In the World of Grammar

Упражнение 9
Поставьте предложения в вопросительную форму.
1. Mother had cooked dinner by 4 o’clock yesterday.
Had mother cooked dinner by 4 o’clock yesterday?
2. He had washed hands before he sat down to dinner.
3. She had trained much before the Olympic games.
4. The watchmaker had repaired my watch by the time I came.
5. They had already finished packing, when the taxi arrived.
6. The students had finished translating the article by 5 o’clock.

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Упражнение 10
Поставьте предложения в вопросительную форму.
1. The play had been going on for two hours already, when we came in.
Had the play been going on for two hours already, when we came in?
2. She had already been studying at the university for three years by that time.
3. He had been sitting here for 40 minutes when the telephone rang.
4. Tom had been doing his homework for an hour when his friend came to see him.
5. We had been walking in the rain for many hours when we saw a house.
6. I had been programming for many hours when my wife woke up.

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Упражнение 11
Поставьте предложения в отрицательную форму.
1. They had been reading this book for two hours by midday.
They had not been reading this book for two hours by midday.
2. She had been waiting for me for some hour already when I came.
3. Helen had been sitting there for already half an hour by yesterday morning.
4. He was tired. He had been working for the whole day.
5. I took the book that he had been reading.
6. He said he had been working since afternoon.

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Exercise 12. Поставьте глаголы в нужную форму в Past Perfect.
1. He had come by 3 o'clock yesterday.
2. Where before I saw you yesterday? (you/be)
3. I work by this time yesterday. (not/do)
4. Who in this room before we came? (study)
5. your mother to do everything about the garden by 6 o'clock yesterday? (you/help)
6. Dad me before mother came home. (punish)
7. She the book by the time I called on her yesterday. (not/read)
8. She was waiting for me because she her key. (lose)
9. writing his composition when you rang him up? (he/finish)
10. He the letter when I came. (write)

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Упражнение 13
Поставьте глаголы в нужную форму в Past Perfect Progressive.
1. He had been sitting here for 40 minutes when the telephone rang.
2. How long to drive when you got your driver’s license? (you/learn)
3. for him for some time already when he came at last? (she/wait)
4. English long when you entered the University? (you/study)
5. The professor the lecture for some time when Peter came into the room. (deliver)
6. The baby for some time already when his parents entered the room. (not/sleep)
7. I was tired. I all day long. (work)
8. He turned to the girl who to the conversation with breathless interest. (listen)
9. How long the problem for a few years before he could solve it? (he/study)
10. It for weeks and the only bridge across the river was destroyed. (rain)

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Упражнение 14
Поставьте глаголы в нужную форму в Past Perfect или Past Perfect Progressive.
1. He had been living in London for many years, when the event took place.
2. She admitted that she there at various times. (live)
3. By that time the twins already for two hours. (sleep)
4. Hardly I the house when it began to rain. (leave)
5. When we came home, we found that someone our car. (steal)
6. When I looked out, I found it all night. (snow)
7. Until last year he snow. (not/see)
8. I was surprised when I saw that she my copybook. (not/bring)
9. How long Mary when you got married? (you/know)
10. The doctor the patient for 30 minutes before he wrote out a prescription. (examine)

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Упражнение 15
Выберите правильную форму глагола.
1. Everybody knew he had been stealing from his employer for years.
2. I knew the facts of the case because I
the report.
3. My eyes ached because I
for three hours.
4. The children were filthy. They
in the garden, and they were covered in mud.
5. I was very nervous at the beginning of the match. I
her before, and I didn't know how good she was.
6. Donald excelled himself as a cook. He
a wonderful Spanish dish.
7. Donald was very cross. He
in the kitchen all morning, and noone had offered to help.

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