Put the following sentences into the correct tense: Present Simple, Past Simple, Present Continuous, Past Continuous or Present Perfect.

1. I ________ (listen) to the radio while Mary __________ (cook) dinner. 2. You __________ (buy) this book yesterday? 3. Last Friday Jill __________ (go) home early because she __________ (want) to see a film. 4. When your brother usually __________ (get) home in the evening? 5. Jane always __________ (bring) us a nice present. 6. What those people __________ (do) in the middle of the road? 7. You __________ (read) this book? 8. While Fred __________ (sleep), Judy __________ (watch) TV. 9. When I __________ (be) young, I __________ (think) Mary __________ (be) nice — but now I __________ (think) she’s fantastic. 10. Jill __________ (walk) home when she __________ (see) her husband’s car outside the cinema. 11. Look there! Sue and Tim __________ (run) to school. 12. Jack’s father __________ (not work) in London — he __________ (not speak) English. 13. Joe __________ (buy) a car yesterday.14. Their father often __________ (go) to rock concerts. 15. While you __________ (sleep), mother __________ (arrive).

Correct the mistakes.

1. When she was younger, she has played tennis every day.

2. It’s already 10:00, but Jane hasn’t finished her homework already.

3. Joe crashed his car three times since Christmas.

4. Did you done your homework, or have you been watching TV?

5. Karl has been driving since five years.

6. This hotel has been already in business for twenty years.

Put the following sentences into the correct tense: Present Simple, Past Simple, Present Continuous, Past Continuous or Present Perfect.

1. Alice ... (not to take) the bus to school every day. She usually ... (to walk) to school.

2. ... (to take) … you the bus to get to school or ... (to walk) you?

3. Who is this man? I ... (to think) that I ... (to know) him, but I ... (to forget) his name.

4. The children ... (to have) a good time in the park yesterday. They ... (to give) small pieces of bread to the ducks. Then they ... (to take) pictures of themselves.

5. Where are the children? They ... (to watch) TV in the room now. Some minutes ago they ... (to play) a game.

6. Now I am in my class. I... (to sit) at my desk. I always ... (to sit) at the same desk.

The Past Perfect Tense

Past Perfect образуется с помощью вспомогательного глагола to have в прошедшем времени had и Participle II (-ed /III форма неправильного глагола) глагола сказуемого.

Глагол в Past Perfect обозначает:

– действие, законченное к определенному моменту в прошлом или до начала другого действия.

He had read the book by 10 o’clock yesterday. – Он прочитал книгу вчера к 10 часам вечера.

When we came to the airport the plane had already landed. – Когда мы приехали в аэропорт, самолёт уже приземлился.

– Употребляется в предложениях, в которых одно действие завершилось до другого действия, длящегося в прошлом.

He had read the book and was watching TV when I came. – Он прочитал книгу и смотрел телевизор, когда я пришёл.

POSITIVE	NEGATIVE	QUESTION
I/he/she/it/you/we/they had washed	I/he/she/it/you/we/they hadn't washed	Had I/he/she/it/you/ we/theywashed?

Маркерами этого времени являются такие обстоятельства времени как: by the time– к этому времени; already –уже; till/ until– до (какого-то времени).

Grammar Exercises

1. Put these sentences in the interrogative and negative forms.

1. You had studied English before you entered the University.

2. They had arrived at the station by 6 o’clock.

3. James had finished reading the book by last Sunday.

4. I had done my lessons by the time you called me up.

5. The teacher had given the students their homework before the bell rang.

2. Read the situation and write the sentences from the words in brackets.
Model: You went to Sue’s house, but she wasn’t there.

(she/ go/ out)…. She had gone out……

1. You went back to your home town after many years. It wasn’t the same as before. (It/ change/ a lot).

2. I invited Ian to the party but he couldn’t come. (He/ arrange/ to do something else).

3. You went to the cinema last night. You got to the cinema late. (the film/ already/begin).

4. It was nice to see Dan again after such a long time. ( I/ not/ see/ him/ for five years).

5. I offered my parents something to eat, but they weren’t hungry. (They/ just/ have breakfast).

3. Translate into English.

1. Когда вы пришли, я уже перевел весь текст.

2. К тому времени как вы позвонили, гости ещё не собрались.

3. Вы изучали английский перед тем, как поступили на эти курсы?

4. Дождь уже прекратился, когда мы вышли из дома.

5. Сколько страниц этой книги твой брат прочитал к концу прошлой недели?

4. Make questions to the underlined words.

1.The people went home after they had finished their work.

2. The young manhas decided to buy the new vase after the old one had fallen down and broken to pieces.

3. The lecture has begun by the time I entered the room.

The Future Perfect Tense

Future Perfect – сложная временная форма, образующаяся при помощи вспомогательного глагола to have в Future Simple (will have) и Participle II (–ed/III форма неправильного глагола) глагола сказуемого.

Future Perfect обозначает действие, которое будет закончено до определенного момента в будущем.

By the end of the term we’ll have read four English books. – К концу семестра мы прочтём четыре английских книги.

POSITIVE	NEGATIVE	QUESTION
I/he/she/it/you/ we/they will have asked	I/he/she/it/you/ we/they will not (won’t) have asked	Will I/he/she/it/you/we/they have asked?

Grammar Exercises

1. Put these sentences in the interrogative and negative forms.

1. Trevor and Laura will have livedhere for four years next April.

2. This chess game is going to last ages. They won't have finishedit until midnight.

3. Iwill have readthis book by the time it's due back to the library.

4. My husband will have finished his work by half past eight, so he should be home about nine.

5. Phone me after 8 o’clock. We’ll have finisheddinner by then.

2. Translate into English.

1.Моя сестра вернется домой к 10 часам. Перезвоните позднее.

2. К концу сентября мы получим хорошую премию.

3. Я плохо себя чувствую, но к концу надели я выздоровлю.

4. На следующей неделе у меня будет больше времени, так как я сдам все экзамены.

5. Когда мой папа вернется домой, он будет очень уставшим.

3. Paul wants to be an artist. He's reading about a famous artist called Winston Plummer.

Winston Plummer was a great artist, who had a wonderful career. He won lots of prizes before he was twenty. By the age of twenty-five he had had his own exhibition. He was the subject of a TV documentary by the time he was thirty. By the age of thirty-five he had become world-famous. He made millions of pounds from his pictures before he was forty.
Paul is daydreaming about his own future career. What is he thinking?

Model: I hope I’ll have won lots of prizes before I'm twenty.

1. Perhaps ……………...... my own exhibition by the age of twenty-five.

2. I wonder if ...................................................... by the time I'm thirty.

3. Maybe ………………………..……………. by the age of thirty-five.

4. I hope ............................................................ by the age of forty.

4. How good is your maths? Can you work out the answers?

Model: It's quarter to six. Melanie is putting something in the oven. It needs to be in the oven for an hour and a half. When will it have cooked? It will have cooked at quarter past seven.

1. It's seven o'clock in the evening, and Andrew is starting to write an essay. He writes one page every fifteen minutes. He plans to finish the essay at midnight. How many pages will he have written? He will have written ...... pages.

2. It's Monday morning, and Sarah is travelling to work. It's twenty miles from her home to the office. How far will she have travelled to and from work by the time she gets home on Friday? She will have travelled .......... miles.

3. Matthew is doing press-ups – one every two seconds. How many will he have done after five minutes? He will have done ............ press-ups.