for him for about an hour. 2. What are you translating? - I am translating a political article. - How long have you been translating it? - I ve been translating it for an hour. 3. I translate eight or ten articles a week. 4. Where is my diary? - It s lying on your desk. 5. Your book has been lying here for a few days. Take it. 6. We know each other very well. 7. We've known each other since I came to St. Petersburg. 8. Mr. Brown is a director of our factory. He has been a director of the factory since 1990 9. My brother lives in Omsk. - Since when does he live there? - He has lived there since 1985.
. Поставте дієслова, що стоять в дужках, залежно від змісту, в Present Perfect або Past Indefinite
1. Have you read that magazine yet? - No, I have only just begun it. 2. Has Stepanov left Moscow? - No, he is still in Moscow. 3. When did the delegation arrive in Kiev? - It arrived yesterday. 4. I did not see Ann at the lecture. 5. I have not seen this film yet, but I have heard a lot about it. 6. He isn't here, he has just gone out. 7. I have had no news from him since he left home. 8. We have discussed the matter during breakfast. 9. I cannot give you a definite answer as I haven t discussed the matter with the manager.
. Поставте дієслова, що стоять в дужках, в необхідному за змістом часу
1. The ship was going to the north when a storm broke out. 2. By this time next year you will have graduated from the University. 3. He is becoming a doctor now. 4. They were driving at about ninety miles an hour when the accident happened. 5. Although the weather has been fine during the last few days, this spring is not a good one on the whole. 6. When I got to the station , I learnt that the bus had left a few minutes before. 7. He generally plays baseball very well, but today he is playing very badly. 8. All last week he has been preparing for the exam. 9. That man has been teaching in this school since 1992. 10. Water changes into ice when the temperature drops below zero. 11. We saw your brother a year ago, but we have not seen him since then. 12. It had rained every day since we came here. 13. When we reached the wood, we found that a party of strangers occupied the spot which we had chosen for our picnic . 14. Kindly repeat what you have just said. 15. I only succeed) in solving the problem after I had worked on it for several hours. 16. He reminded me that we had been classmates at school. 17. My brother remained in Saratov till the end of the war. 18. I heard that you had given up the idea of ​​studying French. 19. Up to now I have...
