5. Explain the usage of tenses in the underlined fragments of the following sentences:

1) John’s father is always complaining of his health.

2) Have you heard Uncle Finch play?

3) The Simpsons have got a dog.

4) They had been married only a few months when they gave up living in London.

5) At 5 o’clock tomorrow we’ll be lying on the beach.

6) Brair is not in his room and his bed hasn’t been slept in.

7) The steamer will be discharged tomorrow.

8) Jack had been given a word at the conference before Mary appeared.

6. Poor Jerusha Abbott can’t send a letter to her Daddy-Long-Legs, as she doesn’t know how to use English tenses. Help her to complete the letter.

I (not believe) I can be going to Heaven – I (get) such a lot of good things here; it wouldn’t be fair to get them hereafter too. Listen to what (happen).

Jerusha Abbott (win) the short-story contest that the Monthly (hold) every year. Maybe I (be) an author after all. Also I (choose) for the spring dramatics – “As You Like It” out of doors. Besides Julia and Sallie and I (go) to New York next Friday and (stop) at the Martha Washington Hotel. I never (be) in a hotel in my life except once when the Catholic Church (have) a festival and (invite) the orphans.

And what you (think) we (see)? “Hamlet”. We (study)it for four weeks in Shakespeare class and I (know) it by heart.

Good-by, Daddy.

This (be) a very entertaining world.

Yours ever,

Judy