane said, "I'm learning French now."
ГУ
М

Exercise 11. Use the required tense-aspect forms in the following sentences,
observing the rules of the Sequence of Tenses.
ки

1. When I went into the office next morning I already (formulate) my plan.
те

2. Well, I don't think I ever (see) you before. 3. She ended by saying that she
ио

(think) she (make) a mistake. 4. She knew what (go) on in their minds. 5. So
бл

I went into the living room, where my aunt already (wait) for me. 6. She
би

telephoned her husband to the office to say that her brother (return) from abroad.
в

7. An old friend rang up to ask how Elizabeth (feel), and whether she (can) go
хи

with his wife to the concert on Sunday morning. 8. Most of the trees already
ар

(put) out their leaves and there were buds everywhere. 9. He remembered that
й

he (not see) Lily for three weeks. 10. She hadn't yet figured out what she (be)
ны

going to do and she (hope) to be able to wait a little. 11. It was possible that Jack
он

(hang) around. 12. Everybody didn't know why she (invent) the story.
р
кт

Exercise 12. Translate the following into English, observing the rules of the
ле

Sequence of Tenses.
Э

1. Он мне говорил, что интересуется историей. 2. Он знал, о чем она дума­

ет. 3. Он сказал, что вернется очень скоро. 4. Я знал, что он живет в Лондо­
не. 5. Я знал, что она жила в Сан-Франциско. 6. Она мне сказала, что гово­
рила с ними. 7. Я думал, что он получает от нее письма. 8. Я был рад, что
он получил от нее письмо. 9. Я думал, что они пригласят нас. 10. Я был
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 уверен, что он работает на этом заводе. II. Я был уверен, что он работает,
и поэтому не вошел в комнату. 12. Он сказал мне, что видел их накануне.
13. Я был уверен, что он сидит в саду. 14. Она говорила, что книга ей нра­
вится. 15. Я был уверен, что он живет здесь уже много лет. 16. Я вчера
слышал, что они в Эдинбурге. 17. Мы слышали, что они были в Ливерпу­
ле. 18. Я слышал, что они работают уже несколько месяцев. 19. Мы не

а
знали, что он болен. 20. Мы не знали, что он так давно болен. 21. Он не

ов
знал, что мы знаем друг друга с детства. 22. Мне сказали, что они вчера

еш
вернулись в Москву.

л
Ку
Exercise 13. Translate the sentences from Russian into English, observing

А.
the rules of the Sequence of Tenses.

А.
1. Я был уверен, что он жалеет, что поссорился с ней. 2. Я подумал, что он
устал, и спросил его, что он делал все это время. 3. У меня было впечатле­

и
ен
ние, что он находится там уже некоторое время. 4. Я кивнул и сказал "да",

им
чувствуя, что это именно то, что ей хочется. 5. Она говорила, что не может
понять, почему они переменили решение. 6. У меня было подозрение, что
ГУ
она забыла упомянуть, что я его жду. 7. Я не имею понятия, знает ли она,
М

что Фил будет здесь. 8. Кстати, Тед знает, что моя сестра приезжает завтра?
и

9. Он еще не знал, что будет делать в Нью-Йорке. 10. Он сказал, что они
ек

обсудят этот вопрос, как только директор вернется из Москвы. 11. Я думал,
т
ио

что вы позвоните мне, когда получите телеграмму. 12. Я сказал, что прочту
эту книгу только после того, как сдам экзамены. 13. Он сказал, что не пой­
бл

дет домой, пока не закончит эту работу. 14. Я боялся, что он будет сердить­
би

ся, если я не приду вовремя. 15. Он пообещал мне, что поговорит с про­
в

фессором, если увидит его в университете.

хи
ар

Exercise 14. Use the required tense-aspect forms in the following sentences.
й

1. She scarcely realized what (happen). 2. Oh, Jane! I didn't think you (be) so
ны

unkind. 3. Mary (return) to the room. A1 (sit) beside the gas fire and (take) off
он

his shoes. 4. Her eyes (be) puffed, and she obviously (cry) that afternoon. 5. She
р

realized that he (try) to tell her how lonely he (be). 6. His cheek (be) cut. When
кт

she (see) it she (say): "Oh, you (fight) again." 7 . 1 thought I (sleep) well, being
ле

tired. 8. She (make) me promise to say nothing about it till she (have) a chance
Э

of breaking the news to her father gradually. 9. She asked if Mr. Clennam (tell)
her where he (live). 10. As Hugh and I (come) down the steps we nearly (run)
into my father. 11. Sir Wilfred knew, from the frequency with which she used her
handkerchief, that tears (run) down her cheeks. 12. He (remain) in his seat, as
though studying his programme, till the three (pass) out into the foyer. 13. 1 (sit)
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 there for about ten minutes, pretending to read, when someone (sit) down at my
table. 14. She (look) up at him from where she (sit). 15. While his wife (read)
the letter, he (cross) to the window.

Exercise 15. Translate into English.

1. Я думал, что ты занят. 2. Мы сказали, что хотели пойти в оперу. 3. Мы
надеялись, что вы умеете плавать. 4. Она заявила, что хочет пойти с нами.

а
ов
5. Врач сказал, что я должен остаться дома. 6. Я думал, что моя сестра
хорошо их знает. 7. Он решил, что его товарищи все еще играют в шахма­

еш
ты. 8. Она сказала, что они обычно встают в восемь часов. 9. Я не знала,

л
Ку
что вы тоже любите музыку. 10. Ты знал, что он уехал за город? 11. Она
мне сказала, что говорила с вами. 12. Мать сказала, что они уже пообеда­

А.
ли. 13. Она думала, что он уже закончил университет. 14. Том сказал, что

А.
видел этот фильм. 15. Она говорила, что примет участие в работе. 16. Мы

и
сказали, что вернемся через час. 17. Они сказали, что лекция начнется в

ен
пять часов. 18. Мы им сказали, что не будем ждать их. 19. Я думал, что у

им
каждого из нас будет месяц отпуска летом. 20. Мать надеялась, что сын
ГУ
вернется через неделю.
М

Exercise 16. Translate the sentences from Russian into English.

ки

1. Она сказала, что очень занята и давно не была в театре. 2. Я думал, что
те

вы прочтете в газете, что делегация уже прибыла в Москву. 3. Я знал, что

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он чувствует, что я не доволен результатами его опытов. 4. Роберт сказал,

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что его жена все еще в больнице и он собирается навестить ее вечером.

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5. Наш гид сказал, что автобус только что пришел и отправится в Глазго
через час. 6. Учительница сказала, что мы должны повторить все правила,
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если хотим сдать экзамены хорошо. 7. Мой друг пообещал достать несколь­
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ко книг по этому вопросу, как только я начну работать над статьей. 8. Она
думала, что завтра будет хорошая погода. 9. Я заметил, что она смотрит на
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меня. 10. Я знал, что она не вернется. 11. На платформе было мало людей,
все уже заняли свои места в вагоне. 12. Она знала, что она права, и была
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права с самого начала. 13. Я надеялся, что кто-то нашел мои ключи и пере­
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даст их мне. 14. Было ясно, что случилось что-то ужасное. 15. Он пообе­
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щал, что сделает все к понедельнику. 16. Он сказал, что отправит теле­
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грамму, если не получит известий от брата.

Exercise 17. Change the following sentences into Indirect Speech.

1. Jack told his father, "I hope to pass the examination." 2. Henry said to me,
"The teacher is listening to us." 3. Bob said to Tom, "I made no mistakes in the
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 last dictation." 4 .1 told the policeman, "I saw the thief in the garden." 5. He said,
"I haven't read many English books." 6. Jack's father said to him, "You haven't
cleaned your shoes." 7. Mary said, "I don't want to wear my old dress". 8. My
mother said to me, "I feel very tired, and I have a headache." 9. My friend told
me, "We have plenty of time to do our work." 10.1 said to my sister, "I haven't
seen my uncle for a long time." 11. "I'm going away tomorrow, mother", he said.

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12. "It isn't so foggy today as it was yesterday", I remarked. 13. "We have a lift

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but very often it doesn't work", they said. 14. "I have no idea what the time is but

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I'll dial 8081 and find out", said his daughter. 15. "Nothing grows in my garden.
It never gets any sun", she said.

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Exercise 18. Change the following sentences into Direct Speech.

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1. My sister said that she hadn’t got a watch. 2. The teacher told his students that
he was pleased with their work. 3 .1 told him that I hadn't seen his brother for a

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long time. 4 .1told my mother that Henry was studying medicine at the University.

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5. She told the grocer that she didn't want any sugar. 6. We told the teacher that
we didn't understand his question. 7 .1told the taxi-driver that he was driving too
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fast. 8. She said that her children were playing in the garden.
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Exercise 19. Change the following sentences into Indirect Speech. Decide
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whether to use "told" or "asked", or whether either of these two verbs is

suitable.
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1. Mary said to her brother, "Take the letter to the Post Office, please". 2. The
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teacher said to Tom, "Collect the exercise-books and put them on my table".
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3. The old man said to the girl, "Don't run across the street". 4. The teacher said
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to the pupils, "Learn the poem by heart". 5 .1 said to my friend, "Meet me outside
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the cinema at six o'clock". 6. Mary's mother said to her, "Don't go out without
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your coat". 7. The teacher said to the students, "Open your books at page 60".
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8. The doctor said to the sick man, "Don't go back to work for a fortnight".
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9. Jack said to the policeman, "Tell me the time, please".

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Exercise 20. Report the following using the verbs suggested + to infinitive.
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1. "Hurry up". He told me .. . . 2. "Don’t leave the door unlocked". She warned
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them... . 3. "Would you like to come to my party?" He invited her.... 4. "Don't

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be stupid". She told me... . 5. "You should stop smoking". The doctor advised
my brother... . 6. "Could you change the light bulb for me?" She asked m e... .
7. "Can I do the washing-up?" I offered.... 8. "Don't touch the wire". He warned
m e.... 9. "Could you speak more slowly?" He asked her__ 10. "Shut the door".
She told m e... . 11. "Don't touch my camera". He told m e... . 12. "I think you
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 should take another English course". My teacher advised me... . 13. "You may
use my telephone". Mar Jacobson permitted m e... . 14. "Make an appointment
with the dentist". My mother reminded m e.... 15. "I think you should take a long
vacation". My friend encouraged m e.... 16. "Would you like to come to our house
for dinner?" The Smiths invited us.... 17. "You should see a doctor about the pain
in your knee". My friend advised m e.. .. 18. "Don't buy a used car". She advised

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m e... . 19. "Take these letters to the post, will you?" The boss asked m e... .

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20."Don'tshelterunderatreeinathunderstorm".Hewamedus... .21. "Remember

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to switch off when you've finished". He reminded his son... .22. "You must see

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the exhibition". My friend advised m e.... 23. "Answer this letter for me, will you?

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And remember to keep a copy". He asked me ... and reminded m e... .

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Exercise 21. Change the sentences as shown in the example.
e.g. I won't tell anybody. (He promised) - He promised not to tell anybody.

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I. We’ll pay for the tickets. (We offered) 2. I'll cook supper. (She offered)

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3. Leave early. (He advised me) 4. Please close the door. (She asked me) 5. I'll
stop smoking. (He promised) 6. Why don't I do the shopping? (He offered)
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9. OK, I'll pay half. (He agreed) 10. Park round the corner. (She told me)
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II. Phone me before nine. (She told me)

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Exercise 22. Report the following requests and orders.

1. The teacher, "Don't be late, Peter." 2. The guard, "Turn back." 3. George,
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"Don't speak over the phone when I'm listening to music, Betty." 4. The guide,
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"Mind the steps." 5. Mother, "Don't eat so many cakes, children." 6. Peter, "Wait
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for me, Ann." 7. The teacher, "Don’t forget to take your text-book, Jim." 8. Mum,
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"Remember to post the letter, Kate." 9. Sue, "Don't leave the door open." 10. The
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officer, "Open the fire." 11. Mary, "Don't drive too fast or the baby will be sick."
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12. His mother, "Don't forget to thank Mrs. Jones."

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Exercise 23. Translate the sentences from Russian into English.

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1. Я попросил Джека дать мне его словарь. 2. Кондуктор сказал пассажи­

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рам не выскакивать (get off) из автобуса на ходу, (while/go) 3. Учитель

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попросил студента стереть с доски. 4. Мама попросила меня закрыть окно.

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5. Он напомнил мне отправить письмо. 6. Отец запретил детям входить в

его кабинет. 7. Инспектор предупредил нас, что здесь стоянка запрещена,
(to park) 8. Гид посоветовал нам посетить этот музей. 9. Мать предупреди­
ла детей, что им нельзя ходить в лес одним. 10. Я попросила Ника провести
меня на вокзал.
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 Exercise 24. Change the following sentences into Indirect Speech.
1. The teacher asked Tom, "Do you come to school by bus or on foot?" 2. A man
stopped me in the street and asked, "Have you got a match?" 3. The teacher
asked us, "Do you understand the question?" 4. Henry's father asked his son,
"Do you want to be an engineer or a doctor?" 5 .1asked Peter, "Are you going to play
football on Friday?" 6. He asked his secretary, "Has the postman come yet?"

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7. Ann's mother asked her, "Are you tired?" 8. He asked his friend, "Do you like

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the wine?" 9 . 1 asked Frank, "Did you buy a new car?" 10. Ann's father asked her,

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"Have you finished the work?" 11.1asked my sister, "Will you go to Italy in summer?"

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Exercise 25. Translate the sentences.

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1. Гид спросил туристов, не устали ли они. 2. Я спросила своих гостей,

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хорошо ли они спали. 3. Он поинтересовался, часто ли мы ходим в театр.
4. Он хотел узнать, долго ли работает у нас мистер Долби. 5. Она спросила

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меня, будет ли на вечеринке Эдвард. 6. Она спросила меня, видел ли я

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Джона в последнее время. 7. Хозяин отеля поинтересовался, понравился
ли мне мой номер. 8. Она спросила, работаем ли мы сейчас.
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Exercise 26. Change the following sentences into Indirect Speech.

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I. Mother asked Jane, "What are you doing here?" 2. Margaret asked Richard,
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"Where are you going for your holidays?" 3. Ann asked Mary, "What do you
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usually have for breakfast?" 4. The inspector asked, "Who caused the accident?"
5. Mary's mother asked her, "Where have you put your shoes?" 6. The teacher
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asked Bob, "When did you learn to swim?" 7. The teacher asked, "Which number
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can be divided by three?" 8. Peter asked me, "When are you going to have
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dinner?" 9. The policeman asked me, "Where did you lose your wallet?" 10. The
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teacher came into the classroom and asked the pupils, "What are you doing?"
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the street. I asked a man in the crowd, "What is the matter?" 13. Father asked,
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"When will lunch be ready?" 14. The little boy asked his father, "Why does the
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policeman wear a uniform?" 15.1 asked him, "Who are you looking at?" 16. The
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nurse asked, "Who is the next, please?" 17. The man asked his friend, "When
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did you buy your car?"

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Exercise 27. Translate into English.

1. Они спросили меня, когда начинается мой рабочий день. 2. Он спросил,
какую музыку любят мои друзья. 3. Мы спросили его, кто из его друзей
знает два иностранных языка. 4. Журналисты спросили писателя, над
какой книгой он работает. 5. Она спросила меня, где я был вчера. 6. Они
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 спросили моего друга, как он провел каникулы. 7. Я спросил у неё, где ей
сшили пальто. 8. Я спросила у него, какие еще французские книги он про­
читал за последнее время. 9. Друзья спросили у него, куда он ездил в про­
шлое воскресенье. 10. Родители спросили нас, что мы собираемся делать
летом. 11. Жена спросила, почему он не купил хлеб. 12. Мы спросили пре­
подавателя, как мы сдали экзамен. 13. Она спросила его, когда он видел
Лену в последний раз. 14. Они спросили меня, когда я позвоню своим ро­

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дителям. 15. Я спросил его, когда он собирается закончить эту работу.

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Exercise 28. Report the questions.

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1. She asked him, "Why did you make me go out tonight?" 2. I said to Jim,
"Where were you last month?" 3. She says to me, "Do you think it is right?"

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4. The writer said to the editor, "Will the book have been published by spring?"

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5. He says, "What are you doing there, Liz?" 6. She asked me, "Are these articles

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still being printed?" 7. He said to her, "Why don't you spend a few days with

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Alice?" 8. Sheila asked Kate, "Have you got married?" 9. Lucy asked Jo, "Why

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wasn't the doctor sent for?" 10. He said to Bert, "When was all this decided?"
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Exercise 29. Report the following questions.
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1. "Who put salt in my coffee?" he asked. 2. "How can I run in high-heeled

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shoes?" she enquired. 3. Whose car did you borrow last night?" I said to him.
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4. "What was she wearing when you saw her last?" the policeman asked me.
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5. "Have you done this work before?" said his new employer. 6. "Is he a scientist
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or an arts graduate?" Mary asked me. 7. "Are there playing fields near the school?"
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the parents asked the headmaster. 8. "Are you sorry for what you did?" the mother
asked the little boy. 9. "Why do you think it may be dangerous?" he asked her.
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10. "Do you know that the shoes you are wearing aren't a pair?" I asked him.
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Exercise 30. Correct the errors.

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1. She asked him where he came from. 2. She asked who Bill had been. 3. She
asked me why the tree was cut down. 4. We asked them if they are able to come
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to our place earlier. 5. The customs officer asked me if I had had anything to
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declare. 6. Betty said she was busy the next day. 7. She asked me if these books
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were mine. 8. He asked me to have done everything at once. 9. The teacher told
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us to stay here. 10. She asked me if she saw me before.

Exercise 31. Make the sentences direct.

1. He told her that he would help her. 2. Mike told Maurice that he had rang him
an hour before. 3. She asked him to come in. 4. She told him she would do al!
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 she could. 5. She asked him if he was not homesick sometimes. 6. She asked
him if he would come back that day. 7. He asked her what she was going to do.
8. He advised her not to hesitate to say anything she wanted to. 9. He asked her
to tell him a joke. 10. She warned him if he did not hurry up he would be late.

Exercise 32. Put the following into Indirect Speech.

1. "I have something to tell you," I said to her. 2. "It isn't so rainy today as it was

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yesterday," I remarked. 3. "I'll come with you as soon as I'm ready," she replied.
4. "If you leave home at six, you should be here by nine," he said to me. 5. "If it

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rains today it will be too wet to play tennis tomorrow," the captain said. 6. "I was

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going to do it tomorrow," he said, "but now I don't think I'll be able to."
7. "Which team has won?" asked Ann. 8. "Who is playing next week?" he asked.

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9. "What platform does the train leave from?" asked Bill. 10. "When was the

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timetable changed?" I asked. 11. "Have you reserved a seat?" I asked him.

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12. "Did you play for your school team?" said Bill. 13. "Make good use o f your

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time. You won't get such an opportunity again," he said to us. 14. "Be veiy

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careful when crossing roads," she said, "and remember to drive on the right."
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15. "Don't touch it. You will only make it worse," he told me. 16. "Would you
please take off your shoes?" Keiko said to him. 17. "You can't park here," said
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the police officer. 18. "I'll see you in the morning, Helen," said Peter. 19. "I'm
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taking the 5.30 train tomorrow evening," said Janet. 20. "The trousers have to be
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ready this afternoon," said Paul. 21. "I left my umbrella here two days ago," said
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Susan. 22. "I think it's going to rain tonight," said William. 23. "What time does
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the film start, Peter?" I asked. 24. "Why did you apply for this job?" asked the
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sales manager. 25. "Are you taking much money with you to France?" asked the
bank manager. 26. "When will I know the results of the examination?" asked
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Jenny. 27. "Are you enjoying your flight?" asked the stewardess. 28. "How does
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this camera work?" I asked the salesman. 29. "Have you ever been to Russia,
Paul?" asked Ben. 30. "Do you watch television every evening, Sue?" asked the
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interviewer.
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Exercise 33. Change these sentences into Indirect Speech (reported some
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later).
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1. He's ill. (She thought) 2. I'll be back tomorrow. (He said) 3. I don't like this
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music. (She said) 4. Where's the bus station? (She asked me) 5. Have you
finished? (I asked him) 6. Nobody loves me. (I felt) 7. Do you want tea or coffee?
(He asked her) 8. I'll clean the flat. (She offered) 9. When is the car going to be
ready? (I asked) 10. What am I doing here? (I wondered) 11. These figures can't
be right. (I knew) 12. Her cat understands everything she says. (She thought)
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15. You ought to see the doctor. (He advised me) 16. Would you like a drink?
(She asked him)

Exercise 34. Put the verbs in brackets into the required past tense, pay
attention to the Sequence of Tenses.
1. She (hear) the band playing and she (know) that in a few moments the curtain

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(go) up. 2. Myra (think) he (prefer) to be by himself. 3 .1 (hear) from your mother

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that you (be) late and so I (order) coffee and sandwiches. 4. Mrs. Streep (ask)
him if he (have) dinner there. 5. The old man (ask) me if I (have) parents. 6. He

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(be) very sorry for Jennie, and he (tell) his wife that he (have) to go out and see
her. 7. And the other day I (have) a letter from him saying he (be) in Moscow

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soon. 8 .1 (say) I (be) by nine o'clock. 9. You (promise) you (try) to persuade him

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to stay on for a bit. 10. In a few words I (tell) him what (happen). 11. She (ask)

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me if I (live) long in that town. 12. When I (ring) her that evening she (say) she
(not like) to discuss those problems on the phone. 13. That evening she (tell) me

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she (be) at the hotel room, and about half past eight I (dial) that number, but
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there (be) no answer. 14. I (put) the papers back where they (belong). 15. He
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(write) that he (come) to lunch the following day.

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Exercise 35. Put the verbs in brackets into the required tense.
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One night Mrs. Jouce Bowels (drive) her car from Winchester to Chilcomb with
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a friend of the family, Mr. Ted Pratt. Suddenly they (see) an orange light in the
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sky. The car (start) to shake & Mrs. Bowels couldn't control it. Some unknown
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power (lift) it, then (push) it to the left, then (stop) the engine and (switch off)
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the lights. "It was then that we (see) a cigar-shaped object about 5 yards long.
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There (be) 3 figures inside," said Mrs. Bowels. The 3 figures (be) the crew of
the UFO. Mrs. Bowels said that she never (be) so frightened before. The alien
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crew (look) like ordinary people, but they (wear) silver clothes. Mrs. Bowels
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(be afraid) they (kill) by the aliens, but they only looked at the car instruments.
Suddenly the lights (switch on) & they (shine) 4 times brighter than normal.
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Mrs. Bowels (want) to say "Thank you" but before she (open) her mouth the
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UFO and its crew already (disappear) into the night.

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Dear Mum & Dad,
Just a quick note as I (be) in a tearing hurry. Guess what - 1just (interview) by a
journalist who (ask) me lots o f questions about how I (get) on here in America.
There (go) to be an article about me in the local paper. Fame at last! I (send) you
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 a copy as soon as it (come) out. Anyway, the journalist (wonder) if I (enjoy) my
stay & how long I (be) in the States. He also (ask) me a rather embarrassing
question: "You (like) American food?" You know I can't stand it! He also (want)
to know why I (come) to the States & what I (remember) most & best about the
country when I (come) back home. I (find) those questions difficult to answer as
I only (be) here for 2 weeks. Don't forget to show the article to everyone! Love,

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Harry got a letter from his friend Jack. Jack (have) a week's holiday in a camp.
He invited Harry to join him if he (be) free at the weekend. Harry (catch) the

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five o'clock train. But he (leave) all his things behind. He (think) he (borrow)
what he needed from Jack. On the train Harry (run) into a strange man. He

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remembered that he (see) the man's face on television as the police (look) for

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him. Harry (keep) watching the man during the trip. When the train (pull) at the

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station, Jack (wait) for his friend Harry. Harry called the policeman & they (catch)

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the man. He (send) to prison. Harry (feel) very proud about his adventure.
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Dear Keith, I am sorry I haven't written for such a long time, but it (take) me
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ages to finish my school leaving examinations. It's finally over! Since finishing
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my examinations I (try) to decide what to do next. I (think) about going abroad

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for a year or two, but I (not make up) my mind yet. Actually, I (think) about
entering Vilnius University too, but then I (meet) Rokas, my cousin. He (come)
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from the library. He (study) there for 8 hours. He said he (want) to enter the
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University. But I (not can) sit in the libraries for hours. Now I (think) about
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applying for a job. That's it for now. Hope all is well. Thomas.
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On the Plantation
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Edward (sleep) for an hour. When he (wake up), he saw two women sitting by
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his bed. One of them (have) long black hair and large beautiful eyes. It was
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Aurore. The other woman was Eugenie. "I (be) so happy that you (be) much
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better," Eugenie (say). "I am thankful to you that you (save) my life." "The
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doctor (say) you soon (be) well again." The two women (go) away. Edward (lie)
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in his bed thinking about them. He (understand) that Eugenie was only a good
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friend to him. But Aurore! His feelings (say) that he (fall) in love with her.
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VI
On a Train
It was Sunday. The suburban trains (overcrowd). A gentleman (walk) along the
platform. He (look) for a place. Suddenly he (see) a vacant seat in one of the
compartments. A small bag lay on that seat and a well-dressed gentleman (sit)
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 beside it. "Is this seat vacant?" (ask) the gentleman. "No it (occupy) by my friend,
he (come) in a minute. He (go) to buy cigarettes." "Well," (say) the gentleman,
"I (sit) here till he (come)." Ten minutes (pass). "Your friend (miss) the train if
he (not to hurry)," the gentleman (say). "Yes," nervously (reply) the other. The
train started, but nobody (come). "Your friend (be) late," said the gentleman,
"but let him not lose his bag at least," and with these words he (take) the bag and

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(throw) it out of the window. The well-dressed gentleman (try) to catch the bag

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but it (be) too late. It (be) his own bag and he (occupy) the second seat because

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he (want) to be comfortable.

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Pleasing Everybody

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Since an old man and his son wanted to sell their donkey at the town market far

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away from their home, they had to take the animal to the town. They hardly (leave)
their home when a neighbour called to them. "Why you (walk) when you have a

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donkey?" he asked. The old man (put) his son on the donkey while he continued to

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lead. They (be) about halfway to town when three women standing by the side of
the road scolded the boy. "You should be ashamed of yourself, riding when your
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father (have) to walk," one of the women said. "You (be) right, I guess," the old
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man said. "Let me get on behind you, son." They almost (reach) the town when a
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group of villagers began laughing at them. "You should be carrying that poor
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beast, instead of making him carry both of you." So the old man and his son (get
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down) and (tie) the animal to a pole so that they (can) carry it. But as they (cross) the
bridge near the marketplace, the donkey (kick) loose from the pole and (fall) into the
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stream and (drown). "Our donkey (be) dead now, and it should teach us," the old
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man said sadly to his son. "If we hadn’t tried to please everybody our donkey would
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have been alive," he added. "Whenever we try to please everyone, we (lose)."

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VIII
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A Letter
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Dear David, I (write) this letter to you to keep you updated as to what we (do).
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When we (speak) last month I was working at Mountain bell. Since then I (start)
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my own business. Basically, this is why I am writing. I (excite) about the growth
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that we (experience). In fact, we (expand) this programme since the very

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beginning and we (reach) 20,000 dollars per month. David, I have no idea if you
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(satisfy) with your standard of living. I also (not know) if you (pay) at present
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what you are worth, but this opportunity (give) us everything we ever (dream)
about. I fully (understand) that this opportunity (not be) for everyone. But you
(be) just the person to work in this program. Please, study the information we
already (send) to you and the details we (send) in this letter. Please, (give) us a
call so that we can answer any questions that you (have) after you have studied
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we wouldn't have sent you this information. We (look) forward to hearing from
you in the nearest future. All the best, Chris Edersberg.
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Fire on the Laconia
On December 19th, 1963, the cruise ship LACONIA (leave) Southampton docks.

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It was a big ship with about 650 passengers and a crew o f about 300 on board.

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People who (book) for the cruise (tell) by the adverts that this (be) "a holiday

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you never (forget)". Three days after the cruise (begin), at half past eleven in the

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evening, the passengers (hear) the news that the ship was on fire, but that was

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nothing serious. At first nobody (panic), but people on the decks soon saw that

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the members o f the crew (unfasten) life boats for an emergency. At half past

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twelve the passengers (instruct) to leave their cabins and get in the lifeboats
quickly. People (terrify). Some fell into the sea as the crowded boats (hit) the

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sides of the ship on their way down. All through the night they (ride) on the 15-

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foot waves of the rough Atlantic until they (pick up) next morning by helicopters
and rescue boats. If the cruise manager hadn't ordered the passengers to get into
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the lifeboats in time, 128 people would have died.
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Совет врача
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Медсестра спросила меня, ожидаю ли я доктора Грея, и пригласила

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Доктор Грей улыбнулся мне и спросил, что меня беспокоит. Я сказал, что
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ужасно переутомлен (be run down). Он спросил меня, поздно ли я ложусь спать
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(stay up late), и я сказал, что нет. Он поинтересовался, почему я не соблюдаю

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нормальный режим (keep regular hours), и я объяснил, что почти каждый вечер
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я встречаюсь с друзьями. Доктор захотел узнать, как я провожу время, и я

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сказал, что в основном я хожу на вечеринки. Доктор спросил меня, удаётся ли

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(have the chance) мне отдохнуть (to recover) в выходные дни, но я вынужден
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был признать, что в выходные дни наши вечеринки длятся всю ночь.
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Он спросил меня, курю ли я, и когда я сказал, что курю, доктор спросил

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меня, сколько сигарет в день я выкуриваю. Он был поражён, когда услы­

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шал мой ответ. Тогда врач спросил меня, занимаюсь (take) ли я гимнасти­
кой для поддержания своего здоровья (to keep fit).
Я ответил, что для этого у меня нет времени.
"Вы поджигаете свечу (bum the candle) с обоих концов", сказал доктор
Грей и добавил, "но я завидую вам, что вы так весело проводите время".
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Use the most suitable tense-form of the verbs in brackets.
TEXT 1
THE FARMER AND THE BOY
One morning a farmer met a boy and asked him if the latter wanted a job. The
boy (to answer) that he (to do). The farmer (to want) to know if the boy (can)

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give him a good character. The boy said that he (can) and (to add) that it (to be)

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from Mr. Muggs, the shopkeeper, his previous master.

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The farmer agreed. The farmer told the boy to go and ask Mr. Muggs to come

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there and speak to him. He said that he (to wait) there for some time. Twenty

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minutes (to pass) and then forty minutes (to pass), but Mr. Muggs (not to come).

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Later in the afternoon the farmer (to see) the boy again and he said that Mr.

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Muggs (not to come) with the boy's character. The boy (not to be) surprised to

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The farmer asked why the boy (not to do) it. The boy (to answer) that he (to tell)

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his old master who (to want) the character. The farmer not (to understand). Then
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The school in Pine Clearing was new and fine. The people (to be) pro ud of it, as well
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as of the schoolmistress, a young widow, who was clever and had a good education.
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One day when she (to leave) the school the chairman of the school board
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(to come) up to her "Mrs. Martin, we would like you to have an assistant as the
school (to get) too large for one little woman. I (to go) to meet him now". At that
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moment a coach (to stop) at the gate and they (to see) a young man jump out of
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it. He (to look) strong and active. His eyes (to be) blue, his hair (to be) short; but
his face (to have) no expression, it was like a mask. He (to introduce) himself to
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everybody as Charles Twing, the new assistant. The Chairman (to think) that he
never (to see) such an expressionless face before; he was sure that as soon as
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Mrs. Martin (to look) at him she (to send) him away. Mrs. Martin asked Mr.
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Twing if he (to be) at college, and if he ever (to teach) at school. It turned out
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that he never (to do) such things. The schoolmistress (not to say) anything to
this. She said she (to expect) him to come to the school early the next day.
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The next morning when Mrs. Martin came to the school the new assistant (not to
come) yet. But soon he appeared with a crowd of children. They (to laugh) and
(to look) very happy. Mrs. Martin (to get) angry, but Mr. Twing promised that
he (to listen) and (to learn) very quickly.
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 A month passed. All (to go) well in the school. Mrs. Martin (to begin) to like her
new assistant and they (to become) good friends. She never (to ask) him what he
(to do) before he (to become) a teacher.
One day a piano (to bring) to the school as the children (to be) going to give a
concert. Mrs. Martin wanted Mr. Twing to do something too and he (to decide)
to recite a poem. While he (to do) it at the concert a voice from the audience
shouted: "Bravo, Johnny Walker!" Mr. Twing's face (to become) white and he

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(to go) away quickly. After the concert Mrs. Martin (to find) him in a little room.

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He (to tell) her that he (to be) a clown before he (to come) to the school.

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A POW ERFUL KING

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Once there (to rule) a powerful king over the island of Samos. He was rich and

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prosperous, and at last his prosperity (to rise) to such a height that he (to begin)

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to be afraid that the gods (can) be jealous of his happiness. So, some messengers

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(to send) to consult an oracle in another country. They (to tell) to bring the

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answer as soon as they (to get) it. When they (to reach) the oracle they (to receive)
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the answer: "Tell the King that if he (to want) to escape the anger of the Gods, he
must throw into the sea that which he (to hold) to be the dearest of all his
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possessions. The messengers returned and the King (to tell) what the oracle
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(to say). The King therefore (to take) a boat and (to go) out to sea, and (to throw)
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away a ring which he (to value) greatly because it (to give) to him by his dead
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wife. That night he (to think) over what he (to do) that day and wondered if the
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gods (to keep) him safe from harm. When he (to wake) up in the morning he (to sit)
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down to breakfast. Imagine his surprise when he (to open) a fish that (to prepare)
for him and (to see) the ring he (to throw) away the day before! A fisherman
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(to catch) the fish that morning and (to bring) it to the palace, not knowing what
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(to be) inside it. The king then (to understand) that the gods (to refuse) his
sacrifice. He soon (to begin) to lose his power and (to die) in great misery. This
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story is a warning to us not to flatter ourselves that our happiness (to be) enduring,
unless we (to depend) more upon ourselves than upon what we (to have).
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One day Sarah and her little son Ben (to drive) home from London. The weather
(to be) fine and warm though it (to rain) since morning. They (not to be) to their
place for a long time and they (can) see some changes. "Mum, look, a new
house (to build) in our street near our cottage." Sarah's cottage was a nice little
place. It was theirs though in fact they (not to pay) all the money for it yet. As
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 soon as they (to arrive) and (to come) into the house Sarah (to take) o ff her bag
from her shoulders and (to put) it on the stairs in the hall.
Ben (to run) into the sitting-room, (to turn) on the television though his mother
(to forbid) him to do it. The boy made the TV work very noisily. Sarah (to leave)
the house to take the food box from the car. At that moment their dog (to push)
the door and it (to lock). Sarah (cannot) get inside. The keys (to be) in the bag,

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the windows and the back door (to close) and Ben (not to hear) her shout.

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Sarah (to hear) the music playing and some voices speaking. She (to understand)

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that if she (not to shout) at the top of her voice, the boy (never to come) to the
door. So she (to do). Ben (to come), (to push) the keys through the letter-box

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and Sarah (to be) able to open the door. Ben (to give) the keys, the dog (to tell)
to sit quiet, and they both (to go out) to take the food. While Sarah (to take) the

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box out of the car Ben (to lock) the door and (to push) the keys into the house
through the letter-box. How do you like that?

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MY NIGHT OF THE DOLPHINS
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As 1 1) (to prepare) for bed that chilly Sunday night in January 1989,1happened
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to glance out through the sliding glass doors o f my beachfront apartment. I saw
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a Jeep with its lights on, and two men, who 2) (to kick) at something in the surf.
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As the men drove away, I 3) (to continue) looking curious.

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Then, in the dim light of stars and the glow from city lights, I 4) (to see) them,
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two dark shapes at the edge of the foaming surf. 15) (to know) the shapes had to
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be dolphins - beached and in trouble.

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Pulling on warm slacks and a sweater, 16) (to race) out into the 40-degree night,
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and (to try) to remember evening I 7) (to learn) about dolphins. How strange,
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18) (to think), that only a day earlier 19) (to discuss) dolphins with the scientist.
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A friend 10) (to invite) me to a party for Dr. John Lilly a world's foremost
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dolphin research authority. Although I 11) (to be) a real estate agent, I 12) always
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(to love) animals. I 13) (to pray) for guidance because I 14) (to want) to live a
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more meaningful life.

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115) (to find) the mother and the baby lying side by side. 1 16) (to approach) the two
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cautiously. In a soft voice 1 17) (to try) to communicate love. "Hello, 118) (to want)
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to help you. 19) (to be) you OK?" 120) (to sense) they 21) (to understand) me.
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I gently 22) (to place) my hand on the larger dolphin's cold, sleek side. She 23) (to flap)
her tail as through tiying to swim away from me. 124) (to jump) back. 125) (to keep)
on talking to them, and soon both 26) (to calm) down. 127) (to remember) Doctor Lilly
telling me how particularly sensitive dolphins 28) (to be) to humans; in many cases
they 29) (to show) incredible compassion in rescuing people. 130) (to decide) to
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 shake hands, relying on the information I 31) (to learn), that dolphin flippers
32) (to be) very much like human hands and every bit as sensitive. 133) (to touch)
and (to massage) their flippers. Warmth 34) to seem to come from the mother, as
if she 35) (to acknowledge) my concern. I 36) (to rush) to my apartment and
(to call) the Coast Guard. They said to me "Forget it, lady. Beach dolphins
37) (to have) zero chance of survival. There's nothing anybody 38) (can) do for

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them." 139) (to be) outraged. I quickly 40) (to grab) my largest cooking pot and

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(to run) back to the beach. Wading into the surf, I 41) (to collect) full pots of

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seawater and periodically (to pour) them over the dolphins to keep them moist.

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I gently 42) (to massage) their long, cold bodies and (to pat) them loving. I also

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43) (to lie) down next to them on the sand with my arms around them. Both

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44) (to emit) high-pitched squeaks. 145) (to see) that they 46) (to try) to tell me

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something. When I 47) (to brush) my hand over the mother's snout, she 48)

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(to open) her mouth as if to show me that she 49) (to trust) me. I felt I 50)

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(to accept). As the surf crashed and ebbed around us, 151) (to feel) that however

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long these two 52) (to stay), the three of us 53) (to find) a way of communicating.
We 54) (to have) trust and friendship.
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The dark hours 55) (to pass). I 56) (to continue) sitting with my friends in the
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frigid salt air, often lying next to them with my arms around them, praying for
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them. About every half hour or so, when my body 57) (to become) numb with
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cold, I 58) (to run) home, to gulp some hot tea and change into dry clothes.
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Every time 159) (to return), they 60) (to look) up as if to say "So glad you 61) (to
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be) back." But about 3:00 am the dolphins weakened. The poof-poofing through
their blowholes 62) (to show) considerably. Before long they 63) (to gasp). "Oh,
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please don't die," 164) (to cry). By about eight o'clock the animals 65) (to appear)
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to be comatose. They 66) (to lie) quiet, eyes closed, their limp tails sloshing in
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the knee-deep surf. 167) (to lean) over their whisper of air. After pouring hundreds
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of buckets of water over them and massaging them until my hands 68) (to be)
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raw, I felt I 69) (to lose) the battle.

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By nine o'clock the beach 70) (to be) a circus. Crowds 71) (to mill), helicopters
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circling and television crews dashing about. Everyone 72) (to seem) to be waiting
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for the moment of death. The tide 73) (to roll) in, and 174) (not to be able) to reach
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the dolphins as well as before. Five or six biologists 75) (to decide) to try and float
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the dolphins in order to take pressure off their lungs, which 76) (to compress) by
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the weights of their bodies. Then a man from Sea Shepard, a marine wildlife
conservation group, 77) (to come) up in his wet suit. He gently 78) (to take) the
baby and 79) to float it. Placing his hand under her and rubbing her belly soft, he
80) (to keep) on encouraging her. Suddenly a shudder 81) (to run) through her
body, as if she 82) (to shake) herself awake. She 83) (to open) her eyes, (to look)
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 up at him for a long moment, then 84) (to turn) and (to glide) out into the ocean.
Next they floated the other in the surf. She 85) (to orient) herself for about 30
seconds, then 86) (to shoot off) through the sea to follow her calf! I couldn't
contain my emotions. I 87) (to laugh), (to ciy). "Thank You, God, for helping
me," I said. But I 88) (to worry) if they 89) (to be live) after their long ordeal?
I wished they 90) (to let) me know in some way that they 91) (to be) all right.

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"The crowd 92) (to roar) and I (to look) up in astonishment. Out in the open sea,

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mother and baby 93) (to leap) out o f the water, their sleek gray bodies arching

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high in the air. It was as if they 94) (to let) us know they 95) (to be) all right.
Later that day the Coast Guard 96) (to report) spotting a pod o f dolphins about a

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mile and a half offshore - probably the family of the mother and calf. 197) never

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(to see) them again, but out of that experience 198) (to give) new direction to my

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life. 199) (to learn) there are a lot of need to be met. Too often our good intentions
end at our front door, when all we have to do is look outward, as I 100) (to do)

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THE INDEFINITE T E N SE -FO R M S............................................................................. 3

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THE CONTINUOUS TENSE-FORM S.................... ................................................... 10

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REVISION: THE INDEFINITE AND CONTINUOUS TEN SE-FO RM S........... 25

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THE PERFECT TEN SE-FO RM S.................................................................................. 27

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REVISION: THE INDEFINITE, CONTINUOUS

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THE PERFECT CONTINUOUS TEN SE-FO RM S................................................... 46

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REVISION: THE ACTIVE V O IC E ...............................................................................69

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THE PASSIVE V O IC E .................................................................................................... 72

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REVISION: ACTIVE / PASSIVE V O IC E ..................... ..............................................79

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THE SEQUENCE OF T E N S E S .................................................................................... 80

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