
- •Exercise 2. Open the brackets using Present Continuous or Present Perfect.
- •Exercise 8. Put the verb in brackets into the correct form, the Present Perfect or the Past Indefinite.
- •Exercise 9. Replace the infinitives in brackets by the present perfect or past indefinite tense forms.
- •Exercise 10. Open the brackets using the Present Indefinite, the Present Continuous, the Past Continuous, the Past Indefinite or the Present Perfect Tense.
- •Exercise 11. Translate into English.
- •Exercise 12. Open the brackets using Present Perfect, Present Continuous, Present Simple or Past Simple.
- •Exercise 13. Open the brackets using Present Perfect, Present Simple, Present Continuous, Past Simple or Past Continuous.
- •Exercise 14. Translate into English, using the Present Indefinite, the Present Continuous, the Past Continuous, the Past Indefinite or the Present Perfect.
Exercise 10. Open the brackets using the Present Indefinite, the Present Continuous, the Past Continuous, the Past Indefinite or the Present Perfect Tense.
1. In the morning, coming down the stairs, Rosemary (see) Tony who (lie) in the sitting room. “What you (do) here?” “I (sleep) here.” “I am sorry we (take) your room.” 2. He’s a night watchman. He (work) at night and (sleep) in the daytime. It’s noon now and he still (sleep). 3. I first (meet) Richard a month ago, and I (meet) him several times since then. 4. I usually (go) to bed before midnight. 5. What your brother (do) now? – He (play) tennis with our neighbour, they (play) it every day. 6. I (write) to my parents a fortnight ago, but I (not / have) a reply yet, so I just (write) again. 7. It’s 3 p.m. and he (not / eat) anything today, but he (eat) a good dinner last night. 8. Is Mary ready to come out? – No, she still (dress). 9. I (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.
Exercise 11. 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 нет на полке. Кто-то взял ее. 8. Когда твой отец бросил курить? 9. Я не завтракал утром, потому что мне не хотелось есть. 10. Почему ты не хотел играть в шахматы вчера? 11. Машина выглядит очень чистой. Ты вымыл ее? 12. Кто пришёл? 13. Кто взял мою ручку? 14. Мы не встречались с 1998 года, не правда ли? 15. Я знаю Бориса с детства. 16. Они никогда не были в театре. 17. Где вы были всё это время? 18. Когда вы послали телеграмму? 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. 23. Мы пригласили их на наш концерт. 24. Она пошла гулять. 25. Вы уже посетили наш музей? 26. Почему Вы не сделали домашнее задание? – Я был занят вчера. 27. Вы купили билеты? 28. Когда вы купили билеты?
Exercise 12. Open the brackets using Present Perfect, Present Continuous, Present Simple or Past Simple.
1. Please, give me a pencil. I (to lose) mine. 2. I (not to meet) Peter since Monday. 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 Eyre” by Ch. Bronte. 6. They (to read) “Ivanhoe” by W. Scott a month ago. What about you? You (to read) “Ivanhoe”? 7. My watch (to stop). There (to be) something wrong with it. 8. You (to see) Jack today? – Yes, I (to see) him at the University. 9. You (to hear) the new symphony by M.? – Yes I ... – When you (to hear) it? – I (to hear) it last Sunday. 10. You (to change) so much. Anything (to happen)? 11. What you (to do) here at such a late hour? You (to write) your composition? – No, I (to write) it already. I (to work) at my report. – And when you (to write) your composition? I (to finish) it 2 days ago. 12. I say, Tom, let’s have dinner. – No, thank you, I already (to have) dinner. 13. What the weather (to be) like? It still (to rain)? – No, it (to stop) raining.