Упражнения

Упражнение 1. Прочитайте и переведите предложения. Объясните употребление Past Perfect Continuous:

1. We were tired as we had been walking for more than an hour. It was time to rest a little. 2. The boy had been reading the task in physics for a long time but still he didn't understand it. 3. Mrs. Jackson was one of the best teachers at the school. She had been teaching for twenty years. 4. Dora was writing a letter to her boyfriend. She had been writing it since she got home from class. 5. My eyes were getting tired. I had been reading for two hours. I decided to make a break. 6. Mr. Robbins liked his job. He had been working at the company for fifteen years. 7. She put aside the sweater which she had been knitting. 8. The secretary closed the file which she had just been looking through. 9. They had been driving all night when finally they saw the lights of a big city. 10. When I entered the flat, I saw that everything was in a mess. Somebody had been searching the rooms. 11. The boys had black eyes and torn trousers. They had been fighting. 12. At last he got the opportunity he had been waiting for so long.

Упражнение 2. Раскройте скобки, употребив формы Past Perfect или Past Perfect Continuous:

1. He already (park) the car when I arrived. 2. He (drive) all day, so he was very tired when he arrived. 3. I (finish) cleaning the car by one o'clock. 4. What you (do) in the garden before I came? 5. I (live) in Germany before I came to Russia. 6. They already (write) a letter when the light went down. 7. Last year the plant (fulfil) the plan by the end of November. 8. The train (not arrive) yet by that time. 9. The child (sleep) for an hour before we came.

Упражнение 3. Используйте Present/ Past Perfect или Present/ Past Perfect Continuous:

1. I received a letter from Susan a few days ago. I (not to receive) letters from her since she left. 2. There are a lot of dirty dishes. We (not to wash up) since morning. 3.1 telephoned her after I (to think over) her offer. 4. He gave up smoking after he (to smoke) for 20 years. 5. How long you (to be engaged) before you got married? 6. We (to be) here since 10 o'clock. 7. At last he (to finish) his book. He (to write) it for ten years. 8. How long you (to wait) when the bus finally came? 9. I came a minute late. The train just (to leave). 10. We (to finish) our test by that time. 11. You (to finish) your work? 12. I didn't want to see the film because I (to see) it on TV. 13. We (to wait) for an hour but they never came. 14. Since what time he (to sleep)? 15. By the time he was twelve, he (to be able) to speak two foreign languages. 16. By the time the police came the robbers (to manage) to escape. 17. How long your club (to be) in existence? 18. Her daughter (not to return) home by eleven. 19. It (to snow) since last night, it's not safe to drive. 20. She (to make) already coffee by the time her son got up.

Упражнение 4..Раскройте скобки, употребив глаголы в одном из прошедших времен:

1. I never (to see)... any pictures by Monet before I (to visit)… the Hermitage. 2. At last he (to have)... a chance to go to London. He (long to dream)… of visit­ing Britain. 3. She (to catch)…a cold. She never (to catch)… a cold before. 4. When I (to graduate)... from the University my elder brother (to work)... for a for­eign company for two years. 5. Though she (to learn)... the language only for two years she (to speak)... it fair­ly well. 6. He (to travel)... to many countries and (to know)... a lot of interesting facts about them. 7. Yes­terday I (to find)... the book I (to look for)... so long. 8. When we (to enter)... the house there (to be)... no­body in, but we (to have)... a feeling that somebody (to be)... there because the windows (to be)... open. 9. When he (to meet)... the lady, he (to understand)... that she (not to be)... so young as he (to expect).... 10. By the time Caesar (to approach)... the shores of Britain, the season (to be)... nearly over.

Упражнение 5.Раскройте скобки, употребив глаголы в правильной форме.

1. When I (came) the lecture already (start). 2. They (go) to Moscow some days ago. 3. When I came he (leave), so we only had time for a few words, 4. When we (come) to the airport, the plane already (land). 5. He suddenly (understand) that he (travel) in the wrong direction. 6. Our teacher (speak) many foreign lan­guages. 7. Who (speak) now? 8. Where is Bob? He (play) tennis. 9. I (go) home when we met. 10. Listen, my son (play) the piano. 11. They already (translate) this text last lesson. 12. You (do) this exercise next week. 13. We (discuss) your plan tomorrow at 10 o'clock. 14. It (rain) when I went for a walk. 15. What you (do) here? 16. I (not, write) at the moment.

Упражнение 6. Переведите следующие предложения:

1. Он сумел понять фильм, потому что много лет занимался французским языком. 2. Когда я был в Лондоне, то она пришла повидать меня, потому что мы пере­писывались уже несколько лет. 3. Он мыл машину около часа, когда понял, что это не его машина. 4. Люди прождали час, прежде чем пришел автобус. 5. В доме замечательно пахло. Мама пекла пироги с утра. 6. Хотя Антон весь день клеил обои, он согла­сился пойти вечером на концерт. 7. Он попросил не дотрагиваться до стены, потому что только что покра­сил ее. 8. Я всего лишь тридцать минут проносила новые туфли, когда сломался каблук. 9. У него руки были в масле, т.к. он только что менял покрышки. 10. Когда начальник вошел в комнату, все замолчали, и он по­нял, что говорили о нем. 11. Наконец наступил день, о котором он так долго мечтал. 12. Виктор закон­чил доклад, над которым так долго работал.