Выпишите сказуемые и укажите их видовременные формы. 1) On the first underground railways the oil and gas lamps were used while the passengers were travelling. 2) Russian car-building plants are producing more comfortable cars. 3) Prefabricated units are being widely used to speed up and cheapen the construction of the new section of Moscow Metro. 4) Engineers will be testing a new engine tomorrow. 5) Our train is standing at the platform ready to leave.
2 Complete the sentences. Use the past perfect and the past simple in each sentence.
I'd seen (see) the film before, but I watched (watch) it again yesterday.
1 Alice told me that she did not have many hobbies when she was a child.
2 When her neighbours (got) a TV, she (went) round to watch it. She (had not seen) one before.
3 They (had not invented) computers when Alice (was) young.
4 By the time he (was) eighteen, he (had left) school and (found) a job.
5 The band (had not started) playing when we (arrived).
6 In the 1950s, people (wanted) to enjoy themselves because they (had) had a hard time during the war.