Упражнение 33. Перепешите предложения, используя конструкцию used to.

1.I never drank coffee when I was a teenager.

2.Was it your habit to get early in the morning?

3.Is that the place where you bought rare scientific magazines?

4.She wrote poems when she was a schoolgirl.

5.They never wore uniforms to work.

6.He was shy when he was a little boy.

Упражнение 34. Раскройте скобки, используя used to/would. Иногда возможны два варианта.

1. We (to go) to two or three films every week. 2. We (to leave) home very early in the morning when we went on holiday. 3. A few years ago I (not to have) many friends, but now I do. 4. You (to live) near the airport? 5. We (to spend) hours talking about our dreams. 6. She (to tell) us funny stories about the animals at the farm. 7. There (not to be) many cars on the roads in those days. 8. I (to love) all kinds of ball games when I was a child. 9. My dad (to play) football with us on Sundays when we were little.

Упражнение 35. Выберите правильный вариант.

1.I come from London, so I’m / I’m getting used to big cities.

2.After London it’s hard to be / get used living in the country. It’s very different.

3.It took me a few weeks to be / get used to to my new surroundings.

4.I am not / am not getting used to the silence. I miss the noise.

5.At the moment my parents have to drive me everywhere. I don’t like that because I’m / I’m getting used to being independent.

6.The pace of life here seems a bit slow, but I’m sure I’ll be / get used to it.

7.Change is hard for everyone, but we are / get used to new things quite quickly.

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ПЕРФЕКТНЫЕ ФОРМЫ ГЛАГОЛА

Перфектные времена обычно обозначают действие, предшествующее другому действию или определенному моменту времени.

PRESENT PERFECT

(для недавних событий)

•Мы используем Present Perfect, чтобы описать действие, которое произошло недавно. Мы не указываем, когда оно произошло, потому что это не важно. В фокусе находится результат этого действия в настоящем. I’ve met Tom (=I know him now)

•Мы используем Past Simple, чтобы описать действие, которое произошло в определенный момент в прошлом. Мы указываем этот момент. I met Tom last year.

•Чтобы подчеркнуть, что действие произошло совсем недавно,

мы можем использовать just, recently, already и yet. Have you seen Molly recently?

•Мы используем Past Simple, чтобы описать подробности событий недавного прошлого. Have you heard? Mary’s had a baby. – When did she have it? – Last night.

Мы формируем Present Perfect следующим образом:

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Временные маркеры:

already yet just ever never

so far/up to now lately

recently

this week/month

Упражнение 36. Раскройте скобки, употребляя глаголы в Present Perfect или Past Simple.

1. We (to design) this technology in different variants to suffice the requirements of various types of chemical processes. 2. We (to design) this technology two years ago. 3. Gregory speаks German so well becаuse he (to live) in Germаny. 4. He (to live) there last year. 5. Look! Mary (to buy) a new microscope. 6. I (to buy) a laptop yesterday. 7. We (to trаvel) arоund Eurоpe lаst yeаr. 8. Alex (to meet) his friend two hours ago. 9. I just (to meеt) our lеcturеr. 10. The studеnts already (to decide) what to do with thе books. 11. Yеsterday thеy (to decide) to hеlp their groupmatеs.

Упражнение 37. Выберите подходящие временные маркеры.

1.It seems to me that I was in this place this year/last year.

2.This method has gained popularity lately/several months ago.

3.I met a very talented scientist just/the other day.

4.These new companies have worked in our market for two years/two years ago.

5.We received the experiment results not long ago/recently.

6.The speaker hasn’t introduces himsekf to the audience at the beginning of the presentation/so far.

Упражнение 38. Выберите правильный вариант.

1. I’d like to borrow this book. Has Anna read it ________ ?

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Упражнение 39. Раскройте скобки, употребляя глаголы в Present Simple, Present Perfect, Present Continuous или Past Simple.

1. Whаt you (to do) here аt such a lаtе hour? You (to writе) your article? – No, I (to writе) it аlready. I (to work) on my thesis. – Moreover, when you (to write) your article? – I (to finish) it three dаys аgo. 2. I say, Tom, let's take part in this competition. – No, thank you, I already (to agree) to participate in the conference next month. 3. Please give me your reference book, I (to leave) mine at home. 4. I (not to meet) Mr Moriarty since Monday. 5. Mrs Cooper just (to finish) the calculations. 6. Whеrе Sеrgei (to bе)? – Hе (to go) homе. Hе (to lеavе) thе room a minutе ago. 7. Whаt you (to rеаd) nоw? – I (to reаd) "Foundations of Chemistry" by Mendeleev. 8. They (to read) "Foundations of Chemistry" by Mendeleev a month ago. Whаt аbout yоu? You (to reаd) "Foundations of Chemistry"? 9. You (to sее) Mr Newton today? – Yes, I (to sее) him in the lecture hall.

PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS

Сравните Present Perfect Continuous и Present Perfect Simple:

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С глаголами work, teach, study и live мы можем использовать как

Present Perfect Continuous, так и Present Perfect Simple с оборотом,

начинающимся с for/since без изменения смысла: I’ve worked / have been working here for years.

Мы используем Present Perfect Simple с глаголами состояния.

Мы формируем Present Perfect Continuous следующим образом:

Временные маркеры:

for since

How long ...?

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Упражнение 40. Переведите на английский язык слова в скобках, используя for и since.

1.He hasn’t written any new articles (с прошлой недели).

2.He has been writing this article (в течение двух недель).

3.I have been working (в течение четырех часов).

3.I have been working (с восьми утра).

4.I haven’t seen a presentation like this (в течение многих лет).

5.I haven’t seen a presentation like this (с прошлого года).

Упражнение 41. Раскройте скобки, употребляя глаголы в Present Perfect или Present Perfect Continuous.

Упражнение 42. Переведите на английский язык, употребляя глаголы в Present Simple, Present Continuous или Present Perfect Continuous.

1.Мой папа работает в научно-исследовательском университете. Мой папа работает в научно-исследовательском университете с 1995 года.

2.Моя сестра готовит доклад. Моя сестра готовит доклад с двух часов.

в лаборатории с утра. 5. Декан смотрит презентации студентов сейчас. Декан смотрит презентации студентов с трех часов. 6. Мой дядя пишет стихи. Мой дядя пишет стихи с детства. 7. Она читает статью

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