Perfect Tenses

29. Translate the following sentences into Russian.

1. She has had much work this week. 2. He has written his test paper well. 3. Have you ever read English books in the original? 4. Have you answered these questions yet? 5. Many new novels have been translated into English. 6. The newspaper will have been delivered by 6 a.m. 7. How long have you been learning Arabic? 8. The problem of folklore festivals has not been touched upon yet. 9. The report had been written before the arrival of the chief. 10. The student will have passed the exam in the History of Linguistics by the end of the week. 11. He had left the city by that time. 12. Has she been to any book exhibition this year? 13. The experiment had been completed by that time yesterday. 14. The lecturer has been listened to inattentively. 15. This magazine will have been returned by this time tomorrow. 16. Will the work have been finished by September?

30. Choose the correct form of the verbs in brackets and translate the sentences. Consult the Grammar Support if necessary.

1. He (has, have been, will have) read the book on poetry by the end of the next week. 2. By the time he was 25 he (had, has, will have) become a Doctor of Philosophy. 3. The room (has, had, will have) not been slept in for many years. 4. Many new interesting magazines (has been, have been, will have) published by now. 5. The lecture (have, have been, will have been) delivered by this time tomorrow. 6. Their test (has been, had been, will have) written by 2 o’clock yesterday.

31. Make the sentences passive.

1. Your friends have invited you to dinner. 2. Someone has given me this book. 3. They have staged Shakespeare’s plays. 4. He has put the clock on the shelf. 5. She has lost her dictionary. 6. Nobody has ever written about her. 7. They had sent for the doctor by 4 p.m. 8. We had passed exams before he arrived. 9. By this time I will have received the letter. 10. It surprised me that they had completed their research.

32. Translate the sentences into English.

1. Вы уже перевели текст? 2. Я видел этот фильм недавно. 3. Он когда-нибудь бывал в Англии? 4. С тех пор она не была в Америке. 5. Мне только что задали этот вопрос. 6. Этот клуб уже посетили многие журналисты.

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