Упражнения на сравнение времен системы Present

Упражнение 77.Раскройте скобки, употребляя гла­голы в одном из следующих времен: Present Simple, Present Continuous, Present Perfect, Present Perfect Continuous.

1. He (to run) now. He (to run) for ten minutes without any rest.
2. What they (to do) now? — They (to work) in the reading-room. They (to work) there for already three hours.
3. Where he (to be) now? — He (to be) in the garden. He (to play) vol­ley-ball with his friends. They (to play) since break­fast time.
4. I (to live) in St. Petersburg. I (to live) in St. Petersburg since 1990.
5. She already (to do) her homework for two hours; but she (not yet to do) half of it.
6. I (to wait) for you since two o'clock.
7. What you (to do)? — I (to read). I (to read) for already two hours. I already (to read) sixty pages.
8. This man (to be) a writer. He (to write) books. He (to write) books since he was a young man. He al­ready (to write) eight books.
9. What you (to do) here since morning?
10. Lena is a very good girl. She always (to help) her mother about the house. Today she (to help) her mother since morning. They already (to wash) the floor and (to dust) the furni­ture. Now they (to cook) dinner together.
11. This is the factory where my father (to work). He (to work) here for fifteen years.
12. You (to find) your note-book? — No! I still (to look) for it. I already (to look) for it for two hours, but (not yet to find) it.
13. You (to play) with a ball for already three hours. Go home and do your homework.
14. Wake up! You (to sleep) for ten hours already.
15. I (to wait) for a letter from my cousin for a month al­ready, but (not yet to receive) it.
16. Where your gloves (to be)? — I (to put) them into my pocket.
17. I just (to receive) a letter from my granny, but I (not yet to receive) any letters from my par­ents.
18. The weather (to be) fine today. The sun (to shine) ever since we got up.
19. Every day I (to wind) up my watch at 10 o'clock in the evening.
20. Come along, Henry, what you (to do) now? I (to wait) for you a long time.

Упражнение 78.Переведите на английский язык, употребляя гла­голы в одном из следующих времен: Present Simple, Present Continuous, Present Perfect, Present Perfect Continuous.

1. Я уже три дня об этом думаю. 2. Моя сестра пьет кофе без сахара. А я всегда предпочитала с молоком. 3. Мы очень рады вас видеть. Мы вас ждали целый месяц. 4. Вы все еще читаете эту книгу? Сколько времени вы ее уже читаете? 5. Моя сестра занимается танцами уже пять лет. 6. Я ищу тебя весь вечер. Где ты был все это время? 7. Они пишут экзамен уже два часа. 8. Мы знаем друг друга уже пять лет. 9. Я всегда хотела изучать английский язык. 10. Где она? — Она уже два часа дома. 11. Где дети? — Они все еще играют во дворе. 12. Мой брат уже три года дизайнер. 13. Мой друг знает английский с детства. 14. Я уже полчаса читаю эту книжку. 15. Ваш брат еще болен? — Нет, он уже поправился. Он уже три дня занимается в университете. 16. Мне хочется посетить Мадрид. 17. Она уже десять минут пытается найти свою сумку. 18. Они уже десять лет живут в Лондоне. 19. Моя тетя — врач. Она всегда любила помогать людям. 20. Ваш брат уже вернулся с отпуска? — Да, он уже неделю, как дома.

Упражнение 79.Выберите правильный вариант.

1. Jeremy ..... basketball this season; he wants to concentrate on his studies.

doesn’t play

hasn’t been playing

isn’t playing

hasn’t played

2. Jerry promised to come to work in time. He is not here, and he even ..... .

isn’t calling

hasn't called

hasn't been calling

doesn’t call

3. Jake is a good footballer. Do you know since when ..... football?

he has been playing

he plays

has he been playing

is he playing

4. I think you ..... very silly. Don't get out of bed. You’ll only make your temperature go up again.

are

are being

were

have been

5. I have just applied for a job in the local hospital, now I ..... for an answer from them.

wait

have been waiting

have waited

am waiting

6. Zeta has sent me two letters; neither of which ..... .

has arrived

have arrived

arrive

is arriving

7. I have read this chapter in my chemistry text three times, and still I ..... it.

haven’t understood

don’t understand

understand

have understood

8. As far as I know Mike ..... Italian for quite some time, but he still doesn’t understand very much.

is learning

has been learning

has learnt

learns

9. Their car is good though they ..... it for a number of years.

have

have been having

are having

have had

10. What ..... with yourself? There is mud all over you!

has you been doing

are you doing

did you do

have you been doing

11. Paul looks young for his age. He says he is 56 years old, but nobody ..... him.

hasn’t believed

is not believing

believes

believe

12. There! ..... this big heavy cloud in the sky; I am sure it’ll rain in a minute.

Do you see

Have you seen

Are you seeing

Have you been seeing

13. What are you looking for? - I ..... my umbrella somewhere, and now I don’t know where it is.

leave

has left

have been leaving

have left

14. Look here! I simply refuse to believe what you ..... me now.

are telling

have been telling

have told

tell

15. Peter and Mary ..... on the platform. They have been waiting for their train for half an hour.

have been standing

are standing

stand

have stood

16. How long ..... Jerry? - But I don’t know him at all. I have never met him.

do you know

have you known

has you known

did you know

17. Susan is a fashion designer. Now, she ..... at a new set of clothes to be shown at a fashion show in April.

works

is working

has been working

has worked

18. Hello! May I speak to John, please? - Sorry, he is out. He has gone to the library. He ..... for his History exam there.

has been preparing

is preparing

prepares

has prepared

19. The government is worried because the number of people without jobs ..... .

increases

has increased

is increasing

has been increasing

20. Carol and I are old friends. I ..... her since we studied in high school together.

know

have known

are knowing

have been knowing

21. For many years American schools ..... federal aid for special purposes.

receive

have received

have been receiving

are receiving

22. David is quite an athlete. He wants to be strong and healthy that’s why he ..... every morning.

is jogging

has jogged

jogs

has been jogging

23. Who ..... my newspaper? It was on my desk a minute ago.

has taken

have taken

took

takes

24. Willy ... from his Uncle Alex since the latter immigrated to Canada.

does not hear

have not heard

has not heard

is not hearing

25. My cousin Jake has got a lot of books, most of which he ..... .

doesn’t read

hasn’t been reading

hasn’t read

isn’t reading

26. Her family ..... from town to town ever since she can remember.

is moving

has moved

moves

has been moving

27. My mother is a medical nurse; she takes care of sick and old people. What ..... for a living?

does your mother do

is your mother doing

has your mother done

has your mother been doing

28. Today the world ..... so rapidly; things never stay the same.

changes

has changed

is changing

has been changing

29. Nora, you look awfully tired. What ..... all day?

do you do

are you doing

have you been doing

have you done

30. A group of scientists are traveling around Africa. How many countries ..... so far, I wonder?

have they visited

have they been visiting

they have visited

do they visit

31. .... you a ride home yet since he started working in your department?

Has Sam been giving

Does Sam give

Is Sam giving

Has Sam given

32. Sonia ..... as a computer programmer this year, but she’d like to try something different in the future.

works

has worked

is working

has been working

Приложение 1

Таблица неправильных глаголов

№	Infinitive	Past Simple	Participle II	Перевод
1.	Arise	arose	arisen	возникать
2.	awake	awoke awaked	awoke awaked	будить; просыпаться
3.	be	was, were	been	быть
4.	bear	bore	born	рождаться
5.	bear	bore	borne	носить, выносить
6.	beat	brеat	beaten	бить
7.	become	became	become	становиться
8.	begin	began	begun	начинать
9.	bend	bent	bent	гнуть, сгибать
10.	bind	bound	bound	связывать
11.	bite	bit	bitten	кусать
12.	bleed	bled	bled	истекать кровью
13.	blow	blew	blown	дуть
14.	break	broke	broken	ломать
15.	breed	bred	bred	выводить, разводить
16.	bring	brought	brought	приносить
17.	broadcast	Broadcast broadcasted	broadcast broadcasted	передавать по радио
18.	build	built	built	строить
19.	burn	burnt	burnt	гореть, жечь
20.	burst	burst	burst	разрываться
21.	buy	bought	bought	покупать
22.	cast	cast	cast	бросать, кидать
23.	catch	caught	caught	ловить, схватывать
24.	choose	chose	chosen	выбирать
25.	cling	clung	clung	прилипать, цепляться
26.	come	came	come	приходить
27.	cost	cost	cost	стоить
28.	creep	crept	crept	ползать
29.	cut	cut	cut	резать
30.	deal	dealt	dealt	торговать; иметь дело
31.	dig	dug	dug	копать
32.	do	did	done	делать
33.	draw	drew	drawn	тащить, рисовать
34.	dream	dreamt dreamed	dreamt dreamed	видеть сны; мечтать
35.	drink	drank	drunk	пить
36.	drive	drove	driven	гнать, везти, ехать
37.	dwell	dwelt	dwelt	обитать; останавливаться подробно
38.	eat	ate	eaten	есть
39.	fall	fell	fallen	падать
40.	feed	fed	fed	кормить
41.	feel	felt	felt	чувствовать
42.	fight	fought	fought	бороться, сражаться
43.	find	found	found	находить
44.	flee	fled	fled	бежать, спасаться бегством
45.	fling	flung	flung	кидать, бросать
46.	fly	flew	flown	летать
47.	forbid	forbade	forbidden	запрещать
48.	forget	forgot	forgotten	забывать
49.	forgive	forgave	forgiven	прощать
50.	freeze	froze	frozen	замерзать, замораживать
51.	get	got	got	получать; становиться
52.	give	gave	given	давать
53.	go	went	gone	идти, ехать
54.	grind	ground	ground	точить; молоть
55.	grow	grew	grown	расти, выращивать
56.	hang	hung	hung	висеть, вешать
57.	have	had	had	иметь
58.	hear	heard	heard	слышать
59.	hide	hid	hid hidden	прятать
60.	hit	hit	hit	ударять; поражать
61.	hold	held	held	держать
62.	hurt	hurt	hurt	повредить, ушибить
63.	keep	kept	kept	держать, хранить
64.	kneel	knelt	knelt	становиться на колени
65.	know	knew	known	знать
66.	lay	laid	laid	класть
67.	lead	led	led	вести
68.	lean	leant leaned	leant leaned	прислоняться
69.	leap	leapt leaped	leapt leaped	прыгать
70.	learn	learnt learned	learnt learned	учиться
71.	leave	left	left	оставлять, уезжать
72.	lend	lent	lent	давать взаймы
73.	let	let	let	позволять; сдавать в наем
74.	lie	lay	lain	лежать
75.	light	lit lighted	lit lighted	зажигать, освещать
76.	lose	lost	lost	терять
77.	make	made	made	делать; заставлять
78.	mean	meant	meant	значить; подразумевать
79.	meet	met	met	встречать
80.	pay	paid	paid	платить
81.	put	put	put	класть
82.	read	read	read	читать
83.	ride	rode	ridden	ездить верхом
84.	ring	rang	rung	звонить; звенеть
85.	rise	rose	risen	подниматься
86.	run	ran	run	бежать
87.	saw	sawed	sawn	пилить
88.	say	said	said	говорить, сказать
89.	see	saw	seen	видеть
90.	seek	sought	sought	искать
91.	sell	sold	sold	продавать
92.	send	sent	sent	посылать
93.	set	set	set	помещать, ставить; заходить (о солнце)
94.	shake	shook	shaken	Трясти
95.	shave	shaved	shaven	Брить
96.	shed	shed	shed	проливать (слезы, кровь)
97.	shine	shone	shone	сиять, светить
98.	shoot	shot	shot	Стрелять
99.	show	showed	shown	Показывать
100.	shrink	shrank	shrunk	сморщиваться; сокращаться
101.	shut	shut	shut	Закрывать
102.	sing	sang	sung	Петь
103.	sink	sank	sunk	погружаться; тонуть
104.	sit	sat	sat	Сидеть
105.	sleep	slept	slept	Спать
106.	slide	slid	slid	Скользить
107.	smell	smelt smelled	smelt smelled	пахнуть; нюхать
108.	sow	sowed	sown	Сеять
109.	speak	spoke	spoken	Говорить
110.	speed	sped	sped	спешить; ускорять
111.	spell	spelt spelled	spelt spelled	писать или произносить слово по буквам
112.	spend	spent	spent	Тратить
113.	spill	spilt spilled	spilt spilled	Проливать
114.	spin	span	spun	Прясть
115.	spit	spat	spat	Плевать
116.	split	split	split	Раскалывать
117.	spoil	spoilt spoiled	spoilt spoiled	Портить
118.	spread	spread	spread	распространять
119.	spring	sprang	sprung	Прыгать
120.	stand	stood	stood	Стоять
121.	steal	stole	stolen	Красть
122.	stick	stuck	stuck	Приклеивать
123.	sting	stung	stung	Жалить
124.	strike	struck	struck	ударять; бастовать
125.	strive	strove	striven	Стремиться
126.	swear	swore	sworn	клясться, браниться
127.	sweep	swept	swept	Мести
128.	swell	swelled	swelled	пухнуть, раздуваться
129.	swim	swam	swum	Плавать
130.	swing	swung	swung	качать; размахивать
131.	take	took	taken	Брать
132.	teach	taught	taught	обучать, учить
133.	tear	tore	torn	Рвать
134.	tell	told	told	Рассказывать
135.	think	thought	thought	Думать
136.	throw	threw	thrown	Бросать
137.	tread	trod	trodden	Ступать
138.	understand	understood	understood	Понимать
139.	wake	woke waked	woken waked	будить; просыпаться
140.	wear	wore	worn	Носить
141.	weep	wept	wept	Плакать
142.	win	won	won	Выигрывать
143.	wind	wound	wound	заводить (часы); виться
144.	write	wrote	written	Писать