VIII. Прочитайте предложения и раскройте скобки, поставив глаголы в правильную видовременную форму.

Example: The manager (talk) is talking to an important customer at the moment but he (be) will be free (see) to see you presently. (Like) Would you like (take) to take a sit for a few minutes

1. Р: Mr. Williams, you were the security officer on duty at Maigo Department Store on July 28th. Please tell the court what (happen) __________ that afternoon.

W: Yes, sir. I (be) particularly interested in the cosmetics department, because the company (lose) _____________ a lot of money through shop-lifting earlier in the year. So, I (watch) __________ the customers on the security screen when I (notice) ____________a woman behaving rather suspiciously.

2. A: There is no point in (arrive) _____________ half an hour earlier. We'd only have (wait) ___________.

B: I don't mind (wait) ___________. It's better (be) _____________too early than too late.

3. Local schoolboy Brian Walker is recovering in hospital after falling into the river. Mr. Paul Bates, who (take) ____________ his dog for a walk at the time, (jump) _______________ into the water and (pull) __________ the boy to safety. Brian (play) ______________ on the river bank when the accident (happen) _______________.

4. That book is overdue. If you (not take) ______________ it back to the library tomorrow you (have) _______________ to pay a fine.

5. After ancient Greek athletes (win) ________________ a race in the Olympics, they (receive) _______________ a simple crown of olive, leaves.

6. Would you mind (not turn on) _________________ the radio until I (finish) ________________ with this phone call?

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7. After horse race (win) _________________, the celebration (begin) _____________.

8. Two men (question) ________________ at Marylebone Police Station now in connection with last week's armed robbery in Luton, in which $25,000 (steal) _________________, from a Security van. Another man (already arrest) __________________ for the crime.

9. My cousin and her husband live in Hanwell, one of the suburbs of London. One morning they woke up to find that their car (steal) _________________ from outside their house. They immediately (phone) __________________ the police to report the theft, before (leave) __________________ for work by bus.

10. A: Good morning. Is Mr. Smith in?

B: Yes, he is. But he (see) ________________ someone at the moment. He (expect) ________________ you?

A: Yes. I (have) ________________ an appointment with him at 10.30.

11. {Friday evening} Mother: I (give) _______________ you a call at 6.30, Peter, in case you (fall) _______________ asleep again after your alarm (go off) __________________. By the way, Mary, we (have) ______________ breakfast at seven tomorrow as Peter (go away) _______________ for the weekend, and (catch) ___________________ an early train.

12. A: I expect it will freeze tonight.

B: If it (freeze) ______________ tonight the roads (be) _______________ very slippery tomorrow.

13. No, I didn't move the bomb. I was afraid (touch) _______________ it; I was afraid of (be) _________________ blown to pieces.

14. Yesterday, as I (walk down) ________________ the strand, I (meet) ________________ George, an old friend of mine. He (recognize) _________________ me at once, though I (wear) _____________ a scarf round my face as I (suffer) _________________ from toothache.

15. I (be) __________________ very excited at the prospect of (go)

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_________________ (ski) ________________. I think there's nothing like (ski) __________________ for (make) _________________ a holiday enjoyable.

16. They let us (park) _________________ motorcycles here but they won’t allow us (park) ________________ cars.

17. Four people (take) _________________ to hospital after a fire at their home in Tottenham early this morning. They (send) _________________ home after treatment for minor burns. Police believe the fire (start) ____________________ deliberately.

18. The child used (lean) _________________ on the gate (watch) ________________ the people (go) ________________ to work in the mornings and (come) __________________ home in the evenings.

19. "I was lonely at first", the old man admitted," but after a time I got used to (live) __________________alone and even got (like) ______________ it."

20. I put the 5 pound note into one of my books; but next day it (take) _________________ me ages to find it because I (forget) _________________ which book I (put) _________________ it into.

21. Richard Barnes had just come home from work when he (find) __________ a leak in the bathroom. Water (drip) ______________ from the ceiling for some time, and there (be) _______________ a large pool of water on the floor.

22. You are too young to understand. I (explain) _______________ it to you when you (be) __________________ older.

23. I thought my train (leave) __________________ at 14.33, and (be) __________________ very disappointed when I (arrive) __________________ at 14.30 and (learn) _________________ that it (just leave) __________________. I (find out) ________________later that I (use) _______________ an out-of-date timetable.

24. Barston’s oldest inhabitant, Fred Whyte, has died at the age of 101.

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Fred (live) ______________ in Barston since 1924 and (teach) _________________ at the local primary school until he (retire) _________________ in 1950. His funeral (take) _____________ place next Friday.

25. Before trains were invented people used (travel) ______________ on horseback or in stagecoaches. It used (take) _____________ a stagecoach three days (go) ________________ from London to Bath.

26. A: I want (catch) _________________ the 7 a.m. train tomorrow.

B: But that means (get up) ________________ at 6.00; and you're not very good at (get up) ______________ early, are you?

27. We (have) _______________ a drink with Peter tonight. (He has invited us.) It's his last night; he (leave) ______________ tomorrow.

28. When you (see) ____________ him again you (be struck) ________________ by the way his health (improve) _______________ since he (go) _______________ to Switzerland.

29. By the time I (complete) ________________ my studies next month, I (live) _________________ in London for nearly a year. I (not think) _________________ I (stay) ________________ any longer than that.

30. Disc Jockey Paul Asherton has been banned from driving for two years. The court (tell) _____________________ that it was the third time Asherton (stop) ___________________ for speeding in six months, Asherton (admit) _________________ (drive) _________________ at more than 125 m.p.h.

9. Прочитайте текст и поставьте глаголы в правильную видовременную форму.