2. Complete the passage with the Past Indefinite form of the verbs given below.

pull click wait stick (2) look

extract get order take reach

He … the receiver cradle down with a finger, … the file room, and … Chee’s folder. While he … for it, he … open the desk drawer, … a brown pin with a white center, and carefully … it back in the hole where the Endocheeney pin had been. He … at the map a minute. Then he … into the drawer again, … out another brown-and-white pin and … it at the ‘p’ in “Shiprock”.

3. Use the Present Perfect or the Past Indefinite instead of the infinitives in brackets. Explain the difference between the two tenses. What is similar between them?

1. You (to behave) like this ever since I first (to come) here. 2. It (to happen) when I (to be out). 3. She just (to remind) me that we (to be) at school together. 4. I never (to have) the slightest desire to be an actress. 5. I (to meet) Tom this morning at the station. 6. I’m very sorry, Doctor, but Doctor Griffiths (to go) to Swansea on important business. 7. She (to finish) cleaning the bathroom, then she (to begin) peeling potatoes. 8. I (to see) her name in the papers rather often of late. 9. They (to leave) just a week ago today. 10. Most of the children here (to have) measles already. 11. They (to talk) much that evening. 12. “I (to do) something,” he (to think). “Oh, I (to do) something real at last.” 13. The bell (to ring) repeatedly, but they (not to answer) it, and presently it (to stop). 14. You can’t see Herb. He (to be out). – No, he (not to be). I (to watch) him go in with his dad and he (not to come out) yet. 15. She (to lift) her bag from the sideboard and (to take out) a two-shilling piece. 16. “Good morning, Mrs Watt,” she said. “Eric (to tell) you what to do?” 17. I (to love) you since I (to see) you walk into that classroom. 18. I don’t think I (to be out) more than a couple of minutes. 19. The thing is that I (to come) to have a talk. 20. I’m her sister, and we (to have) only each other since Dad (to die).

4. Translate the sentences using the Present Perfect or the Past Indefinite. In each sentence underline the words which helped you to make the choice.

1. Это самый лучший вратарь, который когда либо играл в этой команде. 2. Ты вернулся позавчера, не правда ли? 3. Вы давно играете на сцене, мисс? Простите, я забыла ваше имя. 4. Она подняла трубку и набрала номер телефона Алисы. 5. Простите, меня задержали. Сегодня у нас в аэропорту возник целый ряд непредвиденных проблем. 6. «А мы там не обедали», - в один голос сказали мальчики. 7. Вы давно в чине капитана? – Уже три года. Скоро я буду майором. 8. Ты видела его во время репетиции? 9. Когда они уехали? – Точно не знаю. Меня не было дома. 10. «Ведь вы ей еще ничего не говорили?» - резко спросил Димирест. 11. «Сколько времени вы там оставались?» - «С полчаса». – «Вас кто-нибудь видел там?» - «Не думаю». 12. Я вам так благодарна за все, что вы для меня сделали. 13. Ну, как вам понравились ваши ученики? – О, они очень смышленые, но у них сменилось так много учителей, что они совсем разучились работать.