Ex.25. Correct the mistakes if there are any. 1. I already had gone to bed and had fallen asleep when my brother knocked at the door and asked me to get up.
2. By the time the guests were coming, she was not ready.
3. I had not been listening, so I missed what she had said.
4. By 9 o’clock he finished work. He went outside. The rain had stopped but it was rather cool.
5. They had been studying all morning, so they were tired.
6. She broke the glass when she washed it.
7. They were looking for the money since morning but they couldn’t find it anywhere.
8. The shop has closed by the time I got there.
9. At last I bought a piece of furniture which I expected for a month.
10. All the staff were working very long hours all week long.

I usually get up early in the morning. I clean my teeth and wash my face. I get dressed. I don't have breakfast. Then I go to school.

In the afternoon I come back from school at about 2 p.m. I wash my hands. I have lunch. Then I have a rest for half an hour. After that I do my homework and study my lessons. If my mum needs help, I help about the house. When I have more free time, I go out for a walk or go to the swimming pool.

In the evening I often watch TV, read books or play chess on my computer. I have dinner at about 7 p.m. I take a shower at 8 or 8.30 p.m. I chat with friends on the phone. Then I go to bed.

My mother and father (1) C got divorced about ten years ago. Six years later,

my mother met a kind and (2) ___ C considerate man called Tom and she

(3) B remarried . He had two sons from his previous marriage, Michael and Harry,

who are now my (4) __ A step brothers. They (5) ___ B use to live with their

mother, but now we live together in an enormous house that Tom bought and we

are quite a(n) (6) C loving family. It’s nice having brothers to play with because

otherwise I would have been a(n) (7) __ A only child. My father lives with a

woman called Sarah. She is a very (8) _ D warm and friendly person and I really

like her. She and my father are thinking of (9) ___ B adopting a child. The problem

is that Sarah works for an airline so she is always flying around the world and

sometimes she is away from home for a whole week. She says that she is not very

(10) __ C ambitious and that she might stop working to look after a baby.