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1 Finished/unfinished

yesterday - today
last week - this week
in 2019- this year
This morning - this day
last month - this month

I ate a cake yesterday, but today I have eaten nothing.


I didn’t eat a cake yesterday, and I haven’t eaten an ice-cream today.

2 Ask me
Have you seen…?
Have you been…?
Have you watched…?
Have you tasted ….?
Have you travelled ….?
Have you cooked…?
Have you felt ….?
Have you…….?

3 I’ve done that


• to talk to a stranger
• to travel abroad
• to eat insects
• to dance all night
• to cross a street at a red light
• to drive a car
• to watch horror films
• to see wild animals
• to taste exotic fruit
• to break the law
• not to sleep all night
• to drink more than 10 cups of coffee a day
• to watch films in the original
• to watch books in the original
• to walk a dog
• to have an animal (pet)

4 rewrite the sentences


1. Mother is bringing our tea. (a few minutes ago; not yet)
2. The bell is ringing. (just; some minutes ago)
3. He is going to London in a few days. (already; last week)
4. The boys are playing football in the yard now. (yesterday; many times)
5. Anna is reading a new novel by Chekhov. (this month; last year)
6. The students are cleaning their classrooms. (already; last Saturday)
7. The teacher is explaining a new rule. (just, at the last lesson)
8. Ann is doing the flat. (just; on Friday)
9. They are discussing this plan again. (many times; a few days ago)
10. Granny is making a birthday cake. (just; yesterday)
11. The birds are flying to the South. (already; at the end of August)
12. The train is arriving at the station. (just; an hour ago)
13. Who is your friend speaking to? (yesterday, just)
14. We are writing out the words from the text. (already, at the last lesson)

5 rewrite the sentences


1. This scientist … (write) a lot of books. He … (write) his first one in 2001.
2. … you … (ever see) a film as good as that?
3. I … (never travel) to the USA. What about you? When … (you go) there?
4. He … (live) in Manchester for eight years, and he wants to move to another
place.
5. She … (live) in Manchester for two years, and then in 2003 she … (move)
to London.
6. We … (meet) Jane and Alan two years ago. How long … (you know) them
6 translate into English
1. Могу я видеть Джона? — Боюсь, что нет. Он уехал в Москву. -Когда он
уехал? — Два дня назад.
2. Вы уже сделали это упражнение? — Нет, я перевела только 10
предложений.
3. Вы уже сдали все экзамены? — Нет, мы сдали только два. — Сколько
экзаменов вы сдавали в прошлом году? — Пять.
4. Почему Аня такая грустная? — Она поссорилась с Ником. — Боже,
сколько раз они ссорились в этом месяце? — Думаю, много раз.
5. Как вы провели зимние каникулы? — Очень хорошо. 31 декабря у нас
была новогодняя вечеринка, мы танцевали, смотрели телевизор, а
вечером пошли гулять. 2 января мы ездили за город.

Past Perfect

1 Put the verbs in the Past Perfect tense


1) I ... (to have) breakfast before I went to school.
2) He went to meet his friends after he ... (to do) his homework.
3) By 8 o’clock the rain ... (to stop).
4) Alice was late because she ... (to miss) the bus.
5) She went to the post-office after she ... (to write) the letter.
6) He ... (to work) at the factory before he entered the college.
7) He got a bad mark for his test because he ... (to make) a lot of mistakes
in it.
8) I went to bed after I ... (to finish) reading the book.
9) The child ... (to fall) asleep before the parents came home.
10) They ... (to marry) before they bought this house.

2 Say what action was done before. Combine the two


sentences into one

1) The rain stopped. I went for a walk.


2) I did my homework. My mother returned home.
3) We met in the street. We went to the park.
4) They packed their things. Then they started.
5) I had dinner. I switched on the TV set.
6) He returned home. The guests left.
7) We came to the cinema. The film began.
8) I read the book. I saw the play. .
9) They lived here. They moved to another place.
10) We played а game of tennis. We went to my place

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