Present Perfect, Past Indefinite

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 431.

The present indefinite / the present continuous

TEST

1. It (…) in this part of Britain

A is often raining

Boften rains

2. Take your umbrella. It (…) cats and dogs.

A rains

B is raining

3. Listen! Somebody (…) a lovely song.

A is singing

B sings

4. Can you phone a bit later, please! Jane (…) out.

A is being

B is

5. Run downstairs. Your sister (…) for you.

A is waiting

Bwaits

6. I don't know Spanish, but I (…) it now.

A learn

B am learning

7. Why you (…) the coat? It's sunny today.

A are putting on

B put on

8. John (…) in the garden.

A is still working

B still works

9. We (…) to the cinema.

A sometimes go

B are sometimes going

10. What you (…) of this novel?

A are thinking

B think

11. What you (…) about now?

A think

B are thinking

12. Smith and Green (…) information now.

Acollect

Bare collecting

13. Miss Stewart (…) the newspaper now.

A is looking through

B looks through

14. She usually (…) the newspaper in the morning.

A looks through

B is looking through

15. The students (…) the reports on Mondays.

Adiscuss

B are discussing

Ex. 1. Make up sentences using the Present Perfect and the Past Indefinite according to the models:

Jane has already (never, ever, just) written the letter.

Jane wrote her letter yesterday. (last week, two days ago)

1. Richard / send / book / Mary.

2. The students / look through / magazines.

3. The girl / buy / new records / her friends.

4. I / see / film / Tom and Kate.

5. We / be / cinema / our teacher.

6. The student / learn / the rules / new words.

7. I / write / essay / my sister.

8. Jack / finish practicing / Mary.

9. Lora / write test / Linda.

10. Dick / read home reading / home.

11. The boys / leave / classroom / they.

12. John / write / new book / office.

13. She / show / photos / Nelly.

14. My friend and I / go / library / together.

15. He / translate / articles / English.

Ex. 2. Use the Present Perfect or the Past Indefinite in the following sentences:

1. S. Maugham (to write) twenty-four plays, nineteen novels and a large number of short stories.

2. The most mature period of Maugham's literary career (to begin) in 1915, when he (to publish) one of his most popular novels «Of Human Bondage».

3. S. Maugham (to produce) some of the finest stories in modern English literature.

4. Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel «Uncle Tom's Cabin» (to be) the most popular American book of the 19^th century.

5. They (to publish) a new book of poetry «Images of War» this week.

6. Early in 1929 a great number of antiwar books (to appear) in different countries.

7. Since 1980 onwards his work as a novelist (to be) steady and continuous.

8. After the publication of «Hatter's Castle», his first novel, A. J. Cronin (to determine) to devote himself entirely to literature.

9. Humour (to be) always a notable feature of American literature.

10. In his writings the author (to penetrate) into weak spots in the capitalist world.

11. Readers (to display) a great interest in Shevchenko's books.

12. He (to reach) his peak relatively early in his career.

13. I already (to change) direction in my criticism of reality.

14. This week the University (to hold) a conference for scholars to discuss Dobrolyubov's career.

15. The local inhabitants (to become) the prototypes for his books.

Ex. 3. Use the Present Perfect or the Past Indefinite in questions in the following text:

— Are you a teacher by profession?

— Yes.

— How long you (to be) at school?

— Twenty-five years.

— When you (to start) working?

— In 1975.

— Where you (to work) in 1981?

— In Ukraine.

— How long you (to ramain) there?

— For over a year.

— How many times you (to be) there?

— Three times.

— When you last (to be) in Ukraine?

— In 1986.

— Why you (to be) there in 1986?

— I (to be) there as a tourist.

— How you (to like) there?

— Very much.

Ex. 4. Translate the following sentences from Ukrainian into English concentrating on the use of the Present Perfect and the Past Indefinite:

1. Цього року наше видавництво надрукувало багато цікавих книг.

2. Минулого семестру студенти вивчили багато слів.

3. Ви вже прочитали роман Ґолсуорсі «Сага про Форсайтів» (The Forsyte Saga)? — Ні, я тільки розпочав.

4. Його родина жила в Глазго п'ять років тому.

5. Ви бували коли-небудь у Лондоні? — Ні, я ніколи там не був.

6. Вони відповіли на всі листи минулого місяця.

7. Він тільки що знайшов книгу, яку я шукала.

8. Ми вирішили прочитати цю статтю й обговорити її.

9. Йому дуже подобається словник, який він купив сьогодні.

10. Джек переклав його статтю минулого тижня.

11. Я знаю, що вони багато працювали над англійською останнім часом.

12. Яку вправу ви зробили вдома учора?

13. За останні три роки філологічний факультет дуже змінився.

14. З ким ви обговорювали це питання учора ввечері? Я обговорював його з друзями.

15. Вона коли-небудь намагалася вивчити англійську? — Так, вона намагалася кілька разів, але кожного разу щось заважало, і вона кидала.