34. Jack’s father (read) a book last night when he (hear) a noise in the garden. He (open) the window and looked out. It (be) a dark night and at first he could see nothing. But just as he (shut) his window, he (see) a man. The man (try) to climb over the garden wall. He was a thief. When he saw Jack’s father at the window, he (jump) off the wall and ran away. Jack’s father (run) after him. There was a car at the end of the street. The thief reached the car but just as he (get) into it, Jack’s father (catch) him.
Exercise 7
Put the verbs in brackets into the simple past or the past progressive.
1. Mr. Smith never (wake) up in time in the morning and always (get) into trouble for being late; so one day he (go) to town and (buy) an alarm clock.
2. To get home he (have to) go through a field where a bad-tempered bull usually (graze).
3. This bull normally (not chase) people unless something (make) him angry. Unfortunately, as Mr. Smith (cross) the field, his alarm clock (go) off.
4. This (annoy) the bull, who immediately (begin) to chase Mt. Smith.
5. Mr. Smith (carry) an open umbrella as it (rain) slightly. He (throw) the umbrella to the ground and (run) away as fast as he could.
6. The bull (stop) and (begin) to attack the umbrella. While he (do) this Mr. Smith escapes.
7. When he (awake) she (sit) by the window. She (look) at something in the street, but when he (call) her she (turn) and (smile) at him.
8. Why you (interrupt) me just now? I (have) a very interesting conversation with Julie Andrews.
9. The murderer (carry) the corpse down the stairs when he (hear) a knock on the door.
10. When I (look) through your books I (notice) that you have a copy of Murder in the Cathedral.
11. As they (walk) along the road they (hear) a car coming from behind them. Tom )turn) and (hold) up his hand. The car (stop).
12. When I (arrive) at the station Mary (wait) for me. She (wear) a blue dress and (look) very pretty. As soon as she (see) me she (wave) and (shout) something, but I couldn’t hear what she (say) because everybody (make) such a noise.
13. The prisoner (escape) by climbing the wall of the garden where he (work). He (wear) blue overall and black shoes.
14. She said that the car (travel) at 40 k. p.h. when it (begin) to skid.
15. She said that she (not like) her present flat and (try) to find another.
16. While he (make) his speech the minister suddenly (feel) faint. But someone (bring) him a glass of water and after a few minutes he (be able) to continue.
17. When I (see) him he (paint) a portrait of his wife.
-You (like) it?
-He only just (start) when I (see) it, so I couldn’t judge.
18. I (take) my friend to a murder trial the other day.
-Who (be) tried?
-A man called Hugh Vinter.
-Was he acquitted?
-I don’t know. They still (listen) to the evidence when we (leave).
19. I (be) sorry that I (have to) leave the party early, because I (enjoy) myself.
20. As we (come) here a policeman (stop) us. He (say) that he (look) for some stolen property and (ask) if he could search the car.
21. I (see) you yesterday from the bus. Why you (use) a stick?
-I (use) a stick because I had hurt my leg that morning falling off a horse.
-Whose horse you (ride)?
-Derrick Farmer’s.
22. The floor was covered with balls of wool. Obviously Mrs. Manning (knit) something.
23. Ann said that she (be) on holiday. I (say) that I (hope) that she (enjoy) herself.
24. While he (water) the flowers it (begin) to rain. He (put) up his umbrella and (go) on watering.
25. I just (write) a cheque when I (remember) that I (have) nothing in the bank.
26. I (find) this ring as I (dig) in the garden. It looks very old. I wonder who it (belong) to?
Exercise 8
Put the verbs in brackets into the simple past or the past progressive.
1. Peter and Rosanna (decide) to redecorate their sitting-room themselves.
2. They (choose) cream paint for the woodwork and apricot for the walls.
3. When Bob (look) in to see how they (get) on, Rosanna (mix) the paint and Peter (wash) down the walls.
4. They (be) glad to see Bob and (ask) if he (do) anything special that day.
5. He hastily (reply) he (go) to the theatre and (go) away at once, because he (know) they (look) for someone to help them.
6. They (begin) painting, but (find) the walls (be) too wet.
7. While they (wait) for the walls to dry, Rosanna (remember) she (have) a phone call to make.
8. Peter (start) painting while she (telephone), and (do) a whole wall before Rosanna (come) back.
9. He (grumble) that she always (telephone) at the wrong time.
10. Rosanna (retort) that Peter always (complain).
11. They (work) in silence for some time.
12. Just as they (start) the third wall, the doorbell (ring).
13. It (be) a friend of Peter’s, who (want) to know if Peter (play) golf the following weekend.
14. He (stay) talking to Peter in the hall while Rosanna (go) on painting.
15. At last he (leave).
16. Peter (return), expecting Rosanna to say something about friends who (come) and (waste) valuable time talking about golf.
17. But Rosanna nobly said nothing.
18. Then Peter (think) he would do the ceiling.
19. He just (climb) the step ladder when the doorbell (ring) again.
20. Rosanna (say) she (get)tired of interruptions but (go) and (open) the door.
21. It (be) a telegram from her aunt Mary, saying she (come) to spend this weekend with them and (arrive) that evening at 6:30.
Exercise 9
Put the verbs in brackets into the simple past or the past progressive.
1. I (walk) along Piccadilly when I (realise) that a man with a ginger beard, whom I had seen three times already this afternoon, (follow) me.
2. To make quite sure, I (walk) on quickly, (turn) right, then left and (stop) suddenly at a shop window.
3. In a few minutes the man with the beard (appear) and (stop) at another shop window.
I (go) on.
5. Whenever I (stop) he (stop), and whenever I (look) round he (be) still there.
6. He (look) a very respectable type and (wear) very conventional clothes and I (wonder) if he was a policeman or a private detective.
7. I (decide) to try and shake him off..
8. A 74 bus (stand) at the bus stop just beside me.
9. Then the conductor (come) downstairs and (ring) the bell; just as the bus (move) off, I (jump) on it.
10. The man with the beard (miss) the bus but (get) into another 74, which (follow) the first.
11. Both buses (crawl) very slowly along Knightsbridge.
12. Every time the buses (pull) up at a stop, the man (look) out anxiously to see if I (get) off.
13. Finally, at some traffic lights, he (change) buses and (get) into mine.
14. At Gloucester Road underground, I (leave) the bus and (buy) a ticket at a ticket machine.
15. As I (stand) on the platform waiting for a circle line train, my pursuer (come) down the stairs.
16. He (carry) a newspaper and when we (get) into the same compartment, he (sit) in one corner reading it, and I (read) the advertisements.
17. He (look) over the top of the newspaper at every station to see if I (get) out.
18. I (become) rather tired of being shadowed like this, so finally I (go) and (sit) beside the man and (ask) him why he (follow) me.
19. At first he (say) he (not follow) me at all but when I (threaten) to knock him down, he (admit) that he was.
20. Then he (tell) me he (be) a writer of detective stories and (try) to see if it was difficult to follow someone unseen.
21. I (tell) him he hadn’t been unseen because I had noticed him on Piccadilly and I (advise) him to shave off his ginger beard if he (not want) his victim to know he (be) followed.
Exercise 10
Put the verbs in brackets into the simple past or the past progressive.
Here he was (be), Davey Stark, the big rock star. It (be) the end of an exhausting two-hour concert. The fans (scream) and (shout). They (want) Davey, their hero. His face (pour) with sweat, his hair (drip) and his heart (hump) violently. But he (love) these moments at the end of a concert. He always (feel) powerful and in control. He (decide) to do one more song for the crowd: one of his most popular. When he (start) singing, the crowd (go) the end of the song, they all (dance) and (clap) their hands. When Davey (leave) the stage, he (be) exhausted but exhilarated. But when he (get back) to the dressing room, he (open) the door and (see) that two men (wait) for him. They (lock) the door behind Davey. He (shout) for his bodyguard Bernard, but no-one (come). The two men (tie) his hands behind his back, (blindfold) and (gag) him. Davey (can hear) Bernard in the next room. Bernard (talk) to someone and he (say) terrible things about Davey. He (say) that Davey (deserve) it. (Deserve) what? What he (mean)? What (go on)? Why (not someone tell) him what (happen)?
Exercise 11.
Put the verbs in brackets into the simple past or the past progressive.
1. It happened (happen) in June 1985. It (be) summer and we all (lie out) in the garden. My mother (read) and my uncle just (doze) in the sun. We children (look for) worms and insects. And then he (arrive). He (be) a tall, handsome man with piercing blue eyes and he (look) straight at my mother. Her face (go) pale and her eyes (open) wide with shock. «Arthur, I (think) you (be) dead», she (say) in a kind of whisper.
2. A.: I (phone) you at about 9 o’clock this morning but you (not answer. What you (do)?
B.: Well, I (hear) the phone but I (have) a shower and I (can not )get out in time to answer it. Anyway, what you (want)?
A.: Well, last night I (clear out) that old desk you (give) me when I (come across) a pile of old letters with a red ribbon round them.
B.: My letters?
A.: Yes, they (be addressed) to you. And they all (smell) of perfume, a man’s perfume.
3. Last night Jake (wake up) at about 3 a. m. As soon as he (wake up) he (listen out) for strange noises but he (not hear) any. His father (snore) in the next room, some central heating pipes (make) a bit of a noise and a tap (drip) in the bathroom. It was all as usually. Jake (open) the window and (look) outside. The moon (be) full and it (shine) brightly. Jake (think) he (see) an owl in one of the trees. He (can certainly hear) one. But then he (see) something different. A man - no. It (be) a woman. She (wear) white and she (hide) behind a tree. Suddenly she (run) towards the house.
Exercise 12
Open the brackets using past simple or past progressive
The sun (go) down behind the hills when I (reach) a village which (be) only a few miles from the sea. The working day (be) over, and the villagers (come) home from the fields. Along the road two boys (drive) cows and sheep in the direction of the village. I (approach) a group of people standing near the road and (ask) them if I could find a place in the village to spend the night. An old man (say) he would help me. He (take) me to his small cottage at the far end of the street. A fire (burn) in the stove when we (enter) the house. One girl of about 18 (prepare) supper in the kitchen while two other girls still (do) something in the kitchen garden near the house. The old man (invite) me to have supper with them. They all (seem) to be nice people and we (have) a friendly talk. After supper my new friends and I (go) out into the garden. The moon (shine) high in the sky, and the night (be) warm and beautiful. That evening (be) very pleasant, and I shall remember it a long time.
Exercise 13
Put the verbs in brackets into the present simple, past simple, present progressive and past progressive.
Laying the telephone down on the desk, I (go) to the door and (call) Amos. I (go) back to the couch and (stretch) out as he (pick) up the phone. He (shoot) a peculiar look at me when he (hear) her voice. He (be) silent) for a while, listening to her. When he (speak) again, he (smile). «That’s wonderful! When you (leave)? Soon I also (fly) to New York when this job (be/finished). We (have) a celebration then. Give my love to your daughter.»
He (put) down the telephone and (come) over to me. «That (be) Monica,» he (say), looking down at me.
«I (know),» I say.
«She (leave) for New York this afternoon. She (take) her daughter back with her. You (not/see) the kid for a long time now, ... you?»
«No, I...»
«You ought to see her. The kid is turning into a real beauty.»
Section III. Present Perfect
Chart 13. PRESENT PERFECT
(time?)
| a) They have moved into a new apartment. b) Have you ever visited Mexico? c) I have already seen that movie. d) I have never seen snow. | The present perfect expresses the idea that something happened (or never happened) before now, at an unspecified time in the past. The exact time it happened is not important. If there is a specific mention of time, the simple past is used: I saw that movie last night. |
| e) We have had four tests so far this semester. f) I have written my wife a letter every other day for the last two weeks. g) I have met many people since I came here in June. h) I have flown on an air-plane many times. | The present perfect also expresses the repetition of an activity before now. The exact time of each repetition is not important. |
| i) I have been here since seven o’clock. j) We have been here for two weeks. k) I have had this same pair of shoes for three years. l) I have liked cowboy movies ever since I was a child. m) I have known him for many years. | The present perfect also, when used with for or since, expresses a situation that began in the past and continues to the present. In the examples, notice the difference between since and for: since + a particular time for + a duration of time |
Exercise 14
Use the present perfect or simple present in the following clauses of time referring to the future:
1. All right, I’ll come down when I (put) on a fresh collar.
2. When he (be) off duty he’ll go there.
3. «I must know where they are and I shall not rest till I (see) them again,» he thought.
4. «No more,» she said to the dog, «but when I (finish) you may have the bone.»
5. Go on with your picture. We’ll have a look at it when we (return) from the party.
6. «I’ll hand the book over when I (read) it’» he said.
7. «Has he gone?» she asked as soon as her sister entered. «No. He refuses to go till he (see) you.»
8. I will not leave you till we )talk) this thing out.
9. Nobody knows we are here. We may stay here till we (die).
10. You won’t think so when you (see) a bit more of it.
11. I’ll lock the door when you (go).
12. When I (wake) I’ll go for a swim.
13. I know that when she (refuse) to help him he’ll make some scene.
14. I’ll come when my guests (go).15. Please don’t start watching TV till we (have) supper.
16. You’ll find it lonely here after the sun (set).
17. Look, call him up again when he (finish) eating.
18. «You’ll find,» said Jeff Forster, «that you’ll long for home when you (leave) it.»
19. I’ll keep it with me till we (decide) what is to be done with it.
20. «I’ll give you some paper and brushes and let you make a picture when we (ask) your mother,» she said to the girl.
Exercise 15.
Put the verbs in brackets into the present perfect or the simple past.
1. Where is Cliff Knowlden? - I (not see) him today, but he (tell) Sheila Dougherty that he’d be in for dinner.
2. I (buy) this in Bond Street.-How much you (pay) for it?-I pay $200.
3. Where you (find) this knife? - I (find) it in the garden. - Why you (not leave) it there?
4. I )lose) my black gloves. You (see) them anywhere? - No, I’m afraid I... When you last (wear) them? - I (wear) them at the theatre last night. - Perhaps you (leave) them at the theatre.
5. Do you know that lady who just (leave) the shop? - Yes, that is Miss Manning. - Is she the customer of yours? - Not exactly. She (be) in here several times but she never (buy) anything.
6. He (leave) the house at 8:00. - Where he (go)? - I (not see) where he (go).
7. He (serve) in the First World War. - When that war (begin)? - It (begin) in 1914 and (last) for four years.
8. Who you (vote) for at the last election? - I (vote) for Mr. Fitzpatrick. - He (not be) elected, (be) he? - No, he (lose) his deposit.
9. You (like) your last job? - I (like) it at first but then I (quarrel) with my employer and he (dismiss) me. - How long you (be) there? - I (be) there for two weeks.
10. I (not know) that you (know) Mrs. Manning. How long you (know) her? - I (know) her for ten years.
11. That is Mr. Minus, who teaches me mathematics, but he (not have) time to teach me much. I only (be) in his class for a week.
12. You (hear) his speech on the radio last night? - Yes, I... - What you (think) of it?
13. I (not know) that you (be) here. You (be) here long? - Yes, I (be) here two months. -You (be) to the Cathedral? - Yes, I (go) there last Sunday.
14. You ever (try) to give up smoking? - Yes, I (try) last year, but then I (find) that I was getting fat so I (start) again.
Exercise 16.
Use present perfect I or the past simple in the following sentences.
1. I never (see) anyone more beautiful than you wife.
2. I (meet) your husband this afternoon at Green Street.
3. He said, «You (meet) this passenger. He calls himself Major Glover.» «I (speak) to him.»
4. «I (get) hold of some money - enough for Jeff to go out for a couple of years.» «You (raise) all that money by doing you own housework?» «No, of course not.» «Milly, what you (be) up to?» What you (do)?» «I (sell) the house.» «But what’s Jeff going to say? You (tell) him?» «Why should he care? He’s young/» «Why you (not tell) him?»
5. I said, «Mr. Wright (be) arrested by the police.» «My goodness. You don’t say. What he (do)?» «He necessarily (not do) anything.» «He (see) a lawyer?» «That’s not possible here. The police wouldn’t allow it.»
6. «You (hear) the news?» «What news?» «About Jeff and Monica. They (be) out on the roof last night and Jeff (slip) and Monica (try) to hold him but she couldn’t and (be) pulled off too. They’re both in hospital with concussion and their people (be) sent for.»
7. I understand you (have) an unpleasant experience at the week-end? What (happen) exactly?
8. You remember the coin you (find) in the pool?
9. «Mr. Glover (arrive), Kate.» «Oh, good. You (find) your way all right then, Mr. Glover? I (not hear) you ring the bell.» «I couldn’t find the bell; so I (knock) instead.»
10. He (light) a cigarette and (walk) to the window.
11. «Can we get dinner here?» «Of course we can. Have you got enough money? I (spend) my last dollar on the taxi.»
12. You (say) just now that time (be) everything. What you (mean) by that?
13. As we got into the taxi my brother asked, «Well, you (speak) to Harry.» «I (speak) to him for a moment.»
14. «Hello,» the little girl said to her mother and looked at her companion. «Come and say «How do you do» to Mr. Lewis.» «I (see) him already.» «You can’t have done, dear. He only just (arrive) here.» «I (see) him in the hall this afternoon.» «I am sure you didn’t. You (see) my little daughter yet, Mr. Lewis?» «I don’t think we (meet) before,» said Mr. Lewis.
15. «I remember you (have) three funny little freckles on your nose,» he said., «but they (disappear.»
16. I think I’d better go now. I (act) wrongly and I in a way (deceive) you. I am sorry.
17. «You (read) Winnie the Pooh by A. Milne?» «Yes.» «And how you (like) it?» «Very much indeed.»
18. She (come) into the room and (lean) over her father’s chair and (kiss) his cheek. «You (have) a good trip?»
19. You (not hear) what the pilot say?
20. At school I (be) never good at languages, but here I (pick up) a bit of French.
21. «Good night. It (be) nice to meet you,» he (say) and (go) off to his car.
22. «Poor girl,» said Monica looking after her. «Don’t pity her! She (have) her happiness. We all pay for that.» «You (have) yours?» «I (have) my share.» «You (pay) for it?» «Twice over.»
23. Well, I know what you (be) through.
24. «Then what (happen) to you there?» «Let’s forget it. Even now I can’t believe I (do) it.»
Exercise 17.
Use present perfect or the past simple in the following sentences which contain an indication of a period of time:
1. «listen’» he said, «my father (fight) for four years in the last war.»
2. I (meet) your boy-friend and (have) a long talk with him today.
3. «Don’t go, Peter,» said his mother. «I scarcely (see) you today.»
4. «Good morning, mother,» he said kissing the top of her head, «you sleep late this morning.»
5. I was at school with Alec. Then we (not see) each other for years.
6. I (have) coffee with a friend of yours at the Union today.
7. I’m taking my wife out tonight. She (not have) any fun for a long time.
8. «Has Maggie eaten her tea?» «No. Not a bite. Nor dinner either.» «Why, this is awful. The child (not have) a bite all day.»
9. Unsmiling she (regard) him steadily for a long time. He then stopped walking about and looked equally steadily at her.
10. I dare say you (not have) a night’s sleep or a proper meal this week.
11. Entering her bedroom her mother said: «Pat, dear, aren’t you well? Don’t you think that a cup of tea would be nice? We (have) the first strawberries this morning.»
12. «You (see) father this afternoon?» she asked coming in from the garden.
13. You are just in time to hear a nice bit of news. Our neighbour is engaged to be married to Pat Shephard. He (bring) me the news himself this morning.
14. «I’m sorry I’m late,» he said. «Everything (seem) to hold me up this morning.»
Exercise 18.
Use present perfect or the past simple in questions in the following text:
-Are you a soldier by profession?
-Yes.
-How long you (be) in the army?
-Twenty-five years.
-When you (join) the army?
-In 1932.
-Where you (serve) during the war?
-First in the territory of the Ukraine, then in the Far East.
-You (see) much fighting in the Ukraine?
-A good deal.
-How long you (remain) here?
-For over a year.
-Why you (be) sent to the Far East?
-I (be) wounded.
-What sort of wound it (be)?
-A bullet through the shoulder.
-How many times you (be) wounded during the war?
-Three times.
-They (be) serious wounds?
-Rather.
-When you (be) wounded the last time?
-In 1945.
-How you (feel) since then?
-Not very strong.
-Why you (not leave) the army?
-I can’t imagine my life outside the army.
-Where you (serve) lately?
-In the Caucasus mostly. The climate there suits my health.
Exercise 19
Use present perfect or the past simple in the following questions:
1. «I’ll drink tea from this tin mug.» «Wherever you (find) it?»
2. «What you (hear)?» she demanded. «A farmer tells me he saw your brother walking back to the town.» «Why he (not tell) us?» «He thought we knew.»
3. The parrot screamed a few words in Hindi. «Where he (learn) that?» my aunt asked me.
4. He showed her inside the house. «Oh, how lovely!» she exclaimed. ‘»I had no idea it would be so lovely. Why you (not tell) us? And you (do) it all by yourself?» «Yes.» «How you (manage) it? It/s so tidy. And the new tea-set! When you (buy) it?»
5. When Martin came in his grandmother asked him: «Where you (be) all day?»
6. «What sort of time you (have) in France?» «A lot of things happened there.»
7. «Everyone in the village will talk about it.» «How this affair (begin)?»
8. «How many children you (teach) in that other family?» the girl asked her new governess. «Not many. Just one girl, Pat Sheppard.» «How long you (stay) with her?»
9. Then my mother asked me: «Why you (go) to the post-office today?»
Exercise 20
Put the verbs in brackets into the present perfect or the simple past.
1. Where you (be)?
-I (be) out in a yacht.
-You (enjoy) it?
-Yes, very much. We (take) part in a race.
-You (win)?
-No, we (come) in last because Kate Lewis (fall) into the water and we (have to) get her out.
2. How long that horrible monument (be) there?
-It (be) six months. Lots of people (write) to the Town Council asking them to take it away but so far nothing (be) done.
3. I just (be) to the film War and Peace. You (see) it?
-No, I... Is it like the book?
-I (not read) the book.
-I (read) it when I (be) at school.
-When Tolstoy (write) it?
-He (write) it in 1868.
-He (write) anything else?
4. Hannibal (bring) elephants across the Alps.
-Why he (do) that?
-He (want) to use them in battle.
5. Where you (be)?
-I (be) to the dentist.
-He (take) out your bad tooth?
-Yes, he...
-It (hurt)?
-Yes, horribly.
6. She (say) that she/d phone me this morning, but it is now 12:30 and she (not phone) yet.
7. I just (receive) a letter saying that we (not pay) this quarter’s electricity bill. I (not give) you the money for that last week?
-Yes, you... but I’m afraid I (spend) it on something else.
8. How long you (be) out of work?
-I’m not out of work now. I just (start) a new job.
-How you (find) the job?
-I (answer) an advertisement in the paper.
9. You (finish) checking the accounts?
-No, not quite. I (do) about half so far.
10. I (cut) my hand rather badly. Have you a bandage?
-I’ll get you one. How it (happen)?
-I was chopping some wood and the axe (slip)
11. How you (get) that scar?
-I (get) it in a car accident a year ago.
12. You (meet) my brother at the lecture yesterday?
-Yes, I... We (have) coffee together afterwards.
13. He (lose) his job last month and since then he (be) out of work.
-Why he (lose) his job?
-He (be) rude to Mr. Manning.
Exercise 21.
Put the verbs in brackets into the present perfect or the simple past. In some sentences the present progressive is also possible.
1. This is my house.
-How long you (live) here?
-I (live) here since 1970.
2. He (live) in London for two years and then (go) to Edinburgh.
3. You (wear) your hair long when you were at school?
-Yes, my mother (insist) on it.
4. But when I (leave) school I (cut) my hair and (wear) it short ever since.
5. Shakespeare (write) a lot of plays.
6. My brother (write) several plays. He just (finish) his second tragedy.
7. I (fly) over Loch Ness last week.
-You (see) the Loch Ness monster?
8. I (not see) him for three years. I wonder where he is.
9. He (not smoke) for two weeks. He is trying to give it up.
10. Chopin (compose) some of his music in Mallorca.
11. When he (arrive)?
-He (arrive) at 2:00.
12. You (lock) the door before you left the house?
13. I (read) his books when I was at school. I (enjoy) them very much.
14. I can/t go out because I (not finish) my work.
15. I never (drink) whisky.
-Well, have some now.
16. I (write) the letter but I can’t find a stamp.
17. The clock is slow.
-It isn’t slow, it (stop).
18. Here are your shoes; I just (clean) them.
19. I (leave) home at 8:00 and (get) here at twelve.
20. I (do) this sort of work when I (be) an apprentice.
21. He just (go) out.
22. He (go) out ten minutes ago.
23. You (have) breakfast yet?
-Yes, I (have) it at 8:00.
24. I (meet) him last June.
25. You (see) the moon last night?
26. The concert (begin) at 2:30 and (last) for two hours. Everyone (enjoy) it very much.
27. The play just (begin). You are a little late.
28. The newspaper (come)?
-Yes. Matilda is reading it.
29. The actors (arrive) yesterday and (start) rehearsals early this morning.
30. It (be) very cold this year. I Wonder when it is going to get warmer.
31. Cervantez (write) Don Quijote
32. We (miss) the bus. Now we’ll have to walk.
33. He (break) his leg in a skiing accident last year.
34. Mr. Godwin is the bank manager. He (be) here for fifteen years.
35. Mr. Glover (work) as a cashier for twenty-five years. Then he (retire) and (go) to live in the country.
36. You (be) here before?
-Yes, I (spend) my holidays here last year.
-You (have) a good time?
-No, it never (stop) raining.
Exercise 22
Put the verbs into the present perfect simple or past simple
1. News has just come in (just come in) that there (be) and air crash somewhere off the south coast of England. There (be) 120 passengers and crew on the plane and it is understood that no survivors (be found). Apparently the plane (go) mysteriously out of control and (plunge) into the sea. Relatives of most of the passengers and crew (now be informed) and many of them (set off) for the sea rescue base, but they (not be given) much hope. Most of the passengers (be) on business.
2. Despite the problem that the government (have) in the last two years, it (somehow manage) to stay in power. There (be) a number of scandals involving government ministers, including one rumour about the Prime Minister himself. It is said that he (promise) gifts to certain Members of Parliament in exchange for their vote before he (be elected) leader. In spite of all this, the government (maintain) its position in Parliament and (claim) that this (be) the most successful term of office that a government (ever have). This is rather surprising as they (come) to power with only a small majority.
Exercise 23
Revision: use one of the present tense-aspect forms or the past simple in the following short situations:
1. «You (know) the man for many years?» «Yes. We (be) at Cambridge together.»
2. In the morning, coming down the stairs, Pat (see) Jeff lying in the sitting-room. «What you (do) here?» «I (sleep) here.» «I’m sorry we (take) you room.» «I (sleep) in my room for fifteen years.» «But this is a pretty room, isn’t it?» «Yes. The sun (be) in it since six this morning.» «You (see) Peter?» You (know) where he is?» «I expect he (talk) to mother.» «Oh, well, they’re old friends, aren’t they?» «Inseparable. They (start) quarrelling this morning at seven o’clock.»
3. «Are you keen on golf?» «I (not play) myself. I somehow never (have) the time.»
4. The pilot was young with a bad twitch that pulled his mouth to the right twenty times a minute. «This morning,» he kept saying, «this morning I (not have) this. It (get) worse and worse. It (look) bad?» «No,» I said, «I hardly (notice) it.» «I (be shot down) by an American,» the pilot said. «The first American I ever (see). I even (not know) they (be) here.»
5. «I’m sorry I (keep) you waiting,» said the maid. «I do hope you (not ring) long. I just (do) the bedroom and the bell (be) rather faint there.»
6. Turning I found my father sitting beside me on the sofa. «Hello, Dad,» I said, «how you (get) here?»
7. «You (not sing) the song once since you (come) back,» Barbara complained. «I (forget) it,» said Monica.
8. I (sit) here all night, and I swear I (not doze) for a moment.
9. «Mr. Brown, we (not want) you to misunderstand our leaving you hotel. We (be) very happy here under your roof.» «I (be) glad) to have you. You (catch) Titanic? She (arrive) tomorrow.» «No. We won’t wait for her. I (write) out our address for you. We (fly) to Santo Domingo tomorrow.»
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