Упражнение 1. Complete the pairs of sentences. Use the Present Perfect in one sentence and the Past Simple in the other.
I (have known) her for six years.
I (knew) him when I was at school.
He (lived) in Paris from 1997 to 2000.
He (has lived) in New York since 2001.
Where's Pete? I (have not seen) him for ages.
I (did not see) Pete last night.
We (were) at primary school from 1993 to 1998.
We (have been) in this class since September.
I (have not watched) this video yet.
I (did not watch) a video at the weekend.
Упражнение 2. Choose the correct verb form (Past Simple or Past Continuous) to complete the sentences.
The film was rubbish, so we left the cinema and went to the cybercafé.
I didn’t like the program we were watching, so I turned off the TV.
Dave rang me while I was doing my homework.
As I was falling asleep, I heard a strange noise.
I dropped my keys while I was running for the bus.
The competition judges didn’t know whose food they were tasting.
Упражнение 3. Выберите правильную форму страдательного залога
1) This book (republish) by the end of September.
will have been republished
2) The doctor said that Tommy`s leg (X-rayed) the following day.
would be X-rayed
3) A police car came when the injured man (carry off) the road.
was being carried off
4) I (bear) in a small Russian town not far from Samara.
was born
5) The thief (arrest) late last night.
was arrested
6) The announcement (make) tomorrow.
will be made
7) Good evening ladies and gentlemen. I (be) Charles Trump.
am
8) I (report) from BBC news headquarters.
am reporting
9) Earlier this evening an earthquake hit Cairo, Egypt. Many people (kill);
are killed
10) many more (injure)
are injured
11) and much of the city (destroy).
is destroyed
Peter said I had a beautiful place there
Arny said Jessica had arrived the night before and she had wanted to see you
5. “You'll never guess whom I met today. It was Flora!” said
Nick said that I would never guess whom he had met that day. It had been Flora!
Luke said he hadn ' t seen him that morning
she said that he would meet Betsiethere that day
she said she had seen Jack at the Univ. that day
Nelly said that night he shoud stay at home and read what the editor had given to him
Stella Gibson said The McMillans had moved to Glasgow two months ago and she has lived in their house since then
mother said that she would do it herself the next day
the chief executive said that then everything had changed there, we wouldn t recognize a thing in this company
Barb said she had heard Meg said she would come on Thursday the next week
Monica said they had lived there long time .
George said when he had come he had been on the terrace was watering his begonias