E. 2. Choose the proper variant

1. (Last, next) year we were schoolchildren. 2. We shall have an English test (last week, next week). 3. (Some years ago, in some years) I was in the tenth form. 4. (Five years ago, in five years) you will be engineers. 5. Mike (finishes, finished) school three years ago. 6. You had a lot of work to do (last, next) year. 7. Listen! Somebody (is, are) talking in the corridor. 8. He (writes, wrote) his term paper last month. 9. I am (sit, sitting) now. 10. We are (read, reading) English sentences, listen to us. 11. They (is, are) working at this problem. 12. You are (stand, standing) now. 13. Don't talk, I (am, is) listening to the news.

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