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1. ‘I ________ about buying a new car for long.’
‘Really? What sort of car?’
A have been thinking B was thinking C thought
2. ‘I feel very tired.’
‘How can you be tired? You ________ a thing during a day.
A didn’t do B aren’t doing C haven’t done
3. ‘Whose is this earring?’
‘I don’t know. I found it while I ________ the house.
A had cleaned B was cleaning C am cleaning
4. ‘The restaurant was packed last night.’
‘Yes. Luckily, I ________ a table in advance.’
A was booking B had booked C booked
5. ‘What were you doing this time last year?’
‘Oh! It was splendid! My wife and I, we _______ most of the time on the beach.’
A spent B had spent C were spending
Identify tenses; match numbers to the letters of columns A and B.
A 1) Sam has been talking on the phone for half an hour.
2) The plane from Brussels arrives at 8:30.
3) Ann had finished her work before she met her friends.
4) Stuart has just got a letter. He is happy.
5) We have had the dog for three years.
6) They are moving into a new flat next week on Friday.
7) First she paid the driver, then she got out of the taxi.
8) At seven o’clock yesterday evening they were having dinner.
9) They had been looking for a house for six months before they found the needed one.
10) He was walking down the street when he ran into an old friend.
B action which
a) - started in the past and continues up to the present (used with state verbs);
b) - recently finished and whose result is visible in the present;
c) - puts emphasis on the duration of an action which started in the past and continues up to the present;
d) – has been arranged for the near future;
e) – is used with programmes or timetables;
f) – was in progress when another action interrupted it;
g) - happened before another past action or before a stated time in the past;
h) - happened immediately one after the other;
i) - puts emphasis on the duration of a past action finished before another
past action;
j) – was in progress at a stated time in the past
4. Match the number of the sentence to the right letter of the tag question.
A 1) You didn’t like strong coffee, ______ you?
2) You talked to the boss, ______ you?
3) Susan and Kevin can’t wait for you, _______they?
4) He can do this test on his own, _______he?
B a) can
b) did
c) can’t
d) didn’t
MODULE 2: Crossing Barriers
