Голицынский, 6-е издание – Употребление времен – Упражнение 273

1. What does your brother do? — He works at an institute. — And what is he doing now? — He is reading a newspaper. I always bring him newspapers when he comes from work.
2. It was already dark when we approached the house: a strong wind was blowing and it was getting colder and colder.
3. What will you be doing at eight o’clock in the evening tomorrow? — Tomorrow by eight o’clock I shall have finished all my homework and at eight I shall be playing the piano.
4. They have read Dickens in English and know many of his works.
5. Winter has come, and now we shall often go to the skating rink again.
6. When Tom came out of the house, all the children were playing football, and Bill and John were counting round stones they had brought from the river.
7. She was surprised: she had never seen so many flowers.
8. When I woke up, mother had already got up and was making tea.
9. I have been trying to remember her name for half an hour already, but haven’t yet remembered it.
10. When he came home, we had already gone to the cinema.
11. She said that it was raining and we had better stay at home.
12. She had been living in this house for five years already when her brother came.
13. She thought that the weather would be fine.
14. Don’t you understand that in spring I shall have been wearing this hat for three years?
15. Have they been playing chess since morning?
16. They had been walking along the road for two or three hours when it suddenly began to rain.
17. I know that she has been working at this article for three weeks already.
18. When I repeated my question, he said that he had not heard me the first time, but I saw clearly that he had heard me well both times.
19. Well, have you packed your things at last? The taxi has been waiting at the doors for ten minutes.
20. We have been sitting here for two hours already, and I haven’t yet told you about my trip.
21. Where is Julia? — She is in the library, she is preparing for her report. She has already been working for three hours.
22. He thought that his friends worked together.
23. I haven’t had breakfast today.