Test 23. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense.

1. ‘What you (do)?’ ………….……………. ‘I (read) …………………….. I (read) ……………………. for already two hours. I already ………………………. (read) 100 pages.’

2. When I (leave) ……………………. home yesterday, the snow already (stop) ……………………., but a strong wind (blow).

3. How long you (wait) for me? …………………………. I am really very sorry.

4. He said he (work) …….…………………. for a long time without achieving good results.

5. If he (ring) ……………………. me up tomorrow, I (tell) ……………………. him all about it.

6. ‘You ever (be) ……………………. to the new stadium?’ ‘Yes, I (be) ……………………. there last Saturday.’

7. At last the reply from my grandmother came, and my mother (tell) ……………………. me she (come) soon.

8. He (help) his mother every day? …………………….

9. At this time tomorrow we (discuss) ……………………. your report.

10. What you (do) when I came in? ……………………………………………………………..

11. He (teach) ……………………. at school for five years when the war broke out.

12. Hi! What you (do) here since morning? …………………………………………………….

13. By the end of this year he (read) about two hundred pages.

14. When you (see) him last?

15. Don’t ring me up at 11 o’clock, I (sleep).

16. ‘You (find) your note-book?’ ……………………………. ‘No! I still (look) ……………………. for it. I already (look) …………………….for it for two hours, but (not yet find) …………………….it.’

17. They (sail) ……………………. down the river for many hours before they come to the village.

18. At last the librarian gave me the book which I (wait) …………………….for during two months.

19. He (write) ……………………. the composition for three hours and he said he (finish) ……………………. it soon.

20. On entering the drawing-room he (find) …………………….that his two friends (get) ……………………. up and (wait) for him.

Test 24. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense.

1. Yesterday by 8 o’clock he (finish) …………………….all his work, and when I (come) ……………………. at 9, he (read).

2. ‘When he usually (get up)?’ ……………………. ‘He (get) ……………………. up at seven o’clock.’

3. Come along, Henry, what……………. you (do) ……………. now? I (wait) …………………….for you since morning.

4. The students (not write) ……………………. a test tomorrow at 3 o’clock, as they already (write) it by then.

5. ‘What you …………….. (do) …………………….now?’ ‘I (prepare) ……………………. for my report.’ ‘How long …………… you (prepare) ……………………. for it?’ ‘For two hours already.’

6. Yesterday he (wait) …………………….for half an hour when at last he (see) ……………………. her at the end of the platform.

7. The teacher said that the pupils (read) ……………………. the text the next day.

8. When I (come) ……………………. home yesterday, my sister already (return) …………… and (sit) ……………………. at the fireplace looking through some magazines.

9. When he (come) …………………….to her place tomorrow, she still (pack) ……………………. her suitcases.

10. This man is a writer. He (write) …………………….books. He (write) ……………………. books since he was a young man. He already (write) ……………………. eight books.

11. He (wait) …………………….for you for two hours already and said he (ring) …………………….you up later.

12. By the end of next month we (translate) …………………….ten articles.

13. ‘You ever (spend) …………………….your holidays in the Crimea?’ ‘Yes, …………...I (be) …………………….there last year.’

14. ‘What he………… (do) …………………….next year?’ ‘After he (finish) …………………….school, he (enter) ……………………. the University.’

15. ‘When ……………. you (see) ……………………. Mary?’ – ‘I (see) …………………….her last week.’

16. At last I (do) …………………….all my homework: now I’ll go out.

17. They (work) …………………….hard for many hours before they are able to finish it.

18. What ………. you (read) …………………….when I rang you up?

19. ‘You …………(learn) ……………………. this poem?’ ‘No! I still (learn) …………………….it. I already (learn) it for two hours, but I (not yet learn) it.’

20. We could not go out because it (rain) …………………….hard since early morning.

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