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1.My sister is married. How long ......................................................................

2.Boris is on holiday. How long ......................................................................

3.I live in Glasgow................................................................................................

4.It is snowing.......................................................................................................

5.Jack smokes........................................................................................................

6.I know about her problem...................................................................................

7.Jack and Jill are looking for a flat......................................................................

8.Diana teaches English in Germany.....................................................................

9.Dennis is in love with Margaret.........................................................................

10. Colin has a car...................................................................................................

15. In this exercise you have to read a sentence and then write another sentence with since or for.

Example: I know Bob. (for five years) I have known Bob for five years.

3.Ann has a bad cold. (for the last few days) ........................................................

4.I want to go to the moon. (since I was a child) ..................................................

5.My brother is studying languages at university. (for two years).........................

6.Tim and Jane are working in Sheffield. (since February) ..................................

7.My cousin is in the army. (since he was 17) …..................................................

8.They are waiting for us. (for half an hour) ….....................................................

16. Fill in: yet, already, since, for, usually, tonight, how long, ever, at the

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started the course, his wife has become interested as well and now they are talking about setting up a business together.

18.Imagine you and a friend are giving a party tonight. Leave a note for your friend to explain what you've already done and what you haven't done yet.

Example:

I've already bought the soda, but I haven't gotten the potato chips yet . . .

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19.Put the verbs in brackets into the correct present forms.

Dear Sir/Madam,

I 1) ...am writing... (write) on behalf of Midfield School. Every year, our stu-

Could you please send the children some World Wildlife Fund posters to add to

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here for half an hour and now it's time for my boat trip. See you, Mary

21.Underline the Predicate. Translate the sentences into Russian.

1.They have been investigating the problem for two years.

2.He has been testing the system for 3 hours.

3.For nearly three hundred years physicists have been racking their brain over the great puzzle of gravitation.

4.We have been observing the reaction for an hour.

5.I have been working at this problem since 1989.

6.We have solved the problem.

7.I have seen the film Matrix three times.

8.They have informed me of the time of shipment of the goods.

9.I haven’t heard from him since he left Moscow.

22.Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense.

23. Translate from Russian into English.

1.Он говорит на нескольких языках, а сейчас он говорит по-арабски.

2.Бренда танцует лучше, чем все другие девушки в городе.

3.Разве вы не слышите? Я объясняю новое правило.

4.Я уже читаю лекцию с 18 часов.

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5.Тише! Мальчик спит.

6.Мы читаем английский текст.

7.Мой брат читает газеты каждый день.

8.Ты говоришь сейчас по-английски?

9.Я еще не был в Минске.

10. Где молоко? – Она его выпила.

11.Сколько книг по истории ты прочитала?

12.Она ходит в школу? – Нет.

13.Кто помогает твоей маме?

14.Что делает твой друг после школы? – Он обычно обедает.

15.Они только что оделись.

16.Она его ждет? – Да, ждет.

17.Ты читаешь английские книги? – Да.

18.Ты уже пообедал, не так ли?

19.Покажи, что ты написал.

20.Мы не видели его уже три дня.

21.Спасибо, я уже вытерся вот этим полотенцем.

22.Он уже задал мне несколько вопросов.

23.Где ты был? – Я был в Киеве.

24.Посмотри! Она такая уставшая. Она не спала всю ночь.

25.Они еще не ушли в школу.

THE PAST TENSES

1.Underline the correct time expression. Identify the past forms.

1.I still/yet/just hadn't done my homework when Mum came home.

2.Meg was lying in the sun before/while/as soon as the children were playing in the pool.

3.How long ago/How long/While did you pass your driving test?

4.He continued his journey before/after/ago he had changed the tyre.

5.I was walking down the street when/as soon as/while a car stopped next to me.

6.She had been singing for years since/for/before she finally became a star.

7.I went on an excursion to the Lake District last week/since/just.

8.He hadn't eaten turkey since/ever/for the previous Christmas.

9.Our team had scored three goals by the time/until/while we got to the match.

10.The professor didn't start speaking how long/until/yet everyone was quiet.

11.Do you know how long/when/while he had lived in Portugal before he moved to Turkey?

12.They had been sailing for/since/while a month before they reached a port.

13.She took off her coat just/as soon as/already she entered the house.

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1. He is saying funny things about you. He has been saying funny things about you.

2.What are you doing? What have you been doing?

3.She is accusing me of things. She has been accusing me of things.

7. Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the present perfect.

Alex Morton is a talented writer who ………………… (lead) a very interesting life. He was born in 1945 in Manchester, and he was the youngest of six children. From the moment he could read, he was never without a book in his hands. He was an avid reader throughout his schooldays, and he soon …………………

(show) his talent for writing, too. In fact, his teachers ………………. (give) him extra assignments just to be able to read more of his work.

After he …………… (leave) school he went to Manchester University. By the time he got his BA, he had already published a number of short stories, and his first novel was almost finished. Over the next few years he …………….. (write) non-stop and each of his books was more successful than the last. Despite being so busy with his work, Alex …………….. (find) time for romance. He met Fiona Jones while he was at university and they were married in 1971. They have two children. He ……………….. (always/be) a devoted husband and father.

Alex Morton ……………… (write) over twenty books so far and his name

……………… (be) on the best seller list more times than he can remember. However, the pinnacle of his career was when he ……………….. (win) the Booker Prize for Fiction in 1995. Since then, Alex ……………….. (continue) to write and many of his books …………………. (be/made) into films.

8. Use the prompts to write sentences.

1.Ann can't get into the house. _________________________ (lose / her key)

2.Tom's sunburnt. ________________________ (sit / in the sun / all morning)

3.My eyes hurt. ___________________________________ (watch TV/ hours)

4.John passed his Maths exam. ________________________ (study / hard)

5.Nick has lost a lot of weight. _______________________ (be on a diet)

6.Amy looks so happy! _______________________(buy / new house)

9. In this exercise you have to read the situation and then write a sentence. Use the verbs given in brackets. Read the example carefully first.

Example: Ten minutes ago Tom lost his key. Now he has it in his hand. (lose / find) Tom lost his key but now he has found it.

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12. Complete these sentences using the verbs in brackets. You went back to your home town after many years and you found that many things were dif-

13.Now you have to make sentences using the words in brackets.

Example: I wasn't hungry. (I / just / have / lunch) I had just had lunch

1.Tom wasn't at home when I arrived, (he / just / go / out)

2.We arrived at the cinema late. (the film / already / begin)?

3.They weren't eating when I went to see them. (they / just / finish / their dinner)

4.I invited Ann to dinner last night but she couldn't come. (she / already / arrange / to do something else)

5.I was very pleased to see Nora again after such a long time. (I / not / see / her for five years)

14.Put the verb into the correct form, past perfect or past simple.

15. In this exercise you have to read a situation and then write a sentence.

Example: The two boys came into the house. One had a black eye and the other had a cut

lip. (they / fight) They had been fighting.

1. Tom was watching television. He was feeling very tired.

(he / study / hard all day) He..............................................................................

2. When I walked into the room, it was empty. But there was a smell of cigarettes.

(somebody / smoke / in the room) Somebody....................................................

3.When Mary came back from the beach, she looked very red from the sun. (she / lie / in the sun too long) ............................................................................

4.The two boys came into the house. They had a football and they were both very tired.

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(they / play / football) .......................................................................................

5. Ann woke up in the middle of the night. She was frightened and she didn't

know where

she was. (she / dream) .........................................................................................

16. In this exercise you have to read a situation and then write a sentence.

Example: We began playing football. After half an hour there was a terrible storm.

We had been playing for half an hour when there was a terrible

storm.

1. The orchestra began playing at the concert. After about ten minutes a man in the

2. I had arranged to meet Tom in a restaurant. I arrived and began waiting. After

20 minutes I realised that I had come to the wrong restaurant.

I................................................................. when I..................................................

3. Mr and Mrs Jenkins went to live in the south of France. Six months later Mr

Jenkins died. They .............................................. when.........................................

17. Put the verb into the correct form, past perfect continuous or past continuous.

1.Tom was leaning against the wall, out of breath. He ………………… (run).

2.I tried to catch Tom but I couldn't. He …………………………. (run) very fast.

3.Jim was on his hands and knees on the floor. He............................................

when a car stopped and the driver offered us a lift.

5. When I arrived, everyone was sitting round the table with their mouths full. They........................................... (eat).

6. When I arrived, everyone was sitting round the table and talking. Their

18. Write about one of your older relatives. You can write about his/her:

• childhood • education • work • family (e.g. marriage/children) • achievements • later years

Example: My grandfather is called Harry. He was born in Brighton in 1920. When he left school he joined the local fire brigade. He got married when he

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