XVI. Make up as many sentences as you can using
a) Past Indefinite or Past Perfect:
1. Он вернулся at 6 o'clock
by 6 o'clock
on Saturday
by Monday
at that time
2. Я закончил работу by that time
before you came
while you were away
b) Future Indefinite or Future Perfect:
1. Он вернется at 6 o'clock
by 6 o'clock
on Saturday
by Monday
2. Я закончу работу at that time
by that time
before you come
while you are away
XVII. Open the brackets using
a) Past Perfect:
1. She hoped I (to pay) for the tickets. 2. When we came the plane (to take off). 3. I went to sleep as soon as the show (to finish). 4. By the end of the year he (to complete) five courses. 5. When they came home mother (to do) everything about the house. 6. I went to see the sights after I (to buy) a map of Moscow. 7. We knew our itinerary only after the leader of the group (to tell) us. 8. After I (to spend) all the money I turned to my father. 9. She understood the letter after she (to read) it a second time. 10. We (to keep) waiting until we lost patience.
b) Future Perfect:
1. When the father returns from his round the world trip his son (to become) a grown-up man. 2. By the end of this year I (to read) all the books of this writer. 3. You (to finish) typing my papers by this evening? 4. If you come late, the party (to end). 5. When you come she (to leave). 6. By the end of July you (to pass) your last entrance exam. 7. I'm not sure if I (to translate) this text by Monday. 8. By the time they return from the honeymoon trip we (to rebuild) the house for them.
XVIII. Complete the sentences using Past Perfect:
A. Model: I was tired (to work). — I was tired after I had worked the whole day.
1. They started discussing their plan (to come). 2. He helped his mother about the house (to finish). 3. He invited his friends to the party (to win). 4. Her coat was wet (to walk). 5. He understood the meaning of the telegram (to read). 6. She tore up the letter (to read). 7. They settled the quarrel (to talk). 8. She was very upset (to fail).
B. Model: I was tired (to work). —I was tired because I had worked the whole day.
1. She could speak Spanish fluently (to live). 2. He rang me up (to ask). 3. The cake was too sweet (to put). 4. She was crying (to lose). 5. They didn't meet (to leave). 6. I didn't want to go to the cinema (to see). 7. I couldn't get into my flat (to lose). 8. I didn't know their address (to move).
XIX. Change the following sentences according to the model.
Model: The student borrowed a book from the library and read it. – The student read the book he had borrowed from the library.
1.He wrote a letter and went to the post office to post it. 2. She bought a picture but didn’t show it to us. 3. She wrote an exercise on the blackboard and we wrote it down in our note-books. 4. The teacher gave us some key words and we made up a story about up-to-date computers. 5. We took a final decision and let them know it. 6. We discussed the agreement but our boss disapproved of it. 7. He was asked a lot of questions on the terms of the agreement and he managed to answer them. 8. The cable was delivered yesterday and we had to reply immediately. 9. He prepared the report on the pollution of the environment and we listened to it with great interest. 10. She typed all the faxes and asked me to send them off.
XX. Rewrite the sentences adding the given words. Make all necessary changes.
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has finished the work by 3 o’clock.They have left before we returned.
Everyone has had breakfast by the time she got up.
Everything has been ready long before they came.
We shall discuss the plan before you come.
You will forget about your disease by then.
I shall overcome my bad habit before it does me harm.