Present simple, past simple, present continuous, past continuous, present perfect, present perfect continuous: 1) mr. brown (be) a writer. he (write) detective stories. he (write) books since he was a young man. he already (write) eight books. 2) jess (be) a very good girl. she always (help) her mother about the house. today she (help) her since morning. they already (wash) the floor and (dust) the furniture. now they (cook) dinner together. 3) mrs. davidson (speak) over the phone when the doorbell (ring). 4) john (be) my close friend. i (know) him since 2007. 5) carl (start) learning english six years ago. 6) when i (enter) the room, ann (listen) to music and (surf) the net. 7) while jen (have) a coffee she (read) a magazine. 8) you (leave) the office yet? 9) you (arrive) on time for the meeting yesterday? 10) where you (be) last week? 11) how long you (live) in this village? 12) what you (do)? – i (look) for my wallet. i (look) for it for half an hour already. 13) i (not see) fred for ages. how is he? 14) greg is so unhappy. he just (lose) his passport. 15) he often (take) a packed lunch to school.
1. Alice has been preparing for her exam since 9 o'clock.
2. The weather is awful. It started raining three hours ago and it hasn't stopped yet.
3. Jeremy is exhausted. He has been running for two hours.
4. I am so dirty because I have been painting the fence for several hours.
5. They just have finished doing their homework.
6. Have you ever been to the USA?
7. How long have you been learning French?
8. We have been waiting here for half an hour.
9. I already have seen this film, that's why I don't want to go to the cinema.
10. My parents have been building our new house since 2018.
11. Mary hasn't started her job yet.
12. Jane already has sent seven letters.
13. Sandy has been teaching English for ten years.
14. I can't find my key. I think I have lost it.
15. Dan is so tired. He has been working in the garden the whole morning.
2. He was translating
3. You ever been; yes I was there
4. The old lady saw
5. What you did
6. You were translating
7. What were you doing here; I was preparing
8. He taught
9. She studied English last year
10. What are you reading now?; I am reading a magazine
11. She lived in Moscow
12. Our teacher came. Now he is speaking
13. I was looking at them
14. He didn’t like
15. When we came to the station, the train has already arrived. The passengers were hurrying to occupy their seats
1. Did he go to the shop last weekend?
2. Does Lisa smile at my jokes?
3. Will we be reading at 6 tomorrow?
1. We weren’t very glad
2. He couldn’t come to meet me at the station
3. He didn’t reserve a room for me
4. We don’t play football every day
5. You aren’t at the lesson