Use the Present Perfect or the Present Perfect Continuous
1. I (to try) all the afternoon to get a minute alone with you. 2. “I don’t suppose you (to have) much to eat all day,” said my mother. 3. You (to wait) long? — Yes, I (to stand) here for more than half an hour, 4. You (to see) Beatrice lately? 5. No one ever (to have) a better son than our Herbert. 6. I’m afraid, I (to promise) to wait for Mr and Mrs Watkins. 7. I (to try) to get a good job for many months now. 8. You haven’t a nerve in you. You never (to have). 9. He (to give) Sophie dancing lessons or pretending to? 10. I (to think) about nothing else since then. 11. He (to amuse) himself that way all his life. 12. “I (not to be) out,” she said. “I (to stay) here, all by myself.” 13. I (to look) forward to it all the week. 14. What you (to do) to yourself since I (to be) away? 15. You (to nag) me long enough about having a holiday. 16. I just (to wash) my hair and I (to try) to dry it by the radiator. 17. I’ll make you a cup of tea. I (to long) for one myself, but I (to be) too lazy to have one on my own. 18. She (to nurse) the hardest cases for four years.
2. We (are) to begin our journey on the 5th of May.
3. Who (was) to meet the representatives of the British firm at Sheremetievo Airport last Saturday?
4. Machinoexport (is) to begin shipment of the goods not later than the 1st of December.
5. The sellers wrote in their letter that the customers (were) to accept the goods in ten days.
6. The secretary said that she (was) to get the materials ready for the talks by 11 o'clock.
7. Our director told us that he (was) to come from abroad in a fortnight.
8. Mr. Camp couldn't wait any more as he (was) to go to the airport in an hour.
9. Mr. Nikolaev said that we (was not) to give the final answer to the firm that day.
10. We found out that the sellers (were not) to begin shipment of their goods in August.
2. The stamps are postmarked at the post office.
3. The letters are sorted into the different towns.
4. The mail is loaded into the train.
5. The mailbag is unloaded after their journey.
6. The bags are taken to the post office.
7. The postbox was emptied yesterday.
8. My question was answered yesterday.
9. Hockey is played in winter.
10. Many houses were burnt during the Great Fire of London.
11. Flowers are seld in shops and in the streets.
12. St.Petersburg was found in 1703.
13. Many houses are built in our town every year.
14. This text was translated at the last lesson.
15. We were invited to a concert last Saturday.
16. I was given a very interesting book at the library last Friday.
17. These trees were planted last autumn.
18. This bone will be given to my dog tomorrow.
19. Mushrooms are gathered in autumn.
20. This work will be done tomorrow.