The Use of the Verbs in English

Put the verbs in proper tenses:

1. The living conditions of poor people (be) ______ those years very bad.

2. Ivan (be)_____ seven year old next month.

3. I don’t know when she (return)_____ but when she (come back)_____ I (tell) her about this new work.

4. Don’t be late Kitty; the train (start) ______ at 8 a.m.

5. He (rewrite) _____ that exercise even he (not want) to do that.

6. If the sunset (be)____ red, it (be)-____ a sign that we (have)-_____ a windy day tomorrow.

7. I (write)_____ the letter till you came into the room.

8. We (finish)______ our work by seven o’clock last night.

9. The wind (blow)______ off the white snow from the trees and they stood black in the fading light.

10. She (not manage)_____ to read the letter and he was back again.

11. Look at the sky, the clouds (move)___slowly, the sun (appear)___from behind the clouds, it (get)___ warmer.

12. What she (do)___here? – She (wait)___for the bus. She always (wait)____ here at this time of the day.

13. He (be)_____ not very well yet, but his health (improve)_____.

14. Irene (play)_____ the piano in the next room?- No, it (be)_____ not Irene. I (know )_____ that she never (play)____ the piano so early in the morning.

15. When I (come)_____ home from school, my little brother (sit)_____ on the floor with all his toys around him. He (play)_____ with them. I (tell)_____ him to put all his toys in the box as he (make)_____ too much noise.

16. Imagine that tomorrow at this very hour we (sleep)_____ in the train on our way to the South. And when we awake the next morning, we (see)_____ the sun and the blue sea.

17. Last year at the same hour of the day our family all (sit)_____ in our grandfather’s room. Father (read)____ an article about his new invention.

18. The book is so interesting that I (read)______ it all the morning.

19. She (work)______ at her English very hard ever since she (begin)_____ studying it.

20. Among the familiar names, I discovered the name which (fill)______ my mind for several days.

21. When we (enter)_____ the room Bob (sit)_____ at the table; he (work)_____ at his report since early morning.

22. It (rain)_____ now and it (rain)______ for five hours already.

Translate into English:

1. Где Мария? – Она в библиотеке, сидит и читает газеты; она уже сидит там два часа.

2. Я уже полчаса стараюсь вспомнить её имя, но до сих пор ещё не вспомнил.

3. Мои друзья жили в этом доме уже пять лет, когда сюда переехал знаменитый летчик Петров.

4. Сколько лет вы работаете на этой фабрике? – В марте будущего года будет 15 лет, как я здесь работаю.

5. Неужели они играют в шахматы с самого утра?

6. Я знаю, что она работает над этой статьёй два или три месяца.

7. Они шли по дороге три часа, когда вдруг начался дождь.

8. Сколько дней вы читаете этот роман?

Put the verbs in proper tenses:

1. When the boy (get)_____ to the village, it (get)____ dark and the wind (blow)______.

2. They (be)_____ late for the beginning of the performance if they (not hurry)______.

3. I want to know whether you (lie)_____ to me all the time.

4. In the darkness she could not find the place where she (put)______ her watch.

5. He (not finish)_____ his book yet, he (write)____ the last chapter at present.

6. When the boys (meet) ____ at last after many years they (discover)_____ that they (lose)____ their former interest in the collection of stamps and badges.

7. You (work)_____ long enough, Amanda; go and rest a little.

8. When you quite (finish)_____ your work you (send)_____ it to my cousin.

9. I (be)____ very happy as I (get)____ a ticket to the opera. Tomorrow at 8 o’clock in the evening I (sit)____in the theatre and (listen)_____ to the wonderful music.

10. Our teacher (leave)_____ for the resort next week.