I haven’t met John since I left school.

1. He (work) for us ever since he (graduate) from university). 2. He (write) since he (leave) home? 3. They (move) house twice since (get) married. 4. My brother (be) married since he (get) out of the army. 5. Our family live in this street since we (get) a new flat. 6. John (work) in his father’s business since he (leave) Business school. 7. He always (want) to be a policeman, ever since he (leave) school. 8. He (spent) a great deal of time in the British Museum since he (come) to London. 9. Tom (not to play) the violin since he (be) a child. 10. How many English books you (read) since you (begin) to learn English? 11. I (not to eat) brown bread since I (be) in Moscow. 12. We (not to see) him since he (leave) Paris. 13. I (be) very busy ever since I (come back) from holiday. 14. We (be) friends since we (meet) at school. 15. I (not to hear) from Kate since she (go) abroad. 16. Mrs. Green (not to be) out of her house since she (buy) her colour TV.

Exercise 23. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form: present perfect or past simple.

1. Professor Keith (arrive) on Tuesday, but I (not to see) him yet. 2. I (be) very tired, so I (lie) down on the bed and (go) to sleep. 3. George (be) in Moscow for about two weeks now. You (see) him? 4. You (go) to the cinema last night? - Yes, but it (be) a mistake. The film (be) awful. 5. Shakespeare (write) many plays. 6. My sister is a writer. She (write) many books. 7. Who (invent) the bicycle? 8. You (hear) of Agatha Christie? She (be) a writer who (die) in 1976. She (write) more than 70 detective novels. You (read) any of them? 9. How long you (know) him? - I (know) him since 1980. 10. When he (arrive)? - He (arrive) at 2 o’clock. 11. When we (be) on holiday, the weather (be) awful. 12. Yesterday I (meet) my school mate. We (speak) about our school days for about an hour. 13. I just (have) my lunch. I (finish) eating five minutes ago. 14. The performance (begin) at 7 o’clock and (last) for 3 hours. We all (enjoy) it. 15. Cervantes (write) Don Quixote. 16. Mr. Count (work) as a cashier for twenty years. Then he (retire) and (go) to live in the country. 17. I (make) five mistakes so far today. Yesterday I (make) three mistakes all togeth- er. 18. I never (play) rugby in my life, but I (play) football when I (be) at school. 19. I (not to drive) a car for the last three years. 20. Where you (eat) last night? You (go) to the new Chinese restaurant?

Exercise 24. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form: present perfect or past simple.

1. I (not to see) anything of Jane lately. When you (see) her last? - I (meet) her two days ago. I (think) she (change) very much. 2. You (have) dinner already? - No, nor yet. The waitress (take) my order 15 minutes ago and (not to bring) me anything yet. 3. You (go out) last night? - Yes, we (go) to that new Italian restaurant. - What’s like? I never (be) there. - It’s OK, but I (eat) better Italian food in other restaurants. - You ever (try) the one on Main Street? - Yes. We (have) great meal there last weekend. 4. It’s half past eight and you (not to do) your morning exercises yet. 5. Where you (buy) these lovely gloves? 6. Where she (go)? Maybe she is in the lab? - No, I just (be) there. It’s locked. 7. I (meet) him just now. 8. His face seems familiar to me. When and where I (see) him? 9. I hear you just (get) married. When the ceremony (take) place? 10. You (find) the key which you (lose) yesterday? - Yes, I (find) it in the pocket of my other coat.

11. You ever (try) to give up smoking? 12. When you (meet) Mr. Smith? - I (meet) him the day before yesterday. - You (speak) to him? - Yes, I (speak) to him before the party. 13. I (buy) a new tie last week, but I (not to wear) it yet. 14. He already (see) that film. He (see) it when he (be) in London. 15. He (not to finish) his homework yet, although he (start) it two hours ago. 16. I (play) tennis for an hour and then I (go) for a swim.

Exercise 25. Put the verbs into the correct form: present perfect or past simple.

1. Where you (be) all this morning? It’s nearly midday now. 2. I once (see) “Hamlet”, but I never (see) any other plays. 3. You (meet) that friend of yours lately? - Who, John? No, I (not to see) him for a long time - in fact I don’t remember when we last (meet). 4. I’m delighted to meet you. I always (want) to. 5. My brother (lose) his job last month and since then he (be) out of job. 6. It is a long time since they (be) to see us. 7. They (buy) a washing machine ten years ago. 8. They (not to buy) a washing machine for ten years. 9. I (meet) Tom this morning at the station. 10. She (finish) cleaning the bathroom, then (begin) cooking supper. 11. You (know) the man for many years? - Yes. We (be) at Cambridge together. 12. At school I never (be) good at languages, but here I (pick up) a bit of French. 13. You (say) just now that time (be) everything. What you (mean) by that? 14. How many examinations you (pass) up to now? 15. I (meet) Ann at her father’s house twenty years ago and (know) her ever since. 16. You (know) English when you first (arrive) here? - No, I (not to know) a word. 17. I (buy) a new house last year, but I (not to sell) my old house yet, so at the moment I have two houses. 18. When I (be) seventeen I (start) my university course. 19. I (read) this book several times. I first (read) it in 1980. 2O. I am angry with Ann. She (keep) me waiting at the Institute for a long time this evening.

Exercise 26. Julie is visiting her friend Samantha . Complete the conversation by putting the verbs in brackets into the present perfect or simple past.

Julie: This room isn’t the same as when I (come) last time. You (put) the bookshelves in a different place.

Samantha: Yes, as you can see, we (change) things around. We (get) tired of how we (have) everything before.

Julie: You (take) the piano out, too.

Samantha: Wel, Jeff is the musical one, but he (not to play) the piano for ages. And it (take) up quite a lot of room in here.

Julie: I (not to see) that picture before. How long you (have) it?

Samantha: Oh, not long. We (buy) it about a month ago.

Julie: It’s very nice. Where you (get) it?

Samantha: At that little gallery in Church Street.

Julie: I never (hear) of the artist.

Samantha: I (not to know) anything about her when I (buy) the picture. But I (see) others by her since then. They’re very good, but we can’t aford any more. This one (be) quite expensive.

Exercise 27. Translate into English using the Present Perfect or Past Simple.

1. Франк только что вернулся из отпуска. 2. Он окончил школу два года тому назад. 3. Они уже сдали два экзамена. 4. Мы с ним не виделись с 1985 года. 5. Он начал изучать английский язык, когда был еще ребенком. 6. Я никогда не лгал моим друзьям. 7. Конференция состоялась на прошлой неделе. 8. Я уже вернул вам деньги за билет. 9. Вы уже видели этот фильм? Когда вы его видели? 10. Сегодня я не была в библиотеке. 11. Вчера я вернулся домой в шесть часов, отдохнул около часа, а затем пошел навестить друга. 12. Когда вы последний раз видели Роберта? - Я не видел его уже две недели. 13. Как долго вы женаты. - Я женился три года назад. 14. Мы опоздали на автобус. Теперь нам придется идти пешком. 15. Это мой дом. Я здесь живу уже два года. 16. Питер не курит уже две недели. 17. Питер не курил две недели, но потом, к сожалению, снова начал курить. 18. Мистер Холл жил два года в Лондоне, а затем он переехал в Ливерпуль. 19. Мистер Рок проработал в нашей школе уже пять лет. Он работает здесь с 1990 года. 2О. Вы когда-нибудь бывали в Англии? - Да, я был там два года назад.