Exercise 6. Choose the right variant using Present, Past, Future Simple; Present, Past Continuous, Present, Past Perfect. 1. What you (to learn) for today? — I (to be) sorry, I (not to prepare) my lesson. I (to be) ill
yesterday and (not to know) what to do. I (to prepare) my lesson tomorrow. — If you (not to
prepare) your lesson tomorrow, you (to get) a bad mark.
2. What you (to do) at five o'clock yesterday?
3. Mike always (to do) his homework in the evening, but today he (to begin) doing it as soon
as he comes from school, because his father (to promise) to take him to the theatre.
4. When Mary (to come) home, her brother (to read) the book which she (to bring) him two
days before.
5. Autumn (to come). It (to be) November now. It (to get) colder, the days (to get) shorter. It
often (to rain). Soon it (to be) very cold.
6. When I (to do) my homework yesterday, I quickly (to run) to the yard, because my friends
(to wait) for me there.
7. We (to have) a good time last summer.
Exercise 7. Choose the right variant using Present Simple, Present Continuous, Present Perfect, Present Perfect Continuous. 1. He (to run) now. He (to rim) for ten minutes without any rest.
2. What they (to do) now? — They (to work) in the reading-room. They (to work) there for
already three hours.
3. Where he (to be) now? — He (to be) in the garden. He (to play) volley-ball with his
friends. They (to play) since breakfast time.
4. I (to live) in Almaty. I (to live) in Almaty since 1999.
5. She already (to do) her homework for two hours; but she (not yet to do) half of it.
6. I (to wait) for you since two o'clock.
7. What you (to do)? — I (to read). I (to read) for already two hours. I already (to read) sixty
pages.
8. This man (to be) a writer. He (to write) books. He (to write) books since he was a young
man. He already (to write) eight books.
9. What you (to do) here since morning?
10. Lena is a very good girl. She always (to help) her mother about the house. Today she (to
help) her mother since morning. They already (to wash) the floor and (to dust) the furniture.
Now they (to cook) dinner together.
11. This is the factory where my father (to work). He (to work) here for fifteen years.
12. You (to find) your note-book? — No! I still (to look) for it. I already (to look) for it for
two hours, but (not yet to find) it.
13. You (to play) with a ball for already three hours. Go home and do your homework.
14. Wake up! You (to sleep) for ten hours already.
15. I (to wait) for a letter from my cousin for a month already, but (not yet to receive) it.
16. I just (to receive) a letter from my granny, but I (not yet to receive) any letters from my
parents.
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17. The weather (to be) fine today. The sun (to shine) ever since we got up.
18. Every day I (to wind) up my watch at 10 o'clock in the evening.
19. Come along, Henry, what you (to do) now? I (to wait) for you a long time.
20. Where your gloves (to be)? — I (to put) them into my pocket.