Методичка the Verb. The indefinite tenseforms the Present Indefinite Tense
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Exercise 12. Open the brackets using the Present Indefinite, the Present Continuous, the Present Perfect or the Present Perfect Continuous. 1. Paul, you (hear) me? I (talk) to you for a minute already. 2. I want to see how much the place (change) since I was there last. 3. I (be) perfectly happy. All my life I (be) perfectly happy. 4. Wait till you (see) Michael and (talk) to him. 5. The children (live) with their aunt now since their mother (be) ill. 6. The train (not / arrive) yet but a great number of people (stand) on the platform. 7. Mrs. Cusak (not / feel) well for over a month. 8. How many English lessons you (have) lately? 9. Look, the sky (get) darker and darker. I think it (go) to rain. 10. Since when you (learn) German? – Since I got to university. 11. I (study) hard of late. I have exams next week. 12. It (rain) steadily for two days on end now. 13. It is the first time he (clean) his own boots. 14. I (know) him very well. We (know) each other since I came to live in this house. 15. Where you (be)? I (wait) for you for over an hour. Exercise 13. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense: Present Perfect, Present Perfect Continuous or Simple Past. 1. I (buy) a new house last year, but I (not sell) my old house yet, so at the moment I have two houses. 2. When Ann (be) on her way to the station it (begin) to rain. Ann (run) back to her flat for her umbrella, but this (make) her late for her train. 3. I’m sorry I’m late, you (wait) long? 4. At 7 a.m. Charles (ring) Peter and (say), ‘I’m going fishing, Peter. Would you like to come?’ ‘But it’s so early,’ (say) Peter. ‘I (not have) breakfast yet. Why you (not tell) me last night?’ 5. Tom (meet) Paul at lunch time and (say), ‘I (not see) you at the bus stop this morning. You (miss) the bus?’ ‘I (not miss) it,’ (reply) Paul. ‘I (not miss) a bus for years. But this morning George (give) me a lift.’ 6. Those two men (stand) outside the house for over two hours. Do you think we should call the police? 7. Ann (go) to Canada six months ago. She (work) in Canada for a while and then (go) to the United States. 8. You look tired. I think you (work) too hard lately and you (not/get) enough fresh air and exercise. 9. Peter (try) to come in quietly but his mother (hear) him and (call) out, ‘Where you (be)? Your supper (be) in the oven for an hour.’ 10. ‘Annie’s clothes are very dirty. What (she/do)?’ ‘She (play) in the garden.’ 11. Mary (be) in Japan for two years. She is working there and likes it very much. – How she (go)? – She (go) by air. 12. Bill usually has breakfast at 8.00. Yesterday at 8.30 Peter (meet) Bill and (offer) him an apple. ‘No, thanks,’ (say) Bill. ‘I just (have) breakfast.’ 13. I (read) his books when I was at school. I (enjoy) them very much. 14. The clock is slow. – It isn’t slow, it (stop). 15. He (not smoke) for two weeks. He is trying to give it up. 16. The actors (arrive) yesterday and (start) rehearsals early this morning. 17. It (be) cold this year. I wonder when it is going to get warmer. 18. You (lock) the door before you (leave) the house? 19. You (wear) your hair long when you were at school? – Yes, my mother (insist) on it. But when I (leave) school I (cut) my hair and (wear) it short ever since. 20. Sally and her boyfriend Peter (go out) together since last winter. 21. The concert (begin) at 2.30 and (last) for two hours. Everyone (enjoy) it very much. 22. We (miss) the bus. Now we’ll have to walk. 23. He (break) his leg in a skiing accident last year. 24. Mr. Count (work) as a cashier for twenty-five years. Then he (retire) and (go) to live in the country. 25. You (be) here before? – Yes, I (spend) my holidays here last year. – You (have) a good time? — No, it never (stop) raining. 26. Where is Tom? – I (not see) him today, but he (tell) Mary that he’d be in for dinner. 27. Where you (find) this knife? – I (find) it in the garden. – Why you (not leave) it there? 28. I (lose) my black gloves. You (see) them anywhere? – I’m afraid I ... . When you last (wear) them? – I (wear) them at the theatre. – Perhaps you (leave) them at the theatre. Exercise 14. Choose the most suitable word or phrase underlined. 1. Are you studying French for long / at the moment? 2. What’s the matter? Haven’t you started yet / still? 3. I am making a great progress these days / so far. 4. The trouble with you is that you are always / often complaining. 5. I haven’t been feeling very well lately / currently. 6. The food tastes worse now / usually. You’ve put too much salt in it. 7. I’m feeling rather down lately / at present, doctor. 8. She bought a CD player last week and she’s been listening to music ever since / for a while. 9. Computers are becoming faster and faster every day / already. 10. We normally / forever study hard for exams. 11. My parents are coming to see me tonight / occasionally. 12. I usually / at the moment complete my homework assignments on time. Exercise 15. Put the verb in brackets into the most suitable present tense. 1. Education (prepare) children for life. 2. He (always, borrow) books from me! 3. He (pass) two subjects, but he (not, pass) English yet. 4. Do you know that someone (break) the window in our classroom. 5. In our country we (have) lessons on Saturday. 6. How long you (know) Alison? We (be) friends for three years. 7. Peter (make) two mistakes in exercise 1 and one in exercise 3. 8. I (work) on this composition for two weeks now. 9. She (look) for a better opportunity at the moment. 10. Let’s look at the timetable. The lesson (start) at 10 o’clock. 11. Who (use) my cup? 12. Greg, you (look) a bit tired. What you (do) all day? 13. I (already, have) two messages from Peter and in all of them he (say) that he (come) here for three days. 14. How many pages (he / write)? 15. (you / ever / be) to London? No, I (never / be) there. Exercise 16. Put each verb in brackets into either the Past Simple, the Present Perfect or the Present Perfect Continuous. Ever since the day I … (1 decide) to move to London, I … (2 worry) whether the decision I … (3 take) was the right one. As I already … (4 sell) my house and … (5 arrange) a new job, it is too late to change my mind. However, since then I … (6 hear) a lot of negative things about living in the capital, and lately some of them … (7 begin) to bother me. I … (8 grow up) in a fairly small town and I … (9 spend) all of my life there. I always … (10 want) to live in a big city and so when my company … (11 offer) me a job in their London office, I … (12 grab) at the chance. But according to a programme I just … (13 hear) on the radio, more and more people … (14 stop) working in London recently, and a lot of large companies … (15 choose) to move away from the center. Of course I … (16 tell) my parents that I’m moving and they … (17 accept) my decision, but when I … (18 tell) my friends they … (19 seem) rather shocked. Since then I … (20 hope) secretly that the company would tell me that the move was off! Exercise 17. Open the brackets. Use the Past Simple, the Past Continuous, the Present Perfect or the Present Perfect Continuous. 1. Thomas (return) at last. Jessica (wait) for him so long. 2. Helen, you (read) my letters. Don’t deny it. 3. When I (come) home, Mother (make) dinner and Father (have) his tea. 4. When you (discuss) it? I never (hear) the subject mentioned. 5. No, you can’t go to the Smiths’. You (be) there twice this week. 6. You (not / change) at all. I (recognize) you the moment I (see) you. 7. Patrick (go) shopping already? 8. When you (go) to bed? 9. I (see) her when I (drive) past their house on my way home. 10. He (not / say) a single word to me yet and he (get) that telegram on Monday. 11. The children (talk) of nothing else for weeks. 12. I (stand) in this queue for ages. It (not / move) at all in the last five minutes. 13. How long it (rain)? 14. I supported you at the time because I (feel) that you were right. 15. Peter couldn’t understand what had been decided because too many people (talk) at once. Exercise 18. All the sentences contain errors. Correct them. 1. It grew darker and colder, and there was still no sign of the rescuing helicopter. 2. When we were in Madrid we were exploring the city every day, and in the evening we were going to exciting bars. 3. I don’t understand what you wait for. 4. I’m so glad you’ve got here at last; I was expecting you all day. 5. So far we didn’t manage to find what we are looking for. 6. When has you elder brother left school? 7. How long is she feeling unwell? 8. I wonder where have you been all this time. 9. She has tripped over the cat and fallen nearly over. 10. Look! I found a ten-pound note. 11. What have you done since you graduated from the University? 12. I am interested in sports since my childhood. 13. I’ve met such nice people before never. 14. I’m waiting for you since six o’clock. 15. Ever since we have met, you have never asked me what I prefer to do. Exercise 19. Translate into English. 1. «Вы давно здесь работаете?» «Около четырех лет.» 2. «Вот и Джон, – сказал он. – Я давно его жду.» 3. Я со вчерашнего вечера думаю о том, что ты сказал. 4. Где ты был? Я все утро тебя ищу. 5. Скажите, когда придет ваш директор. Я жду его с 11 часов. 6. Дождь идет уже три дня. 7. Я его только что видела. Он переходил улицу. 8. Когда ты пришел? 9. Она мне все рассказала. 10. Вчера вечером, когда мы ехали домой, он мне все рассказал. 11. Они играют в шахматы с обеда. 12. Когда она вам в последний раз писала? 13. Он тренирует эту команду всего полгода, но они сделали большие успехи. 14. Он посмотрел на меня, но ничего не сказал. Он ждал кого-то. 15. Вы давно знаете этого молодого человека? 16. С какого времени вы изучаете английский язык? 17. Мы ждем здесь с двух часов, и никто не сказал нам, что делать. 18. Мария еще не выздоровела. Она болеет уже две недели. 19. Мой брат учится в университете уже два года. 20. Он играет в теннис с восьми лет. Exercise 20. Use the required tense. 1. She (go) to Italy five years ago. Since then she (not to speak) Italian, and she (forget) nearly all she (learn) there. 2. When he (run) after the tram, he (fall) and (hurt) his leg. We (have) to carry him home. Now he (lie) in bed. The doctor just (leave). The doctor (say) he must stay in bed for a week. 3. He (look) through my album when I (enter). “You (like) my sketches?” I (ask) him. “They (not to be) very good.” 4. What you (look) for? – I (lose) my pen and (want) to find it before it (get) dark. – When you (lose) it? – I (think) I (drop) it somewhere here when I (go) to the University this afternoon. 5. My friend Robert (learn) French for the last three years, and now he (study) German, too. 6. You (speak) to Ann yesterday? – No, I (not to see) her for a long time. I (not to remember) when I last (see) her. 7. My brother (study) modern English literature for two years and then (give) it up. 8. I (look) at this photograph for five minutes, but I can’t see you in it. – I’m afraid you (look) at the wrong one. 9. You must stop reading; you can have a headache because you (read) too long! 10. My elder brother (join) the army when he (be) eighteen. 11. They (live) in that town for ten years and then (move) to the country. 12. We (live) here for the last six months, and just (decide) to move. 13. He (write) a new play for the last two years, but he (not to finish) it yet. THE PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE Exercise 1. Put the verb in brackets into the Past Perfect Continuous. 1. She (study) English for three years before she got this job. 2. We (wait) for two hours when Thomas arrived. I wonder what he (do) all that time. 3. We (sit) in the café for half an hour until the rain stopped. 4. He (work) in the garden, but he stopped when he saw us. 5. They were very angry. They (try) to see you for two hours but you were not in. 6. I (listen) to her complaints all day before I dared to tell her what I really thought of it. 7. How long you (do) this translation before you finished it? 8. Yesterday morning I got up and looked out of the window. The sun was shining brightly but the ground was wet. It (rain). 9. I was very tired when I arrived home. I (work) hard all day. 10. My father gave up smoking a year ago. He (smoke) for 20 years. 11. Helen’s eyes ached because she (use) the computer all day long. 12. When he phoned, I (have) a piano lesson for half an hour. Exercise 2. Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Perfect or Past Perfect Continuous Tense. 1. We (to drive) for 3 hours before we came to the ancient castle. 2. By the time the train arrived, they (to wait) already for an hour and a half. 3. He knew where the Brows lived but he never (to be) there. 4. When I first met him he (to lecture) at Cambridge University for 10 years. 5. It was in Bristol that I first met Peter. He was 15 and just (to come) back from school for summer holidays. 6. Before Ann came to college she (to study) French for quite a while. 7. She realized that it was completely dark and that she (to walk) for a long while. 8. She (to look) at him since they sat down; and he wondered what she (to think) about all the time. 9. It (to snow) all day when I left home. 10. At lunch Peter told them about New York and what he (to do) there. Exercise 3. Translate into English. 1. В своем последнем письме моя подруга написала, что с сентября она занимается на курсах вождения. Я знала, что она два года мечтает научиться водить автомобиль. 2. К завтраку Мария вышла с красными глазами, и Патрик знал, что она ночью снова плакала. 3. Том понимал, как тяжело бросить курить, потому что он сам курил уже 10 лет. 4. Вчера Джон вернулся домой очень усталый, так как он работал весь день без отдыха. 5. Когда я наконец появился в приемной, секретарь сказала, что директор ждет меня уже полчаса. 6. Сколько лет твой отец работал в этом университете до того, как вышел на пенсию? 7. Его брат управлял этой компанией два года до того, как уехал в Лондон. 8. Мать Питера была очень сердитой, когда он поздно вернулся домой, потому, что она волновалась целый вечер. Exercise 4. Use Present or Past Perfect Continuous. 1. I (to work) like a slave all week. 2. I’ve seen it myself, for I (to ride) around London for years. 3. Mr. Smith who (to look) at the door, turned to his wife. 4. She told him that she (to stay) there for two weeks. 5. We (to sit) there for an hour and a half when he came. 6. I (to think) of your life ever since I met you. 7. I (not to pull) for more than 1 minute when George noticed something black floating on the water. 8. I (to try) to see you ever since this horrible affair. 9. “Hello,” she said, “I’m so glad you’re here, Jane. I (to wait) to talk to you.” 10. Then she took up a book which (to lie) beside her on the bench and began to read it. 11. He (to look) 2 minutes at the fire, and I (to look) the same length of time at him when, turning suddenly, he caught my gaze. 12. “Well, what you (to do)?” – he asked. “Nothing? Well, I thought so. I (to intend) to drive over and see you all summer.” 13. You must know, that I (to wait) to do that ever since I was ten. 14. The truth is that for the last week I (to work) day and night. 15. My daughter and son-in-law (to look) for a decent cottage I don’t know how long. 16. Why are you looking so at the boy? You (to look) at him all the evening. 17. I (to think) about it, and I think I know the answer. 18. It seemed to him that he (to eat) nothing but boiled beef for weeks. 19. After Bambe (to follow) him for a long time he said: “At last!” – and they stopped. 20. Before the boys appeared on the scene the old man (to grow tired) of his loneliness and his seventy years. 21. Toby, who (to stand) uneasily near the gate, looked startled and came forward. Exercise 5. Translate into English: 1. Она учила английский пять лет, прежде чем смогла свободно говорить на нём. 2. Она подумала о том, давно ли он здесь стоит, и видел ли он, как она прятала письмо. 3. Всю ночь без остановки шёл дождь. И утром на дороге были большие лужи. 4. Когда я пришёл, он работал. Он выглядел очень усталым, и я подумал, что он работает уже давно. 5. Я с детства мечтаю иметь собаку. 6. Мы уже полчаса идём под дождём. Он когда-нибудь кончится? 7. Где ты был? Мы ждем тебя уже 2 часа. 8. Ты уже часа 3 смотришь телевизор. У тебя глаза не устали? 9. Наконец ты пришёл. Я уже час жду. 10. Мы уже 3 часа работаем. Пора сделать перерыв. Exercise 6. Use the Past Indefinite, the Past Continuous or the Past Perfect Continuous Tense. 1. My sister’s wedding (be) the only thing everybody (talk) at home for the last three weeks. 2. He (turn) to look at the corner where she (stand). 3. He just (leave) for the airport when I (call). 4. “Who are you thinking of?” he (ask) after he (look) at me for a few seconds. 5. He (read) his evening paper as usual when a friend of his called him on the phone. 6. The boys (play) football and did not hear their mother calling them from the window. 7. The boys were tired because they (play) football. 8. We (work) in silence for some time when John spoke. 9. He (look) at the fire and (think) of something. 10. He (look) three or four times at the fire and then turned his face to me; it was sad. 11. At last I found the book, which I (look) for all day. 12. He asked me what I (look) for. 13. When I entered the room Sir George (talk) in a loud voice. 14. She (put) aside the book she (read) and (stand) up from the table. 15. When we went to see them last night, they (play) chess; they said they (play) since six o’clock. 16. She felt chilly after she (swim) for an hour. 17. They told me that Ben still (swim). 18. He (read) before the fire for half an hour when the telephone (ring). Exercise 7. Use the Past Perfect or the Past Perfect Continuous of the verb in brackets. Yesterday Jim … for Mary for half an hour when he finally decided to give up (to wait). She … never … so late before, so he thought she … about their meeting (to be, to forget). He went to telephone to her house to find out if she … (to leave). He learnt that Mary … for him outside the cinema for half an hour (to wait). She … home twice during that time (to telephone). Jim was very much surprised to hear it as he … outside the cinema for half an hour too (to stand). It was clear that Mary … to the wrong cinema (to go). Jim ran to the cinema they usually went to. And indeed there she was. They … to the cinema together for two months, and this was the first mistake they … (to go, to make). As they … the first part of the film they decided to wait for the next show (to miss). They were awfully hungry as they … no dinner (to have). Jim invited Mary to a café. She agreed as she … of her tea for some time too (to think). |