Exercises

Exercise 1. Answer the questions using the Continuous Tenses.

1.What will she be doing on Sunday? (play tennis). 2. What is your mother cooking? (fish) 3. What were your brothers doing while you were making tea? (play chess). 4. What were you doing while she was decorating the fur-tree? (cook). 5. What will grandfather be doing when we arrive? (work in the garden). 6. What are you writing? (letter). 7. What will they be doing at this time tomorrow? (fly to Kiev). 8. What was Jane doing while John was repairing the bicycle? (make sandwiches). 9. What are you reading? (a book about sailors). 10. What are they discussing? (the football match).

Exercise 2. Open the brackets using the Continuous Tenses.

1. She met Helen when she (walk along the street). 2. Helen caught cold when she (skate on a frosty day). 3. He wrote those nice poems when he (have a holiday). 4. Don’t call for me at six because I (have a bath). 5. Don’t send us any letters in June because we (travel). 6. We didn’t go out last night because (rain). 7. He (play the piano) now. 8. The girls (walk in the park). 9. The boy lost his camera when he (ride the bicycle). 10. He rang me up when I (have supper).

Exercise 3. Choose the right form of the verb.

1. Don’t go out. It … hard.

1. is raining; b. was raining; c. rains.

2. What are you doing? I … a book.

1. was reading; b. am reading ; c. will be reading.

3. Where … you … when I met you last night.

1. Did … go; b. were going; c. are going.

4. When … you buy a new TV set?

1. did; b. was; c. were.

5. Look! Your brother … home.

1. go; b. goes; c. is going.

6. We shall … the results when we finish our experiments.

1. to be discussing; b. to discuss; c. discuss.

7. At 5 o’clock yesterday I … to the news on the radio.

1. was listening; b. listened; c. am listened.

8. We were watching TV while the children … in the garden.

1. will be playing; b. played; c. were playing.

9. What magazine …you … through when I came in?

1. did look; b. were looking; c. are looking.

10. He … for you the whole day yesterday. Why didn’t you come?

a. is waiting; b. were waiting; c. was waiting.

Времена группы Perfect Настоящее совершенное время (The Present Perfect Tense)

Выражает связь действия, которое уже произошло, совершилось, с настоящим моментом речи. Это время можно назвать «преднастоящее». Образуется при помощи вспомогательного глагола to have в настоящем времени (has для 3-го лица единственного числа и have для всех остальных лиц единственного и множественного числа) и причастия прошедшего времени (Participle II).

Сказуемое переводится глаголом совершенного вида:

не переводил, а перевел,

не писал, а написал.

Например:

I haven’t bought a new car yet.

Я еще не купил новую машину.

Утвердительная форма		Отрицательная форма		Вопросительная форма
I We have (‘ve) You They He She has It ( ‘s )	written.	I We have not You (haven’t) They He She has not It (hasn’t)	written.	I Have we you they he Has she it	written?

Обратите внимание!

Present Perfect может употребляться с такими наречиями неопределенного времени :

уже – already

только что – just (now)

ко времени – by (the time)

еще не – not yet

ever – когда-либо

never - никогда

lately, recently – за последнее время this week (year, month) – на этой неделе (году, месяце)

и с предлогами: for, since (с тех по как, с).