Test 34. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense

1. Yesterday by 8 o’clock he (finish) all his work, and when I (come) at 9, he (read).

2. ‘When he usually (get up)?’ ‘He (get) up at seven o’clock.’

3. Come along, Henry, what you (do) now? I (wait) for you since morning.

4. The students (not write) a test tomorrow at 3 o’clock, as they already (write) it by then.

5. ‘What you (do) now?’ ‘I (prepare) for my report.’ ‘How long you (prepare) for it?’ ‘For two hours already.’

6. Yesterday he (wait) for half an hour when at last he (see) her at the end of the platform.

7. The teacher said that the pupils (read) the text the next day.

8. When I (come) home yesterday, my sister already (return) and (sit) at the fireplace looking through some magazines.

9. When he (come) to her place tomorrow, she still (pack) her suitcases.

10. This man is a writer. He (write) books. He (write) books since he was a young man. He already (write) eight books.

11. He (wait) for you for two hours already and said he (ring) you up later.

12. By the end of next month we (translate) ten articles.

13. ‘You ever (spend) your holidays in the Crimea?’ ‘Yes, I _____. I (be) there last year.’

14. ‘What he (do) next year?’ ‘After he (finish) school, he (enter) the University.’

15. ‘When you (see) Mary?’ – ‘I (see) her last week.’

16. At last I (do) all my homework: now I’ll go out.

17. They (work) hard for many hours before they are able to finish it.

18. What you (read) when I rang you up?

19. ‘You (learn) this poem?’ ‘No! I still (learn) it. I already (learn) it for two hours, but I (not yet learn) it.’

20. We could not go out because it (rain) hard since early morning.