E. 1. Choose the proper variant

1. (Last, next) year we were schoolchildren. 2. We shall have an English test (last week, next week). 3. (Some years ago, in some years) I was in the sixth form. 4. (Five years ago, in five years) you will be engineers. 5. Mike (finishes, finished) school three years ago. 6. You had a lot of work to do (last, next) year. 7. He (writes, wrote) his term paper last month. 8. Listen! Somebody (is, are) talking in the corridor. 9. I am (sit, sitting) now. 10. We are (read, reading) English sentences, listen to us. 11. They (is, are) working at this problem. 12. You are (stand, standing) now. 13. Don't talk, I (am, is) listening to the news. 14. He (am, is) singing a song. 15. Now we (is, are) finishing this work.

E. 2. Choose the right variant

1. They (1 – not have, 2 – have, 3 – didn’t have, 4 – has) a lecture on Mathematics yesterday. 2. My brother (1 – studied, 2 – supported, 3 – supplied, 4 – suggested) Mechanics two years ago. 3. The students worked at the construction site (1 – this month, 2 – in two months, 3 – next month, 4 – last month). 4. She (1 – not know, 2 – knows, 3 – didn’t knows, 4 – don’t know) Mathematics well. 5. He (1 – do, 2 – don’t do, 3 – shall do, 4 – did) an experimental job at the lab. 6. My brother lost his passport (1 – a week ago, 2 – next week, 3 – in a week, 4 – this week). 7. Did they (1 – flew, 2 – flies, 3 – fly, 4 – will fly) to Moscow by air? 8. His parents (1 – live, 2 – lives, 3 – go) in Moscow. 9. There (1 – are, 2 – will be, 3 – is, 4 – were) many students at the conference tomorrow. 10. Every day I (1 – get, 2 – gets, 3 – washes) up at seven. 11. It usually (1 – take, 2 – takes, 3 – will take) her about two hours to do my homework. 12. Usually they (1 – wll come, 2 – comes, 3 – come) home at 5 o’clock. 13. My mother (1 – take, 2 – have, 3 – has) eggs or a cheese sandwich for breakfast.

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