Упражнение 1. Complete the pairs of sentences. Use the Present Perfect in one sentence

and the Past Simple in the other.

I (know) _______ her for six years.

I (know) _______ him when I was at school.

He (live) _______ in Paris from 1997 to 2000.

He (live) _______ in New York since 2001.

Where's Pete? I (not see) _______ him for ages.

I (not see) _______ Pete last night.

We (be) _______ at primary school from 1993 to 1998.

We (be) _______ in this class since September.

I (not watch) _______ this video yet.

I (not watch) _______ a video at the weekend.

Упражнение 2.Choose the correct verb form (Past Simple or Past Continuous) to complete

the sentences.

The film was rubbish, so we left / were leaving the cinema and went / were going to the

cybercafé.

I didn’t like / wasn’t liking the program we watched / were watching, so I turned / was turning

off the TV.

Dave rang / was ringing me while I did / was doing my homework.

As I fell / was falling asleep, I heard/was hearing a strange noise.

I dropped / was dropping my keys while I ran / was running for the bus.

The competition judges didn’t know / weren’t knowing whose food they tasted / were tasting.

Упражнение 3..Выберите правильную форму страдательного залога

1) This book (republish) by the end of September.

would been republished

will have been republished

will been republished

2) The doctor said that Tommy`s leg (X-rayed) the following day.

will be X-rayed

would be X-rayed

will have been X-rayed

3) A police car came when the injured man (carry off) the road.

was being carried off

was been carried off

has been carried off

4) I (bear) in a small Russian town not far from Samara.

was borne

am born was born

5) The thief ................. (arrest) late last night.

has been arrested

was arrested

had been arrested

6) The announcement ................. (make) tomorrow.

will be made

will make

is maked

7) Good evening ladies and gentlemen. I ................. (be) Charles Trump.

am

was

do

8) I ................. (report) from BBC news headquarters.

report

reported

am reporting

9) Earlier this evening an earthquake hit Cairo, Egypt. Many people ................. (kill);

killed

are killed

have been killing

10) many more ................. (injure)

will be injured

am injured

are injured

11) and much of the city ................. (destroy). ​