Ex. 194. The Restaurant

Before I left / had left for the United States, my father was warning / had warned me, "Every foreigner has / is having problems in a new country." But I told / was telling myself, "Ali, you will have been / will be different. You don't have / won't have problems in the United States. By the time you arrive / arrived, you will have learned / will be learning enough English to understand everyone!" So, I made / have made my preparations, and on January 2nd, I flew / had been flying to Boston.

Of course, I have had / have many problems since I arrived / was arriving in the United States. Some of the funniest ones occurred / were occurring during the first few days after I had arrived / would arrive. English was not/ had not been as easy as I was thinking / had thought. But I was making / made a friend, and I was having / would have a good time.

During those first few days, the most comical experience was / was being our first night out in a Boston restaurant. My friend—who spoke / was going to speak no English—and I—who thought / would think that I knew / was knowing a lot— go / went out to eat. That night before we left / have left we had promised / used to promise each other that we would practice / practiced a lot of English. We were going to listen and speak / listened and spoke carefully so that we learned / would learn a lot!

After we had arrived / were arriving at the restaurant, we sat / had sat down, and the waiter was giving / gave us menus. While I was trying / had tried to read mine, my friend was staring / used to stare blankly at his. He understood / understands nothing! The waiter came / was going to come back, and we ordered / were ordering. My friend, who had still stared / was still staring blankly, pointed / would point to the first three items on the menu.

The waiter seemed / was seeming surprised and asked / was asking, "Is / Will... be your friend sure?" I was answering / answered "My friend will be / is sure. I have / will have the same." The waiter was saying / said, "Okay.... If you want / are wanting that, you have gotten /will get that. Foreigners ..."

Imagine / To imagine our surprise when the waiter came / had come back with six dishes: two bowls of tomato soup, two bowls of cream of mushroom soup, and two bowls of clam chowder soup!

Ex.198. Translate the following sentence into English

1. Ви коли-небудь відпочивали в Криму? — Так. Ми були там минулого літа. Ми провели два незабутніх тижні на березі моря.

2. Де твій брат? — Він тренується у спортивному залі. Він там уже дві години.

3. Що діти робили, коли ти прийшов додому? - Коли я увійшов до кімнати, я побачив, що вони грають у нову гру. Я купив її для них в Англії.

4. Де твоя сестра? — Вона на кухні. Вона щойно повер­нулась з інституту і зараз обідає. Після обіду вона збирається піти на виставку сучасного живопису.

5. Я не хочу розмовляти з ним по телефону. Скажіть йому, що я зайнятий. Попросіть його подзвонити завтра.

6. Вони одружились багато років тому і все ще люблять одне одного. Вони одружені з 1977 року.

7. Ви вже бачили виставку картини Ван Гога? - Ні. Але я дуже хочу побачити її. — Ось два квитки на виставку. Якщо ви будете вільні увечері, приходьте в наш музей.

8. Я дуже стомлена. Наступного тижня я складатиму іспит, тому я зараз напружено працюю. Звичайно я працюю зранку до пізнього вечора.

9. Коли я їхав по дорозі, раптом перед машиною з'явилась кішка. Я одразу зупинив автомобіль. Коли я вийшов з машини, щоб пересвідчитись, що сталося з твариною, я побачив, що вона втекла.

10. Він глянув на хлопця і одразу зрозумів, що десь бачив його раніше.

11. Моя подруга збирає листівки протягом тривалого часу. Зараз їх у неї так багато, що вона не знає, де їх збе­рігати.

12. Ось де вони! Ми вас скрізь шукали. Де ви були?

13. Вчора наш клас ходив до музею. Я не пішов, тому що я вже там був.

14. Ви думаєте, завтра буде дощ? - Сподіваємось, що ні. Ми плануємо поїхати за місто. Якщо піде дощ, ми не поїдемо.

15. Поки він робив уроки, його батько слухав радіо. Батько сказав, що останні новини були цікавими.

16. Я й гадки не мав, що вони прийдуть так швидко.

17. Коли діти вийшли з дому, вони згадали, що не все взяли з собою.

18. Нарешті ми прибули в Париж. Я дуже щаслива. Я завжди хотіла побувати в столиці Франції.

19. Він запропонував дітям піти до зоопарку. Він там ще не був з ними ні разу

Ex. 199. ERROR ANALYSIS. Find and correct errors in the following sentences.

1. Jack chose the hotel. He has never been there before, but he has heard his mother speak of it once.

2. How many times have you been winning in the lottery.

3. By the time I return to my country, I am away from home more than three years.

4. As soon as I will graduate, I am going to return to my hometown.

5. He wants to get married, but he doesn’t meet the right person yet.

6. I have been seeing that movie three times, and now I am wanting to see it again.

7. I haven’t seen my elder brother since about five years.

8. Anna had listened to loud rock music when her friends arrived, but turned off so that all of them could study together.

9. “I can’t find the mustard.” “Okay. I am going to find it for you.”

10. I understood everything before I didn’t stay there a week.

11. Hardly I got into bed when the telephone rang.

12. So far he doesn’t make friends with anyone. I am thinking he won’t stay here long.

13. He said that he was smelling something burning but there wasn’t something cooking on the stove.

14. He is my close friend. I have been knowing him for my childhood.

15. I am sure Flora will be here after a while.

16. Tomorrow will be my birthday.

17. I leave now but I’ll see you two weeks later.

18. I’m sorry, dinner isn’t ready yet, but it is going to be ready in a minute.

19. It is no use to phone Bob at the office, he will be leaving.

20. Don’t phone me after 11.00. I’ll have been asleep.

Ex. 200. ERROR ANALYSIS. Many of the following sentences contain errors because the verb tenses and time expressions do not correspond. Discuss the sentences and suggest possible corrections. Indicate which sentences are correct as they are.

1. After Andrea studied in Argentina, she had come to Canada.

2. She has finished her studies in Argentina in 1979.

3. Andrea had been buying her ticket before the exchange rates changed.

4. Andrea said that she was going to stay in Canada for a year.

5. While she lived in Toronto, she was working on her master's degree.

6. She has received her degree three months ago.

7. Since she finished her degree, she travels around the country.

8. She is wanting to visit as many places as possible.

9. She is staying in Montreal since last week.

10. Next week, she will be leaving for South America.

TEST

1. Many girls want to go to the pub only a minority _______________ to watch

TV at home now.

A) wants

B) want

C) wanted

D) is wanting

E) will want

2. Melanie _________ her hand. It's bleeding heavily.

A) cuts

B) is cutting

C) cut

D) has cut

E) had cut

3. I'm sure you can recognize her; she ____________ a purple raincoat.

A) will have worn

B) will be wearing

C) is going to wear

D) will have been wearing

E) must wear

4. Due to the economic crisis, people_____________ happy lately.

A) hasn't been

B) aren't

C) weren't

D) haven't been

E) hadn't been

5. At present I __________ on a new project.

A) study

B) have studied

C) am studying

D) was studying

E) studied

6. Everybody ___________ here except for Jill two hours ago.

A) is

B) was

C) can be

D) had been

E) has been

7. My father ___________about the way I behave

A) is always complaining

B) always complains

C) has always complains

D) had always complains

E) always complained

8. The milk bottle ____________two litres of milk.

A) is holding

B) holds

C) was holding

D) has been holding

E) had been holding

9. I'm sorry I can't come. I____________ my school friend tomorrow.

A) see

B) will see

C) am seeing

D) saw

E) have seen

10.While I _________ very hard, my colleagues _________parties.

A) was studying/gave

B) was studying/were giving

C) studied/was giving

D) studied/gave

E) studied/were giving

11.As my friend and I __________ , my cell phone _________ .

A) are having a gossip/was ringing

B) had a gossip /was ringing

C) were having a gossip /rings

D) were having a gossip/was ringing.

E) had a gossip/rang

12. So far, Teddy_________ten kilos.

A) has been losing

B) has lost

C) had lost

D) lost

E) loses

13. Suzy _______ her clothes five times in the last two hours.

A) has been changing

B) had changed

C) has changed

D) changed

E) was changing

14. I _________in the rain so my clothes are wet.

A) have walked

B) have been walking

C) had walked

D)walked

E) was walking

15. I ______________a response from the company even though I __________ two application forms.

A) got/sent

B) have got/have sent

C) haven't got/have sent

D) haven't got/have been sending

E) have been getting/sent

16. It didn't rain in the spring. I think we ____________ water next summer.

A) will run out of

B) are going to run out of

C) have run out of

D) run out of

E) are running out of

17. I'm a lucky person. I__________ in the sun at this time next week.

A) will lie

B) am lying

C) will be lying

D) will have been lying

E) am going to lie

18. The new cook ________ the soup at the moment.

A) tastes

B) is tasting

C) tasted

D) has tasted

E) has been tasting

19. The video _________since 8 a.m. I wish somebody would turn it off.

A) was playing

B) is playing

C) had been playing

D) has been playing

E) has played

20. When Jane _________ the plane, she'll wait for her luggage.

A) will leave

B) is leaving

C) to leave

D) leaves

E) leave

21.We've never seen our history teacher so angry; he looks as if he___________!

A) explodes

B) is going to explode

C) is exploding

D) was exploding

E) exploded

22. They _________ for a walk but a sudden heavy rain put them off the idea.

A) were going to go

B) will go

C) are going to go

D) went

E) had gone

23. Remember that we___________ to our new flat by the time you come back from business trip.

A) had moved

B) will have moved

C) will move

D) are going to move

E) move

24. I think my wife and I __________on a small farm when I am retired.

A) will have lived

B) had lived

C) are living

D) have lived

E) will be living

25. A: What are you doing? B: we are getting ready. We ____________ our uncle in hospital. A: Really? Give him my regards.

A) are going to visit

B) have been visiting

C) was going to visit

D) visit

E) will visit

26. He_________ me with my homework as soon as he __________ writing those reports.

A) helps / is going to finish

B) is helping / has finished

C) was going to help / will finish

D) will help / finishes

E) has helped / is finishing

27. A: Your dad has made a terrible mess in the kitchen.

B: Don't worry, mum. I ____________ up immediately.

A) am going to clear

B) had cleared

C) will clear

D) am clearing

E) clear

28. We'd better change this suitcase. Its handle ________________before long.

A) is going to break.

B) will be breaking

c) have broken

D) breaks

E) is breaking

29. I _____________ the garage, but I couldn't find the brush to do that.

A) am painting

B) was going to paint

C) painted

D) have painted

E) will have painted

30. His train___________ at 4 p.m. on Tuesday. He doesn't need to call a taxi. I _____________ him to the station.

A) is leaving / will take

B) will leave / take

C) has left / took

D) was leaving / have taken

E) leaves / am going to take

31. My little brother says he ___________a soldier when he_________ up.

A) is being / will grow

B) will be / grew

C) is going to be / grows

D) has been / is growing

E) is / has grown

32. They say they _________ my size at the moment, but they can order it for me.

A) aren't having

B) haven't had

C) didn't have

D) don't have

E) won't have

33. A: _________ the chemist's on your way? B: Yes. Do you need something?

A: Yes, some aspirin, if you don't mind.

A) Are you going to pass?

B) Will you be passing?

C) Do you pass?

D) Are you passing?

E) Have you passed?

34. Don’t ring my cell phone at 2 p.m. I ____________ the questions in the.Call me later.

A) will be answering

B) am going to answer

C) will have answered

D) have answered

E) was going to answer

35. Your luggage looks heavy. Wait here and I ____________my car to drive you home.

A) bring

B) will bring

C) have been bringing

D) am bringing

E) am going to bring

36. She was still working at eight o'clock yesterday evening. She ______________ since six o'clock in the morning.

A) has worked

B) was working

C) worked

D) had been working

E) has been working

37. The match ________ put off because it __________ heavily since early morning.

A) has been / has been raining

B) hasn't been / has been raining

C) was / hasn't rained

D) is / is raining

E) is / had rained

38. Don't forget that we __________ you for our engagement party next Friday.

A) have expected

B) are expecting

C) have been expecting

D) were expecting

E) expect

39.While the nanny __________the little girl a story, she _________ asleep.

A) were reading / fall

B) read / was falling

C) read / fall

D) was reading / fell

E) reads / was falling

40. The goals of this course ___________me willing to start.

A) had been made

B) were made

C) make

D) makes

E) making

41. The weight of the melons ____________ .

A) varies

B) varying

C) vary

D) might have varied

E) were varied

42. One of the men in the boat____________into the sea.

A) had dive

B) can diving

C) diving

D) dive

E) dives

43. Pupils’ minds _________about the word order in the sentences.

A) had confused

B) have confused

C) have been confused

D) has been confused

E) has confused

44. The man whom I_________ with _________ the headmaster of the school.

A) was talking / was

B) were talking / was

C) can talk / were

D) were talking / were

E) was talking / were

45.Neither my dad nor my mum___________ of the idea.

A) had convinced

B) was convinced

C) has convinced

D) were convinced

E) have convinced

46. Either George or Robert _________ to the meeting tonight.

A) are coming

B) have come

C) is coming

D) comes

E) come

47. Although everybody in the group ____________the schedule, one of them

always __________ late to the meetings.

A) knows / comes

B) knows / come

C) know / comes

D) know / come

E) know / came

48. I ______________ for a very long time, so I ___________very angry with them.

A) have been waiting / was

B) had waited / is

C) have waited / was

D) have been waiting / was

E) had been waiting / was

49. Mary ________a delicious meal till yesterday evening.

A) has cooked

B) hasn't cooked

C) hadn't cooked

D) doesn't ever cook

E) was cooked

50. He can't remember any of the bad habits he _______________ when he was younger.

A) had had

B) have had

C) were having

D) had

E) have been having

51. Steve___________ to the manager after lunch the day before.

A) has spoken

B) was speaking

C) had spoken

D) speaks

E) spoke

52. When he came out of the cave, he______________still like a statue for a while.

A) stood

B) is standing

C) was stood

D) stands

E) is being stood

53. He_________smoke eight years ago. But he _________ it up now.

A) used to/had given

B) use to / gave

C) used to /gave

p) is used to / gives

E) gets used to / giving

54. Bv the end or next month, the author__________ his sixth novel.

A) will have written

B) will have been writing

C) has been writing

D) has written

E) had been writing

55. Their children ________ lots of new friends since they _____________ that town.

A) were making / have moved

B) have made / moved

C) made / are moving

D) made / have been moving

E) have been making / move

56. Some people believe the Earth___________flat and the Sun ________ round it.

A) was / went

B) is / goes

C) is / has gone

D) is / is going

E) was / had been going

57. Sheila______________ to stay alone. She is the least sociable student in the course.

A) prefers

B) referred

C) had preferred

D) is preferring

E) has

58. Rick _________ badly, so the coach decided to leave him out of the team. He was very sorry.

A) isn't playing

B) played

C) plays

D) had been playing

E) has played

59. Garry looks very tired. I think that he ______________ more load than he could manage.

A) will take

B) has taken

C) had taken

D) is taking

E) was taking

60. This is the third cold he __________in four months.

A) had had

B) was having

C) has been having

D) had

E) has had

61. The performance was a real financial disaster, for the organizers into account the cost of invitations and advertising.

A) hadn't taken

B) wasn't taken

C) weren't taking

D) haven't been taken

E) haven't taken

62. The teacher ________ the pupils to their homes. She__________ down with something.

A) had sent / has come

B) was sending / came

C) has sent / was coming

D) sends / came

E) had sent / came

63. They _________he subject but the meeting has been cancelled.

A) are going to discuss

B) were going to discuss

C) will discuss

D) were discussing

E) will have discussed

64. The appointment ________ earlier than previously decided. They it forward from 02:00 p.m. to 11:00 a.m.

A) will have been / brought .

B) will be / bring

C) is /are bringing

D) is going to be / have brought

E) was going to be / brought

65. How many questions _________ by the time the lesson finishes?

A) will you have answered

B) are you going to answer

C) will you be answering

D) have you answered

E) do you answer

66. A: Can you join us for a picnic tomorrow? B: Thanks, but I ___________ to the cinema with Anna.

A) go

B) will go

C) am going

D) will have gone

E) have gone

67. Sue ___________ postcards all day. She______ ten postcards so far.

A) wrote / has written

B) has written / wrote

C) has written / has written

D) has been writing / wrote

E) has been writing / has written

68. When it __________ raining, they noticed that it____________for more than four hours.

A) has stopped

B) stopped / had rained

C) stopped / has rained

D) stops / had rained

E) stops / rained

69. Mr. Anderson _________the factory for six years before he __________

A) ran / died

B) has run / died

C) had run / died

D) had run / was dying

E) ran / had died

70. I_________my books for my readers in a book exhibition at this time tomorrow.

A) am going to sign

B) will sign

C) will have signed

D) will have been signing

E) will be signing

71.We __________ her the truth when she _________ home.

A) are going to tell / will come

B) will tell / comes

C) will tell / will come

D) are telling / comes

E) tell / will come

72. In two months' time Raymond ___________ from the college with a degree and will be expecting a respected and a well-paid job.

A) graduated

B) has graduated

C) will be graduating

D) has been graduating

E) will have graduated

73. The_______ Dukes in Chicago before they_______New York

A) had been living / moved

B) were living / had moved

C) had been living / had moved

D) have lived / had moved

E) have lived / moved

74. Ramon _____ the sewing machine, but later it broke down again.

A) is repairing

B) repaired

C) had repaired

D) has repaired

E) repairs

75. They ______ our winter house by the time we ______________ from our summer house.

A) will have been painted / return

B) will be painting / have returned

C) will have painted / return

D) have been painting / have returned

E) painted / had returned

76. A: Where ___________ when I __________ you at the station yesterday?

B: To Southampton..

A) did you go / saw

B) were you go / saw

C) have you gone / saw

D) did you go / see

E) were you going / saw

76. When she first came to our village, she didn't like our traditional clothes but at the moment she ______________the same clothes.

A) will wear

B) is used wearing

C) was used to wearing

D) is used to wearing

E) is used to wear

78. They ________ a picnic as a group of classmates in spite of the rain when we saw them last.

A) have been going for

B) had been gone for

C) were going for

D) will have gone

E) would be going for

79. The students in Mr. Sharp's evening class _____________ for almost fifteen minutes when he finally ______________ _ at the class door.

A) have waited / appeared

B) had been waiting / appeared

C) had been waiting / has appeared

D) have been waiting / has appeared

E) have been waiting / appeared

80. Never in my life__________ such a picturesque village.

A) have I seen

B) I have seen

C) do I see

D) did I see

E) am I see

81. Clean drinking water is becoming a rarity day by day and now this ___________ many people in the town.

A) disturbed

B) disturbs

C) is disturbing

D) will have disturbed

E) had disturbed

82. As soon as his teacher __________ about his smoking, she __________ his parents to school to talk it over.

A had learned / has invited

B) has learned / invited

C) did learn / invited

D) learned / invited

E) learned / had invited

83. Mr. Clayton always _________ working in the field early in the morning and __________ a break at noon, when his wife brings him his lunch.

A) begins / has

B) begins / had

C) began / has

D) begins / has had

E) has begun / has

84. She __________ in the hotel lobby until we___________from shopping.

A) was staying /have been returning

B) stayed / were returning

C) has stayed / returned

D) had stayed / returned

E) stayed / return

85. When Nadia first started her work in the company, she had some problems with her workmates. But at present she _______________ them very well.

A) is used to get along with

B) is used to getting along with

C) used to get along with

D) used to getting along with

E) gets along with

86. Let's take her some pizza and Coke. I'm sure she will be tir a when we get home, because she_______________ flat all afternoon.

A) will be cleaning

B) is cleaning

C) is going to clean

D) have been cleaning

E) will have been cleaning

87. Till she ____________ how valuable her time was, she___________ waste it.

A) understood / got used to

B) understand / is accustomed to

C) understood / used to

D) understand / didn't use to

E) has understood / used to

88. She ___________ in Japan for seven years. By 2007 she __________ in Japan for ten years.

A) has been working / will have worked

B) has worked / is going to work

C) worked / will have worked

D) has been working / will work

E) had worked / will have been working

89. We ___________ there for a long time watching the plane flying further and further.

A) have been standing

B) stood

C) are standing

D) was standing

E) stand