Variant 4

1. Explain the use of tenses which are underlined in the following sentences.

1. They’re staying at the hotel until the house is ready. ____________________________________

2. Jane broke her leg when she was skiing in Switzerland. __________________________________

3. We had been climbing for six hours when at last we reached the summit of the mountain. _______________________________________________________________________________

4. Did you write the Christmas cards? – Oh no, I had no time. I’ll do it right now.

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5. The bottle is empty. Somebody has drunk the lemonade. ________________________________

2. Make your own sentences. Use the tenses which express the following:

1. an action completed before a certain moment in the past

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2. spontaneous intentions

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3. describe main events and background

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4. action in the future in the normal course of events

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3. Open the brackets and put the verbs in the right tense form, active or passive.

1. What _________________________ (you/to do) from six till nine yesterday?

2. The children _________________________ (to play) here at eleven o'clock, but now they _________________________ (to go) home. Their favourite show _________________________ (to start) in 10 minutes.

3. Our train starts late in the evening, so if you _________________________ (to come) at seven o'clock, we still _________________________ (to pack) our luggage.

4. The company _________________________ (to reconstruct) damaged buildings now, they _________________________ (to finish) reconstruction by the end of the month.

5. ____________________________________ (you/ever/to act) on the stage? — Why, yes, that's what I _________________________ (to do) for the last six years.

4. Translate the sentences into English.

1. Бабушка звонила вчера, не так ли? – Да, она говорила целый час.

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2. Мы ждали уже несколько часов, когда поезд прибыл.

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3. Вы поедете в Крым? – Нет, сейчас я много работаю. Мы поедем туда в следующем году.

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4. Когда я пришел домой, они смотрели телевизор. А я не люблю смотреть телевизор.

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5. Она думает, что сделает всю работу к пяти часам, а потом будет отдыхать.

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