8. Совершенные времена (Perfect Tenses).

Exercise 1. Прочитайте предложения и переведите их на русский язык.

1. I have already done my work. 2. He had washed his hands before he sat down to dinner. 3. We have already written our term papers. 4. We shall have finished our work by the time the bell rings. 5. They have come back today. 6. The students had finished translating the article by 5 o’clock. 7. My father has just left for his native town. 8. I have just got this letter. 9. We have never been to England. 10. My parents will have gone to bed when we come back from the theatre 11. He has not finished his work yet. 12. She had trained much before the Olympic games. 13. Sorry, I have forgotten to bring you the book. 14. The film will already have started when we get there. 15. My mother has not come yet. 16. She has not watched TV since Sunday. 17. I have got something interesting to tell you.

Exercise 2. В следующих предложениях измените время глагола на Present Perfect. Переведите предложения на русский язык.

1.I am eating my breakfast. 2. We are drinking water. 3. He is bringing them some meat and vegetables. 4. You are putting the dishes on the table. 5, They are having tea. 6. She is taking the dirty plates from the table. 7. The children are putting on their coats. 8. The pupils are writing a dictation. 9. My friend is helping me to solve a difficult problem. 10. I am learning a poem. 11. She is telling them an interesting story. 12. Kate is sweeping the floor. 13. The waiter is putting a bottle of lemonade in front of him. 14. Susan is making a new dress for her birthday party. 15. She is opening a box of chocolates.

Exercise 3. Раскройте скобки, употребляя глаголы в Present Perfect или Past Simple.

1. We (to travel) around Europe last year. 2. My father knows so much because he (to travel) a lot. 3.1 (to see) Pete today, 4. She (to see) this film last Sunday. 5. Alex (to meet) his friend two hours ago. 6.1 just (to meet) our teacher. 7. The children already (to decide) what to do with the books. 8. Yesterday they (to decide) to help their grandmother. 9. Helen speaks French so well because she (to live) in France. 10. She (to live) there last year. 11. The rain (to stop) and the sun is shining in the sky again. 12. The rain (to stop) half an hour ago. 13. Mary (to buy) a new hat. 14.1 (to buy) a pair of gloves yesterday. 15. The wind (to blow) off the man's hat, and he cannot catch it. 16. The weather (to change), and we can go for a walk. 17. The wind (to change) in the morning.

Exercise 4. Раскройте скобки, употребляя глаголы в Past Simple или Past Perfect.

1. Не (to study) French before he (to enter) the university. 2. Lanny (to say) that he (to get) his education in Cape Town. 3. The boy (to want) to act the main part in the play because he (to organize) the theatre. 4. Lanny (not to know) who (to attack) him in the darkness. 5. The girl (to be) glad that she (to find) a seat near the window. 6. Suddenly he (to remember) that he (not to ring) her up in the morning. 7. By the time the train (to reach) the city, he (to make) friends with many passengers. 8. When his uncle (to leave), he (to hurry) to the station to book a ticket. 9. She (to think) that Gert and Lanny (to quarrel). 10. By the time we (to come) to see him, he (to return) home. 11. During the holidays my friend (to visit) the village where he (to live) in his childhood. 12. When they (to enter) the hall, the performance already (to begin).

Exercise 5. Ответьте на следующие вопросы, используя время Past Perfect.

1. Why didn’t you come so soon from your holiday? (spend all the money). 2. Why did she refuse to go to the pictures with you? (see the film). 3. Why couldn’t you get into the flat? (lose the key). 4. Why didn’t you see Ann on Sunday? (go for weekend). 5. Why did you rush to the cloak-room during the first break? (leave the book there). 6. Why didn’t you ring Tom up? (quarrel with him). 7. Why didn’t you cook salad? (not buy vegetables). 8. Why did he feel so upset? (lose the job).