When, until. After, already, again, before, once, no longer, while, still, not yet

From 1777 until the end of the following year, Mozart lived in Paris. By then he had ………….established himself as a well-known composer and musician. ………..his mother died in 1778, he thought he could ……….remain in Paris and went back to Salzburg……… He was appointed court organist, and remained in the archbishop's employ…….he decided to move to Vienna. He had just settled in the capital ……….he met Constanze Weber, and soon married her, despite his father's opposition. …………in Vienna, Mozart found himself surrounded by the most brillant musical and literary figures of the time. ……..he was ……… living in Vienna, his stunning successes as a composer took him to Prague twice and, in 1789, to Germany.

Joseph II's death marked the end of Mozart's fortune. The new emperor, Leopold 11 withdrew the court's financial support, and ………. he could even realise it, Mozart found himself in misery. The cause of his death in 1791 has ……. been discovered. He was buried in a common grave in one of Vienna's burial grounds.

Ex. 100. Join each sentence on the left to the correct sentence on the right using one of the linking words in the middle.

1 He found his wallet	Before When Since While Until As soon as Whenever After	a) the film was over.
2 He always sits by the window		b) he saw his name in the newspaper.
3 He left the cinema		c) he is sixty-five.
4 He had already reserved his seat		d) he took the train.
5 He stayed in the factory		e) he was cleaning the cupboard.
6 He was very surprised		f) he was a boy.
7 He wants to work in the factory 8 He has been keen on maths		g) the other workers had gone home. h) he eats in that restaurant.

Ex. 101. Fill in the blanks using the words in this list:

Until, by, again, from, later, still, within, soon, already, before, when, when, while, while

Angela Robson, the famous English writer, was born in Leeds in 1935 of Irish parents, the second of four sisters……..she was five, her father lost his job as a railway engineer. Consequently, the Robson family moved to Bristol, where Angela completed her primary school……..moving back to Leeds in 1946.

…………she was …………attending secondary school, she wrote her first novel, “Back to the start”, a story of love and adventure. At the age of 18, when she took her A levels, Angela had………..decided to become a novelist.

In April, 1955, at a literary conference in London, Angela met Harold Kingsley, then a promising literary critic, and before the end of that year married him. They set up home in St Albans, not far from London, and…………began a life of work, travel and study, Harold was able to find Angela a job as a foreign correspondent for the Daily Telegraph and they were both away from England most of the time. They did not really settle down at home……..they had a child, in 1958. Three years………………., Harold died.

Angela was shocked by her husband's death. …………then she written two other books, but they had not been very successful. In 1964 she gave up her job with the Telegraph and moved to Norwich where she still lives. Her first really successful novel did not appear until 1971, ……….she published 'Down by the riverside', a detective story set in America in the early fifties. It was a tremendous success ………….the very start: it sold over 35,000 copies in the first week and……………a few days Angela found herself a world-famous novelist.

At the age of forty, ………….she was touring the States to promote her book, Angela got married for the second time. 'I feel life starts anew every day of my life,' she said on that occasion. Now back in England, she has taken up journalism …………..and has published three highly successful novels in the last ten years.

Ex. 102. Is or has? Write the correct form.

1. There's a woman in your office…………………………….

2. There's been a fire at the airport……………………………

3. My husband's fallen down the stairs………………………..

4. My wife's working in Edinburgh this week…………………

5. Somebody's on the phone right now………………………..

6. There's been a mistake. ............…………………..

7. She's broken her finger. ...........………………….

8. He's going to speak later. ...........………………....

9. Somebody's stolen my bicycle……………………………..

10. There's a post office very near here……………………….

11. My son's hurt…………………………………………...…

Ex. 103. Underline the correct word or phrase in each sentence.

a) When I was a child / used to ride/I was riding a tricycle.

b) That looks very heavy. Will I/Shall I help you?

c) I'm waiting for Sue. Have you seen her/Did you see her?

d) How long are you working/have you been working here?

e) I can't come out because / haven't finished/I didn't finish my homework yelj

f) When the phone rang / washed/I was washing my hair in the bathroom.

g) Why do you stare/are you staring at me like that?

h) I've finished my exams so I'm having/I have a party tomorrow.

i) We'd better wait here until the rain stops/will stop.

j) When did you last go/have you last been to the cinema?

Ex. 104. Put each verb in brackets into Present Simple or Continuous, or Past Simple or Continuous.

a) 'What (you do) .....do you do........ ?' 'I'm an engineer.'

b) The door was open so the dog (run) .......................................... into the living room.

c) When we arrived home Jan (sit) .......................................... outside the door.

d) Can you help me? I (not understand) .......................................... Spanish:

e) At the beginning of the film I (realize) .......................................... I'd seen before.

f) I'm sorry, I can't talk long. I (study) .......................................... for an examination.

g) At the moment of the earthquake Pat (read) .......................................... in the bed.

h) I'll phone you as soon as I (know) .......................................... the results.

i) I (stay) .......................................... at the Hotel Tirol. Why don't you call me?

j) 'What (you do) .......................................... when you saw the snake? "I ran!”

Ex. 105. Look carefully at each line. Some lines are correct but some have a word which should not be there. Tick (/) each correct line. If a line has a word which should not be there, write the word in the space.

Dear Emma,

I'm sorry I haven't been written to you lately, but I've 1……………..

been working hard. When I received your last letter 2……………..

1 was acting in a play at school, and when 3…………….

I have finished that, I went on holiday with some friends. 4…………….

I meant to send you a postcard, but I had forgot to take 5…………….

your address with me. How are you getting on at 6…………….

college? You didn't say very much about this in 7…………….

your letter. I hope you are still like it, and don't 8…………….

been work all the time! Do you still want to come 9…………….

and will stay for a few days? I'm starting work in 10……………

London after I shall leave school in July, and I want 11……………

to see you before then. I have know you're busy, 12……………

but by the time your term finishes, I'll have 13……………

started my job. I've been done so many things 14……………

lately! I've just learned to drive and my parents 15……………

have sometimes lend me their car, so I often go out 16.…………...

with friends. Maybe I'll be drive to Nottingham and 17…………….

see you one day. Best wishes, Luisa

Ex. 106. Underline the errors in these sentences. Correct the error.

1. By the time I got to the phone it stopped ringing.

It had stopped ringing.

b) I'm not very good at this game. You see, I didn't play it before.

c) When has Pete written to you last?

d) What do you do at weekends? Are you ever going to the cinema?

e) When I was on holiday last summer I was going to the beach every day.

f) Julie can't meet you tomorrow. She will play basketball.

g) You're always late! I'm waiting here for ages!