Classwork for the II year students (23.02.

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1.Open the brackets and fill in the right verb form .

1.I have been waiting for permission to go abroad for three weeks already, but I
have not received the visa yet. 2. Everybody was at the door of the museum, but
my friend had not come yet . 3. He told me that if no one comes to meet me at the
station, I can leave the suitcases in the checkroom and go to the hotel where he
reserves a room for me. 4. We were drinking tea when the telephone rang. 5.
When will he come? We have been waiting for him for half an hour already but he
has not come yet and I was angry with him. –But I think something will happen
to him. 6. On leaving the hall the students were so pleased and they thanked the
professor who had delivered the lecture. 7. We had already covered about ten
miles when Peter, who had been looking out of the window for the last five or ten
minutes, suddenly exclaimed, "Here is the station!" 8. . Our train starts late in the
evening, so if you come at seven o'clock, we will still be packing our luggage. 9.I
had been reading for about an hour when he came. 10. The play had not yet begun
and the people were talking in the hall. 11. Have you read "The Murder of Roger
Ackroyd" by Agatha Christie? — No, I have not read it yet. But I have heard that it
is a very interesting book. I will read it as soon as I get it. 12. When we came to the
station, the train had already arrived. The passengers were hurrying to occupy their
seats in the carriages. 13.The test was much easier than we expected. We were very
glad that we could do it well. 14.Lanny returned home after seven years of
absence. During these seven years he had been studying in Cape Town where his
people had sent him. Lanny was glad at the thought that he had done what they had
hoped he would do and that soon he would be among his people again.15. When
morning came, the storm had already stopped, but the snow still falling. 16.
Yesterday by eight o'clock he had finished all his homework, and when I came to
his place at nine, he was watching TV. 17. Ben remarked that everybody looked at
him, and he felt embarrassed. 18. Light travels more quickly than sound. 19. Нe
was here five minutes ago, but you were out. He asked me to tell you that he would
come again tonight.