Exercise 3. Make sentences from the words in brackets. Sometimes the verb is active, sometimes passive (This exercise also includes the past simple)

3. My car has disappeared. (it / steal!) It …

4. My umbrella has disappeared. (somebody / take) Somebody …

5. Tom gets a higher salary now. (he / promote)

6. Ann can’t use her office at the moment. (it / redecorate)

7. The photocopier broke down yesterday, but now it’s OK. (it / work / again; it / repair)

8. The police have found the people they were looking for. (two people /arrest / last night)

9. A tree was lying across the road. (it / blow down / in the storm)

10. The man next door disappeared six months ago. (nobody / see / since then)

11. I was mugged on my way home a few nights ago. (you / ever / meg?)

Susan has lost her keys. She can’t find them anywhere. ٧

Christopher has hurt his hand, but it’s OK now. has

1. The directors have arrived half an hour ago, but they didn’t stay long.

2. It’s raining, and Peter has left his umbrella behind, look.

3. It’s a long time since your friends last visited us.

4. None of you have called me for weeks. Aren’t we friends any more?

5. We can play tennis now. The others have finished.

6. The company has bought some land, but then it sold it.

7. The computer isn’t on now. Someone has turned it off.

8. Tessa has posted the parcel. It’s on its way to you.

9. Several bombs have gone off in the city centre. It has happened an hour ago.

10. Simon has left. He and Oliver have left after lunch.

Exercise 5. Put the verb into the correct form, past perfect (I had done etc.) or past simple (I did etc.):

1. ‘Was Tom at the party when you arrived? ’ ‘No, he …had gone… (go) home.

2. I felt very tired when I got home. so I ……………….. (go) straight to bed.

3. The house was very quiet when I got home. Every body …….. (go) to bed.

4. Sorry I’m late. The car ……………………. (break) down on my way here.

5. We were driving along the road when we ………………. (see) a car which. ………… (break) down, so we ……………………… (stop) to see if we could help.

Exercise 6. Translate the sentences into Russian:

1. By the time you get home, you will forget everything I have told you.

2. The train will already have left by the time we come to the station.

3. By this time next week I’ll have finished my work.

4. I’ll have left home by 3 o’clock tomorrow.

5. I’m not sure if he will have the article by the 1^st of October.

1.Мальчик, бегущий мимо дома, вдруг остановился.2. Будучи очень занят, он не сразу услышал меня.3. Услышав шаги, он поднял голову. 4. Выпив чашку чая, она почувствовала себя лучше. 5. Играя в саду, дети не заметили, что стало темно. 6. Подойдя к двери, он открыл ее. 7. Том подошел к смеющейся девочке. 8. Он положил на стол смятое письмо. 9. Плачущая девочка была голодна. 10. Бабушка смотрела на детей, играющих во дворе. 11. Она любит смотреть на играющих детей. 12. Сделав уроки, дети пошли гулять. 13. Лежа на диване, он читал книгу. 14. Принеся свои игрушки в комнату, ребенок начал играть. 15. Прочитав много книг Диккенса, он хорошо знал этого писателя.

Exercise 8. This structure is often used in instructions (sentences which tell people what to do). Put in before or after and the ing-form of the verb in brackets:

Replace the top on the bottle after taking (take) the medicine.

1. Read the contract through carefully ………….. (sign) it.

2. You shouldn’t have a bath straight …………..…. (eat) a meal.

3. ………………. (leave) home ring the airport to check that your flight is on schedule.

4. Always put your skis away carefully ………………… (use) them.

5. Be sure to switch off the electricity …………………. (change) a fuse.

6. Make sure the safety chin is on …………………. (open) the door.

Exercise 9. Ron Mason owns a supermarket business. Write the sentences for a magazine article about his life. Join two sentences into one using the words in brackets:

He saw an empty shop. He was walking around town one day. (while) He saw an empty shop while walking around town one day.

1. He thought carefully. He decided to buy it. (before) ………………….

2. He bought the shop. He had little money of his own. (despite) ……………………

3. He became successful. He gave the customers what they wanted. (by) …………………

4. He put the profit back into the business. He didn’t spend it on himself. (instead of) …………………

5. He was happy. He was running his own business. (when) …………………

6. He fell ill. He worked too hard. (as a result of) …………………

7. He has made a lot of money. He bought his first shop ten years ago. (since) ……………….