Вправа 242

Розкрийте дужки, вживаючи дієслова в одному з таких часів: Present, Past, Future Simple; Present, past Continuous; Present, Past Perfect.

1. My friend (to like) pies. He (to eat) pies every day. When I (to meet) him in the street yesterday, he (to eat) a pie. He (to tell) me that he (to buy) that pie at the corner of the street. Look at my friend now! He (to eat) a pie again. 2. I always (to come) to school at a quarter to nine. 3. Yesterday I (to come) to school at ten minutes to nine. 4. Tomorrow Nick (not to go) to the cinema because he (to go) to the cinema yesterday. He already (to be) to the cinema this week. Lookl He (to cry). 5. What your brother (to do) now? 6. My father (to work) in an office. It (to be) Sunday now. He (not to work), he (to read) at home. 7.1 (not to see) you for a while! You (to be) busy at work? — I (to have) an awful week, you (to know). 8. What he (to do)? — He (not to do) anything really. He just (to look) at some magazines. 9. We (to have) rather a difficult time at the moment. — I (to be) sorry to hear that. 10. Something awful (to happen). Her little daughter (to swallow) a coin.

Ex

Put each verb in brackets into a suitable tense, in either continuous or simple form, according to the context.

a) Sam (not receive) the parcel the last time I (speak) to him.

b) I.............. (consider) buying a house but now I.. (change) my mind.

c) When you........... (feel) hungry later, room service... (bring) you whatever you (want).

d) I.............. (find) it difficult to convince the ticket inspector that I (lose) ray ticket.

e) Since I............ (pay) for our lunch, I....... (try) to attract the waiter's attention.

f) As soon as I......... (have) a good look at the designs, I. (send) them back to you.

g) I.............. (hope) to meet you ever since I... (read) your first novel.

h) Whatever........... (happen), I........... (meet) you here in a week's time.

i) By the time you ........ (finish) getting ready, we...... (miss) the train!
j) Sally! I....................... (not expect) to see you here! What (you do) in New York?

Ex

Put each verb in brackets into an appropriate tense.

Ask hundreds of people what they (1) … (do) on a certain day in August next year, or the year after, and there (2) … (be) only one reply Provided of course that the people you (3) … (ask) (4) … (belong) to the Elvis Presley Fan Club. Although the King of Rock and Roll (5) … (die) nearly two decades ago, his fans (6) … (meet) every year since then outside his home in Memphis, Tennessee, to show respect for the singer they (7) … (love) so much. Fans like Jean Thomas, from Catford in South London. Jean (8) … (visit) Gracelands, the house where Elvis (9) … (suffer) his fatal heart attack, twice in the past five years. 'The first time I(10) … (borrow) the money from my Mum, as I (11) … (not work) then. But two years ago I (12) … (get) married and since then I (13) … (work) in my husband Chris's garage. Chris and I (14) … (go) together last year, and we (15) … (think) of spending twoor three months in the USA next year. I(16) … (always want) to visit some of the places where Elvis (17) … (perform).

Like Las Vegas for example.'Jean says that Elvis (18).... (be) her obsession ever since she (19) … (be) ten years old, and she (20) … (own) every single one of his records, good and bad.