7. Translate into English.

1. Мы с нетерпением ждали встречи с английским актёром.

2. Он одобряет проведение свободного времени на воздухе.

3. Вам будет интересно обсудить эту книгу.

4. У доктора не было времени, чтобы поговорить с пациентом.

5. Не стоит ходить туда так поздно.

МОДУЛЬ 29.

Test 29.

1. Choose the correct alternative.

1. I ( talk ) over the phone when they brought me the letter.

   1. talked C had been talking

   2. had talked D was talking

2. I ( stay ) at the hotel for a fortnight when I received your letter.

   1. stayed C had been staying

   2. had stayed D was staying

3. I visited Brazil in April. I ( stay ) at a nice hotel for a fortnight.

   1. stayed C. was staying

   2. had stayed D. had been staying

4. A man ( be ) unconscious for a few minutes when an ambulance arrived.

   1. was

   2. had been

   3. had being

5. First I ( answer) the telephone, and then I read your letter .

   1. answered C. had answered

   2. was answering D. had been answering

6. I hardly ( finish ) speaking with a porter when the phone rang again.

   1. finished C. was finishing

   2. had hardly finished D. had been finishing

II. Underline the corrct form.

1. He ran / had run out of the room as soon as we walked in.

2. He couldn’t play because he had injured / injured his leg.

3. She wasn’t there when I had looked / looked.

4. The house has been / had been empty for several months when I bought it.

5. He left because he had finished / finished the work.

III. Fill each blank with one of these verbs in an appropriate tense

go, introduce, learn, teach, play, study, win, start, do

When Gata was 18 months old, his father was teaching him how to ride a bicycle. He ____ a) Gata how to read before his second birthday. “I was trying to develop his brains”, he says. Gata ____ b) to play cards by the time he was three and he ____ c) the piano at four. Gata ____ not ____ d) to school from the age of five to eight. He ____ e) at home with his father who ____ f) Gata to play chess when he was eight. He ____ g) beating adults when he was nine. When he was twelve he ____ h) the under – 20 competition for the whole of Russia. Only one person ____ i) that before: Kasparov.

IV. Use a suitable expression to complete these sentences so that they are for you and your family.

1. By the age of eight I had _____ .

2. My father hadn’t _____ by the time he was twenty five.

3. My family had never ____ before we went to ____ .

4. I had learned ____ by the age of ____ .

5. I hadn’t been ____ before ____ .

V. Complete these sentences with either the past perfect or the past perfect continuous. Use the form that is more appropriate in each case

1. When he couldn’t answer her simple question, the teacher realized that he ____ (not pay) attention during the lesson.

2. He ____ ( paint ) all the rooms by lunch time.

3. It ____ ( rain ), and the streets were still wet.

4. They ____ ( talk ) for hours before they realized what time it was.

5. She ____ ( not finish ) her project by the deadline.

6. It became very dark and the children ____ ( speak ) in low voices for the last ten minutes.

7. I was tired. I ____ ( work ) all day long .

8. He ____ ( studied ) the problem for a few years before he could solve it.