Ex.26. TranslateintoEnglish.

1.Студенти закінчили підготовку до конференції до 30 жовтня.

2. Вони були друзями вже 10 років, перш ніж я познайомився з ними.

3. Секретарка віддала листа лише після того, як я сповістив своє ім’я.

4. Вона прийшла на роботу і згадала, що забув вдома гаманця.

5. Мої сусіди сказали, що провели відпустку в Альпах.

6. Ми думаємо, що він прийняв правильне рішення.

7. Вони вирішили залишитись вдома, тому що були втомлені.

8. Ми подивились фільм перш ніж обговорили його.

9. Я була в Лондоні минулого року. Раніше я там ніколи не була.

10. Я прочекала на зупинці 20 хвилин перш ніж прийшов трамвай.

Past tenses review

Ex.27. Identify the tenses, then match the sentences on the left with their functions on the right.

Ex.28. Final test. Simple Past, Past Continuous, Past Perfect, or Past Perfect Continuous? Choose the right answer.

1. He _______ a new car last year.

a. bought b. was buying c. had bought d. had been buying

2. He _______ London two years ago.

a. visited b. was visiting c. had visited d. had been visiting

3. I _______ yesterday because I was sick.

a. didn't work b. wasn't working c. hadn't worked d. hadn't been working

4. She fell asleep while she _________ TV.

a. watched b. was watching c. had watched d. had been watching

5. She probably lost her keys while she ________ in the park.

a. walked b. was walking c. had walked d. had been walking

6. He _________ at four o'clock yesterday.

a. slept b. was sleeping c. had slept d. had been sleeping

7. First he ________ as a salesman, then as a night clerk, and after that he quit his job and became a writer.

a. worked b. was working c. had worked d. had been working

8. Christopher Columbus ________ America in 1492.

a. discovered b. was discovering c. had discovered d. had been discovering

9. By the time I came back, Mike and Jane______, so I couldn't tell them about it.

a. already left b. were already leaving c. had already left d. had already been leaving

10. It ________ me two hours to get to the airport.

a. took b. was taking c. had taken d. had been taking

11. Their car was stolen while they________ lunch at a cafe.

a. ate b. were eating c. had eaten d. had been eating

12. When he lived in Mexico, he ________ in a bank.

a. worked b. was working c. had worked d. had been working

13. He ________ for his bus at the bus stop when the robbers attacked him.

a. waited b. was waiting c. had waited d. had been waiting

14. She _______ all the letters by the time her boss asked her to type them again.

a. sent b. was sending c. had sent d. had been sending

15. Until last night, she _______ him about it.

a. never asked b. was never asking c. had never asked d. had never been asking

16. By the time we arrived, she _______ for us at the train station for three hours.

a. waited b. was waiting c. had waited d. had been waiting

Ex.29. Complete the story by putting the verbs in brackets into the correct tense. You can choose from the Present Perfect, Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect or Past Perfect Continuous.

My English is really getting better. I ______ (try) to learn the language since 2005, but only recently have I been able to make some real progress. By the time I started high school in 2008, I ______ (study) the language for almost three years; however, I was only able to introduce myself and utter a few memorized sentences. For a couple more years, I ______ (struggle) through grammar and vocabulary lessons, which made absolutely no difference. Nothing worked, so I decided to study abroad.

I ______ (find) an exchange program in England that ______ (sound) like the perfect answer. I ______ (stay) with a host family for one month. It was a huge disappointment! I ______ (sit) there the whole time staring at the host mother and father hoping that there would be some breakthrough. Nothing.

When I returned, I mentioned to a friend that I ______ (have) problems with the language for years. He recommended that I spend a year in an English speaking country. I decided to go abroad again. I ______ (research) exchange programs for a couple of weeks and finally (decide) on a school in the United States.

Well, it ______ (work). I ______ (live) and ______ (study) in the U.S. for more than two years. I ______ (stay) here for at least another year before I return home. By then, I should be completely fluent.

Ex.30. Choose the correct form of the verb.

1.They are happy their child _______ the University.

a) entered b) has entered c) had entered

2. They were happy their child_______ the University.

a) entered b) has entered c) had entered

3. At this time two weeks ago we _______ on the beach.

a) lay b) were lying c) lied

4. I was glad he _______ from this business trip.

a) returned b) has returned c) had returned

5. I _______ impressed with his car when I saw it yesterday.

a) hasn’t been b) wasn’t c) hadn’t been.

6. My parents were angry because I ________ my last exam.

a) hasn’t passed b) didn’t pass c) hadn’t passed

7. When she came home, her son _______ .

a) had dinner b) have dinner c) is having dinner

8. Our manager signed the documents and _______ upstairs.

a) has gone b) went c) had gone

9. How many times _______ him since he went to London?

a) did you see b) have you seen c) saw

10. Mary (1) _______ the room while John (2) ________ the dinner.

(1) a) cleans b) was cleaning c) has cleaned

(2) a) makes b) has made c) was making

Ex.31. Correct the mistakes if there are any.

The man was standing at the bus stop for the last half an hour.

I remembered I haven’t paid the bill last month.

I called the station for an hour yesterday but no one answered.

She was standing near the shelf and trying to find the book on economic theory.

Richard tried to come in quietly but his mother didn’t sleep and was hearing him.

I hadn’t seen Michael for some time. I missed him greatly.

He used to playing the violin when he lived with his grandparents.

I had been played chess for 3 years before I participated in a lightning tournament five years ago.

I went to England to improve my English but it hadn’t helped.

There were a very good program on TV last night.

Ex.32.TranslateintoEnglish.

Я слухала подругу вже пів години, але так і не зрозуміла про що йшлося.

Минулого тижня я зустрівся з менеджерами, провів перемовини, відправив десятки листів і нарешті поїхав у відпустку.

Коли він прийшов, вона вже повернулась та сиділа біля каміну.

Не встигла я приїхати до готелю, як задзвонив телефон і ми пішли на зустріч в конференц зал.

Професор все ще екзаменував студентів, коли прийшов декан.

Ми бувало грали у футбол всім офісом у суботу.

Стажери тренувались вже три години, коли тренер сказав зробити перерву.

Коли ви закінчили проект? - Ми ще не закінчили. Ми пропрацювали три місяці над ним, але ще не дійшли згоди щодо рекламної кампанії.

Йшов сильний сніг. Я не змогла прочитати номер тролейбуса. Я проїхала вже три зупинки, коли зрозуміла, що їхала не в тому напрямку.

Я дзвонила вам дві години, але телефон був зайнятий.

Ми ще не встигли вийти на вулицю, як прибуло таксі.

Студенти писали тест вже пів години, коли увійшов декан і попросив їх заповнити анкети.

Ми працювали над проектом пів року коли наш товар з’явився на ринку.

Вони прибули о третій вночі і все ще відпочивають.