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had + 3. alak amely már befejeződött, mire a had been + ing időpont előtt elkezdődött, és még akkor
másik elkezdődött (előidejű is tartó cselekvés
cselekvés)
Két jövőbeli esemény közül a Két jövőbeli esemény közül a
PERFECT
FUTURE
EGYÉB SZERKEZETEK
a) Present Continuous alakkal: ha egy esemény már előre meg van szervezve
b) Present Simple alakkal:
- ha menetrendszerűen fog valami bekövetkezni
- időhatározói mellékmondatban
c) Going to-szerkezettel
- ha a cselekvés még csak szándékban álló terv
- ha az esemény bekövetkezésének a jelenben tapasztalható előjele van
a) used to-szerkezettel: ha az adott cselekvés kizárólag a múltra volt igaz, de a jelenben már
nem érvényes
b) would segédigével: a cselekvés az adott személyre jellemző szokás volt.
One day a man _______ (go) to an auction. While A Scotsman who ___________ (drive) home one
there, he ______ (bid) on an exotic parrot. He really night, ______ (run) into a car driven by an
________ (want) this bird, so he ______ (get) caught Englishman. The Scotsman _______ (get) out of the
up in the bidding. He _______ (keep) on bidding, but car to apologize and ________ (offer) the
was always _________ (outbid). Finally, after he Englishman a drink from a bottle of whisky.
__________ (bid) more than he _________ (intend), The Englishman was glad to have a drink."Go on,"
he ______ (win) the bid - the fine bird _____ (be) said the Scot, "have another drink."
finally his! The Englishman ________ (drink) gratefully. "But
As he ___________ (pay) for the parrot, he said to the don't you want one, too?" he _______ (ask) the
auctioneer, "I ______ (hope) this parrot can talk. I Scotsman. "Perhaps," replied the Scotsman, "after
_________ (hate) to have paid this much for it, only the police _____________ (go)."
to find out that he ____________ (not talk)!" "Don't
worry", said the auctioneer, "He can talk. Who do you
think _______ (keep) bidding against you?"
5) Read the text and choose the best alternative to fill in the gaps.
He…….(1) running at school and raced in school competitions from the age of eight, but not
with any plans to be an Olympic athlete. “It………(2) the late Sixties, early Seventies,
remember. Sport was only something you did when you…….(3) nothing else to do. It wasn’t
something you………(4) think of making a living out of, except maybe as a PE teacher. I
don’t know of anyone who……..(5) as a career, except perhaps kids who went to Eton.”
Christie and his family……..(6) from racial harassment – on occasion at the hands of the
police. He…….(7) also been stopped more than once in order to explain why he………(8) in
possession of a new car. But he says these experiences do not mean that when he………(9),
he is, or ever………….(10) fuelled by a sense of grievance.
8) Translate the English sentences into Hungarian and the Hungarian sentances into
English.
3)
1. A 4. A 7. D 10. C
2. B 5. B 8. D 11. B
3. B 6. A 9. D
4)
1. Hewas crossing the road when I saw him.
2. He is very busy now because he is washing his car.
3. When Peter arrived home, his sister was listening to the radio.
4. Scientists believe that our cities will die / are dying.
5. While I was washing my hair the phone rang.
6. These people feel very angry at the moment because the traffic is hardly moving.
7. I usually get up at 7 o’clock.
8. I am working, so don’t interrupt me.
9. What time do you go to bed on Saturdays?
10. I am having lunch at the moment.
11. Don’t ask Tim. He doesn’t know the answer.
12. Carol can’t swim today. She has a cold.
13. See you in the morning. I am leaving now.
14. We can go out now. It isn’t raining any more.
15. Angela has just started evening classes. She is learning German.
16. Jane doesn’t drink tea very often.
17. How often do you go to the dentist?
18. In summer John usually plays tennis once or twice a week.
19. Water boils) at 100 degrees Celsius.
20. The train is never late. It always leaves on time.
21. Did you go out last night?
22. I went to the cinema three times last week.
23. I was walking home when I met Dave.
24. Jane was waiting for me when I arrived.
25. Tom burnt his hand while he was cooking the dinner.
26. The doorbell rang while I was having a shower.
27. Tony was sitting and watching TV when I came to help him with his work project. I wasn’t surprised as he
usually does things like this at weekends.
28. Samantha is really overweight but she dances well. Last night when we came to the show, some people
stood up and applauded during her last dance.
29. This morning I noticed that my cat was gone. I was very sad but in a few minutes I heard some weird sounds
that came from the tree. I looked out of my window and saw my cat that was sitting there. My father took a
ladder, climbed the tree and saved my cat. The neighbours were so curious that they were watching my dad
all the time.
30. Roy bought a new bike yesterday. Today he decided to test it. But when he was riding it, the bike broke.
Tomorrow Roy will return it to the store or he will fix it himself.
31. Yesterday while I was going home from the gym I felt very thirsty. Luckily, I saw a little girl who was
selling lemonade. I came up to her, bought some and drank it. I felt very refreshed.
32. Every morning Lisa steps on her bathroom scales and weighs herself. She hopes she will lose some kilos
soon as she joined a gym two weeks ago. She has already been there five times.
33. Julia eats a big hamburger every morning and drinks a lot of soda. She has put on a lot of weight recently. If
she continues this way, soon she won’t be able to fit into any of her favourite dresses.
34. An unbelievable story happened a week ago. My boss returned from a business trip and went straight to
work. He was so tired that he fell asleep right among all the documents. When his secretary came in the
following morning she saw that her boss was sleeping. The computer had been working all night while the
boss was sleeping on the keyboard.
35. Jimmy’s trainer is very strict. Look! He is shouting at him right now! He does this very often. He says that
Jimmy doesn’t do his best.
36. John was angry yesterday. He had been working on his report for more than 5 hours and then his computer
broke down and all the information was lost. John got really mad and broke it!
5)
1. B 4. A 7. A 10. C
2. A 5. C 8. B
3. B 6. B 9. A
6)
1. Paul does not live in Spain, he lives in Italy.
2. How long does your son usually watch TV every day?
3. My uncle is 48 years old.
4. My friend thinks that I often lie to him.
5. By the time she is 40, she will have been living in this town for ten years.
6. It’s a surprise party and her friends won’t know anything about it until they get there.
7. They had been learning for one hour when we called.
8. When the train comes to a standstill, get on and try to find your seats.
9. I am seeing / will see the doctor tomorrow afternoon.
10. We have just left the house.
11. Haven’t you finished the test, yet?
7)
1. I haven’t seen you for ages.
2. I am from Budapest but I am living in Pécs for a week now.
3. Do you recognize this man? I think I have seen him but I don’t remember where.
4. When you wash up, you always break something.
5. I bought this dress a year ago (/last year) but I haven’t worn it yet.
6. We are having dinner at a restaurant tomorrow. I have already booked a table.
7. What a delicious smell! Mary has made biscuits.
8. Bob was playing tennis when Iris left him.
9. By the time I got to the station the train had left.
10. Where have you been? I haven’t seen you for some (/many/several) weeks.
11. Have you been to Japan yet?
12. Robert has been laughing continuously since Mary arrived.
13. Las week we moved out from the house where the neighbours had been annoying us for ten years.
14. The lady next door has been snoring continuously since she fell asleep.
15. I climbed Vesuvius last year and I could hardly come down.
16. We used to be friends but we had a row once and we haven’t been talking to each other since then.
17. By the time Santa arrived we had been singing for ten minutes.
18. This time next week the snow will have melted (/molten).
19. By the time he arrived, I had been waiting for 3 hours.
20. Ted washes his teeth only twice a week, so he often has to go to the dentist.
8)
Mit csinálsz?
I’m writing a letter.
Kinek írsz?
My friend, Jack, But I know he won’t answer.
Honnan tudod?
He never answers.
Akkor miért írsz neki?
Because I am going to visit him on Saturday. (/Because I plan to visit him on Saturday.)
És ő ezt tudja?
Yes, I think so. I wrote it to him four days ago.
Nos, ne aggódj. Biztos vagyok benne, hogy várni fog.
You are right. I’ll finish this letter in a moment but I won’t send it to him.