Variant 3

1. Explain the use of tenses which are underlined in the following sentences.

1. The mail arrives at ten tomorrow. ___________________________________________________

2. He is always finding fault with his friends. _____________________________________________

3. I have been learning English since we last met. ________________________________________

4. The sky is overcast with black clouds. It’s going to rain. __________________________________

5. Summit meeting is to take place in Brussels in September. _______________________________

2. Make your own sentences. Use the tenses which express the following:

1. prediction based on evidence

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2. habits, regular or repeated actions

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3. situation/activity that happened over a period up to a definite past time

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4. immediate future

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3. Open the brackets and put the verbs in the right tense form, active or passive.

1. Johnny noticed that everybody _________________________ (to look) at him, and he _________________________ (to feel) shy.

2. Light _________________________ (to travel) more quickly than sound.

3. When will he come? We _________________________ (to wait) for him for half an hour already.

4. Why don’t you use your car? – It is being repaired now, I _________________________ (to have) a bad accident a week ago.

5. We could not go out because it _________________________ (to rain) hard since early morning.

6. When I _______________________ (to come) to this house, they _________________________ (to tell) me _________________________that he _________________________ (to leave) an hour before.

4. Translate the sentences into English.

1. Он пишет книгу. — Он уже закончил работу? — Да, он закончил ее на прошлой неделе.

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2. Что вы здесь делаете? — Я жду своего друга. Он работает в этом институте.

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3. Дождь еще не прекратился, когда мы вышли из дома. Дождь шел целый день.

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4. Вы поедете в Москву на следующей неделе? — Я не знаю. Я жду очень важное письмо из Москвы.

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5. Я знал, что к девяти часам мама уже приготовит ужин, и в девять часов вся семья будет сидеть за столом.

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