4. Open brackets and use Past Perfect or Past Simple.

1. Mother (switch) off the TV after the film (be over).

2. He (go) home because he (finish) the work.

3. When I (come) home, mother already (cook) dinner.

4. When father (return) from work, we already (do) our homework.

5. Tom (finish) the painting by 7 o’clock.

6. Mary (tell) us that she (cook) a good dinner.

7. Nick (think) that his father (not yet come) home.

8. He (say) that he (graduate) from the university.

9. She (think) that she (lose) the money.

10. Jenny (tell) us that she already (be) there before.

Revision

1. Choose the right variant.

1. Yesterday Nick ____ that he ____ much during last summer.

A. says A. reads

B. said B. had read

C. was saying C. read

2. I always ____ to school at 8 o’clock.

1. come

2. am coming

3. have come

3. The rain ___ and the sun ____.

1. stopped, was shining

2. has stopped, is shining

3. stops, shines

4. Where ____ now?

1. do you go

2. will you go

3. are you going

5. As soon as I ____ him, I _____ him everything.

1. see, will tell

2. will see, tell

3. will see, will tell.

6. What _____ when you ____ him yesterday?

1. did he do, were seeing

2. did he do, saw

3. was he doing, saw

7. What ____ tomorrow?

1. will you do

2. will you be doing

3. do you do

8. If you ____ for me, I ____ with you.

1. will wait, go

2. wait, will go

3. will wait, will go

1. Open brackets.

1. We (go) to school every day.

2. Nick (do) his homework by 7 o’clock yesterday.

3. We (bring) a lot of berries from the wood. Now we (make) some jam.

4. Look! Jane (swim) across the river.

5. You ever (be) to Egypt.

6. When Mark (come) home yesterday, his mother (return) and (cook) dinner in the kitchen.

7. What you (read) now? - I (read) Tom’s book. I (be) in a hurry. Tom (come) soon and I want to finish reading before he (come).

8. We (have) a good time last summer

9. If you (ring) me tomorrow, I (tell) you all about it.

10. The lesson (not yet begin) and the children (talk) loudly.

11. The rain (stop) by the time we (reach) home.

12. He just (approach) the door, when she enter).

I (feel) rather poor lately, so this morning at nine I (go) to the doctor, I (find) him alone in the waiting-room, where he (stand) by the window.

‘Where (be) your patients? You (cure) them all?’ I asked ‘The reason why people (not crowd) into this room now is that on Wednesday I (not begin) consultations here until half past ten. Such (be) my habit for the last twenty-five years.’ ‘I’m sorry I (come) too early,’ I said, ‘I (go) away and (come) back later.’

‘Oh, no. I prefer early patients to late ones. In the course of my practice I (notice) the late-comers (visit) the doctor because they need some sympathy. They are like a dog that once (come) here with a sore paw; I (bandage) it for him and while I(do) this he (look) at me with great lonely eyes. He (come) back the next day and every day until his paw (become) well. I (find out) that his master (go away). The dog is old now but he still (come).

Present Perfect Continuous

Translate into Russian.

1. What are you doing? - I’m repairing the bicycle. I’ve been repairing it for two hours.

2. ГП call for an ambulance. She’s been getting weaker and weaker since she had breakfast.

3. Who’s that man standing at the comer? He’s been standing there for the last half an hour.

4. Where is Dad? I’ve been waiting for him since 6 p.m.

5. What have you been doing here all this time?

6. How long have you been sitting here?

7. Go and wash your eyes. I don’t want anyone to see you’ve been crying.

8. Aren’t you going to tell me what you have been doing in me absence?

9. She’s been playing the piano since I’ came.

10. He’s been writing the composition since morning.

Future Continuous

Translate into Russian.

1. I’ll be working in the lab from 10 till 12.

2. When I come, he will be sitting by the window reading.

3. He will be working from 1 till 7 next Sunday.

4. We’ll be writing a term paper at 10 tomorrow.

5. Will they be playing football at this time tomorrow?

6. At this time next week, I’ll be having an English lesson.

7. She will be watching TV, when I come.

8. Don’t you know what Peter will be doing at 7 o’clock tomorrow?

9. I won’t be doing anything in the morning tomorrow, so you can come.

Future Perfect

Translate into Russian.

1. They will have finished the work by the end of this week.

2. We’ll have passed all the exams by the end of the January.

3. The lecture will have been over by this time.

4. My parents will have returned by this time.

5. She will have sent us a telegram by the time she passes all the exams.

6. Will he have done the greater part of this work by next month?

7. The guests will have left by next morning.

8. I’ll have done everything by 5 o’clock..

9. They won’t have finished the work by Friday.

Revision on Future Tenses