Perfect tenses

Exercise 1. Answer the following questions:

1. Have you learnt the new words? 2. Has your brother learnt to drive a car? 3. Have you bought a new dictionary? 4. How many films have you seen this month? 5. What English books have you read this year? 6. Where has Ann gone? 7. Had you ever heard a word of spoken English before you went to England? 8. Had he got his scientific degree by the end of 1990? 9. Had you participated in any scientific society before you entered the University? 10. Will you have come back before the new term begins? 11. By what time will you have reached the airport? 12. Will he have finished his picture by November? 13. By what time will they have sent on their heavy things? 14. By what time will the game have started?

Exercise 2. Put the verb in brackets into the Present, Past or Fu­ture Perfect Tense.

1. I (to hear) of him ever since I was born. 2. By the time you arrive we (to leave). 3. The students (to know) the results of the examination by 3 o'clock tomorrow. 4. By 5 o'clock the Congress (to adopt) the draft programme. 5. After they (to present) the draft of the Programme, long debates took place. 6. I (to do) already all my lessons. 7. He (to reject) just our proposal. 8. Our family (to live) in this street since we got a new flat.

Exercise 3. Form general or special questions with the question word given.

1. We have been friends since childhood, (since when) 2. The rain hasn't stopped yet. (general) 3. The film has been on for a week, (for how long) 4. He had recovered by the time I returned from my leave, (general) 5. He will have worked as a teacher for 20 years by next September, (for how long) 6. The students will have started the discussion by the time you come, (who)

Ex ercise 4. Translate into English.

1. Он когда-нибудь показывал свои работы специалисту? 2. Этот фильм шел в нашем кинотеатре целую неделю. 3. Что с ней произошло? Я давно ее не вижу. 4. Его лекции были всегда интересными. 5. Он сказал, что его родители всегда жили в де­ревне. 6. Он получил плохую оценку на экзамене по англий­скому языку, т.к. сделал много ошибок в письменном переводе. 7. На вечере мы встретили людей, которых никогда раньше не видели. 8. Мой сын еще школьник, но на будущий год к этому времени он уже закончит школу.