2 Put the verbs into Present Simple, Past Simple or Present Perfect.
Boris: Hi!(1. not see)
you for ages! Where
(2. you / be)
? You (3. grow)
much taller and fitter!
Alan: I (4. just / come)
back from the
countryside. I (5. stay)
on my grandparents'
farm all my holidays. The weather (6.be)
great
and I (7. spend)
a lot of time outdoors.
Boris: Really? That's why you (8. get)
so suntanned! Your skin usually (9.look)
rather
pale.
Alan: Yes, you're right. Everybody (10. say)
I(11. change)
.I (12. also / become)
a bit cleverer.
Boris: Why? What (13. you / mean)
?
Alan: In summer I(14. read)
a lot and even
(15. start)
writing my own story.
Boris: Wow! (16. you / mind)
Alan: Well, I (17. not / finish)
Later, OK?
if I read it?
it yet.
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2. Jane was surprised to find the fridge empty. All the food (had been eaten).
3. The Kiddles were able to go to the concert as the tickets (had been booked) long before.
4. The newspaper report said that lately there (had been) a serious decline in the number of people qualifying as teachers.
5. By the end of the next month over 20 old buildings (will have been demolished).
6. The newspaper report read that a ban on tiger hunting (had been imposed) to prevent the instinction of tigers.
7. When the boss entered the room in the morning he saw that all the accounts (had been done).
8. The new software trial (had been completed) and the staff were ready to release it.
9. Columbus discovered America though at first he thought he (had reached) Asia. Before he discovered it people (had believed) that the earth was flat.
10. Scott reached the South Pole in 1912 but Amundsen (had beaten) him by a month.