Семинарское занятие 9

1. Using the Past Perfect Continuous tense, fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the verbs shown in brackets.

For example:

We _______________. (to argue)

We had been arguing.

1. You _______________________ the stove. (to clean

2. She _____ not ___________________ regularly. (to come)

3. _____ they not ___________________ on you? (to count) 4. We ________________________ for shoes. (to look)

5. _____ it not ________________ that day? (to snow)

6. I ________________________ for groceries. (to shop)

7. _____ he not ___________________ to the news? (to listen)

8. They _____ not ___________________ to drive far. (to intend)

9. _____ we ___________________ on time? (to leave)

10. _____ you ____________________ that? (to expect) 11. They ________________________ television. (to watch)

12. He _____ not _________________ long when the bus arrived. (to wait)

2. For each of the following sentences, paying attention to whether the underlined auxiliary is a form of to be, to do or to have, fill in the blank with the bare infinitive, present participle, or past participle of the verb given in brackets, as appropriate. Refer if necessary to the table summarizing the formation of the English present and past tenses.

For example:

He was ________ medicine. (to study)

He was studying medicine.

1. She was _______________ a picture. (to draw)

2. We have ________________ our homework. (to finish)

3. I have been ________________ for an opportunity. (to wait)

4. Do you ________________ a bicycle? (to own)

5. We are ________________ coffee. (to drink)

6. Did he ________________ the book? (to enjoy)

7. They were ________________ us. (to expect)

8. You had ________________ a job. (to find)

9. He is ______________ the truth. (to tell)

10. It had been ________________ all morning. (to snow)

11. We had ________________ the window. (to open)

12. I am _______________ potatoes. (to peel)

13. You did not ________________ my letter. (to answer)

14. It does not __________________. (to matter)

15. I have ________________ this movie before. (to see)

3. Using auxiliary will, fill in the blanks with the Future Perfect Continuous of the verbs shown in brackets.

For example:

They _______________________ the house. (to clean)

They will have been cleaning the house.

1. She _________________________________ to help us. (to offer)

2. _______ it not __________________________ by then? (to snow)

3. We _______ not ___________________________ to leave. (to plan)

4. _______ they __________________________ for rain? (to hope)

5. I __________________________________ my friends. (to visit)

6. He _______ not ___________________________ the pictures. (to develop)

7. _______ she _________________________ the hedge? (to clip)

8. _______ we not _________________________ them often? (to see)

9. They ________________________________ for twenty-four hours. (to wait)

10. _______ he not __________________________ down? (to lie)

11. _______ you _________________________ croquet? (to play)

12. They _______ not _________________________ here long. (to live)

4. Make sentences from the words in brackets. Put the verb in the correct form, present perfect (I have done), present perfect continuous (I have been doing), past perfect (I had done) or past perfect continuous (I had been doing).

1. Ann is sitting on the ground. She's out of breath. (she/run)

2. Where's my bag? I left it under this chair. (somebody/take/it)

3. We were all surprised when Jenny and Andy got married last year. (they/only/know/each other/a few weeks)

4. It's still raining. I wish it would stop. (it/rain/all day)

5. Suddenly I woke up. I was confused and didn't know where I was. (I/dream)

6. I wasn't hungry at lunchtime so I didn't have anything to eat. (I/have/a big breakfast)

7. Every year Bob and Alice spend a few days at the same hotel by the sea. (they/go/there for years)

8. I've got a headache. (I/have/it/since I got up)

9. Next week Gerry is going to run in a marathon. (he/train/very hard for it)

5. Put the verbs into the correct form.

Julia and Kevin are old friends. They meet by chance at a station.

JULIA: Hello, Kevin. (1) (I/not/see) you for ages. How are you?

KEVIN: I'm fine. How about you? (2) (you/look) well.

JULIA: Yes, I'm very well thanks. So, (3) (you/go) somewhere or (4) (you/meet) somebody off a train?

KEVIN: (5) (I/go) to London for a business meeting.

JULIA: Oh. (6) (you/often/go) away on business?

KEVIN: Quite often, yes. And you? Where (7) (you/go)?

JULIA: Nowhere. (8) (I/meet) a friend. Unfortunately, her train (9) (be) delayed – (10) (I/wait) here for nearly an hour.

KEVIN: How are your children?

JULIA: They're all fine, thanks. The youngest (11) (just/start) school.

KEVIN: How (12) (she/get) on? (13) (she/like) it?

JULIA: Yes, (14) (she/think) it's great.

KEVIN: (15) (you/work) at the moment? When I last (16) (speak) to you, (17) (you/work) in a travel agency.

JULIA: That's right. Unfortunately, the firm (18) (go) out of business a couple of months after (19) (I/start) work there, so (20) (I/lose) my job.

KEVIN: And (21) (you/not/have) a job since then?

JULIA: Not a permanent job. (22) (I/have) a few temporary jobs. By the way, (23) (you/see) Joe recently?

KEVIN: Joe? He's in Canada.

JULIA: Really? How long (24) (he/be) in Canada?

KEVIN: About a year now. (25) (I/see) him a few days before (26) (he/go). (27) (he/be) unemployed for months, so (28) (he/decide) to try luck somewhere else. (29) (he/really/look forward) to going.

JULIA: So, what (30) (he/do) there?

KEVIN: I've no idea. (31 ) (I/not/hear) from him since (32) (he/leave). Anyway, I must go and catch my train. It was really nice to see you again.

JULIA: You too. Bye. Have a good journey.

KEVIN: Thanks. Bye.