Question

Упражнение 70. Раскройте скобки, употребляя глаголыв Present Indefinite, Present Continuous, Past Indefinite, Past Continuous, Present Perfect, Present Perfect Continuous. I … (feel) rather poorly lately, so this morning at nine I … (go) to see my doctor. I … (find) him alone in his waiting-room, where he … (stand) surveying a pile of well-thumbed magazines. "All alone?" … (say). "What . you (do) to your patients? … you (cure) them all?" "The reason why people … (not, crowd) into this room now is that on Wednesdays I … (not, begin) con- sultations here until half past ten. Such … (be) my habit for the last twenty-five years." "I'm so sorry I (come) too early, " I said, "I'll go away and come back later." "Oh, no! I … (prefer) early patients to late ones. In the course of my practice I … (notice) that the late- comers … (be) usually not serious cases. Many people … (come) to a doctor for sympathy, you … (know). They are like a dog that once … (come) here with a sore paw; I … (bandage) it for him and while I … (do) this he looked at me with great, lonely eyes. He … (come) back the next day and every day until his paw was well. I … (find) out that his master was dead and a kindly old couple … (look) after the dog. He … (miss) his master and … (want) special sympathy. So, although he was well, he … (take) to coming to see me two or three times a week. He is old now but he … (still, come)."