20 41 the present perfect and the simple past 11 that is mr minus, who teaches me mathematics, but he (not have) time to teach me much. i only (be) in his class for a week. 12 you (hear) his speech on the radio last night? -yes, i . . - what you (think) of it? 13 i (not know) that you (be) here. you (be) here long? -yes, i (be) here two months. — you (be) to the cathedral? ~ yes, i (go) there last sunday. 14 you ever (try) to give up smoking? - yes, i (try) last year, but then i (find) that i was getting fat so i (start) again. 15 you (see) today's paper? - no, anything interesting (happen)? yes, two convicted murderers (escape) from the prison down the road. 16 mary (feed) the cat? - yes, she (feed) him before lunch. ~ what she (give) him? -she (give) him some fish. 17 how long you (know) your new assistant? -i (know) him for two years. — what he (do) before he (come) here? -i think he (be) in prison. 18 i (not see) your aunt recently. - no. she (not be) out of her house since she (buy) her colour tv. 19 the plumber (be) here yet? - yes, but he only (stay) for an hour. - what he (do) in that time? - he (turn) off the water and (empty) the tank. 20 where you (be)? i (be) out in a yacht. - you (enjoy) it? - yes, very much. we (take) part in a race. - you (win)? ~ no, we (come) in last. 21 how long that horrible monument (be) there? - it (be) there six months. lots of people (write) to the town council asking them to take it away but so far nothing (be) done. 22 i just (be) to the film war and peace. you (see) it? -no, is it like the book? - i (not read) the book. - i (read) it when i (be) at school. - when tolstoy (write) it? - he (write) it in 1868. - he (write) anything else? 23 hannibal (bring) elephants across the alps. -why he (do) that? - he (want) to use them in battle. 24 where you ( i (be) to the dentist. ~ he (take) out your bad tooth? - yes, he . . - it ( yes, horribly. 25 she (say) that she'd phone me this morning, but it is now 12.30 and she (not phone) yet. 26 i just (receive) a letter saying that we (not pay) this quarter's electricity bill. i (not give) you the money for that last week? ~ yes, you . . but i'm afraid i (spend) it on something else. 27 how long you (be) out of work? - i'm not out of work now. i just (start) a new job. - how you (find) the job? - i (answer) an advertisement in the paper. 28 you (finish) checking the accounts? -no, not quite. i (do) about half so far. 29 i (cut) my hand rather badly. have you a bandage? -i'll get you one. how it (happen)? - i was chopping some wood and the axe (slip). 30 how you (get) that scar? - i (get) it in a car accident a year ago. 31 you (meet) my brother at the lecture yesterday? -yes, we (have) coffee together afterwards. • 32 he (lose) his job last month and since then he (be) out of work. -why he (lose) his job? - he (be) very rude to mr pitt.
