1. Open the brackets using the necessary tense.

1. When the train (to stop), I (to look) out of the window but (not to see) any of my friends there. I (to send)
them a telegram and hoped that they (to meet) me. As I (to discover) later, they (to receive) it ten minutes before
the train arrived and could not meet me.
2. We were greatly surprised not to find Ann at home. It turned out that her sister (to forget) to give her our
message, and Ann (to leave) the house fifteen minutes before we (to come).
3. I decided not to put on my raincoat as it (to stop) raining already and the sun (to shine) brightly.
4. The young people entered the theatre. The performance already (to begin), and they (to have) to wait till the
first act (to be) over. Nina never (to be) here before and she (to like) the theatre very much.
5. I did not recognize Helen as I (not to see) her for a very long time and she greatly (to change).
6. When the teacher told the boy to recite the poem, the boy (to burst) into tears: he (not to remember) anything,
though he (to try) to learn his lesson so hard.
7. Jane usually works in the library. She (to work) there now. She already (to gather) the necessary material and
now she (to write) her report.
8. When we (to come) to the station, our train already (to leave), and we (to have) to wait for two hours before
another one (to come).
9. I was anxious to see the place where I (to spend) my childhood.
10. The sight of the school building brought back the old days to us. Here we (to spend) many years together.
We (to learn) to read and write; here we (to experience) our first joys and sorrows. We recollected our first day
at school, how we (to come) to our first lesson looking alarmed and excited.

2. Open the brackets using the necessary tense.

1. Не said he (to listen) to the same stories for a long time.
2. By the evening he (to translate) ten pages.
3. You ever (to be) to the new stadium? — Yes, I (to be) there last Saturday.
4. The old lady was happy: she (not to see) her son for three years.
5. What you (to do) yesterday?
6. How many pages you (to translate) for today?
7. The day (to be) cold and it (to rain). When I (to reach) home, my raincoat (to be) all wet. I (to take) it off, (to
shake) the water off it, (to hang) it up and (to go) into the living room. My children (to play) on the carpet.
When they (to see) me, they (to jump) up and (to run) up to me.
8. I (to hear) this song several times already, but I cannot remember the words. I (to write) them down as soon
as I (to hear) this song again.
9. Hardly he (to open) the suitcase, when he (to find) the tie which he (to think) he (to lose) long before.
10. Shut the door! The room (to be) full of smells which (to come) from the kitchen. Mother (not to like) kitchen
smells in the room.

3. Open the brackets using the necessary tense.

1. Where is Nick? — Не (not to be) at home, he (to go) to the cinema. Wait for him, he (to come) in half an
hour.
2. It was very late. I (to go) to bed and (to fall) asleep when my father (to return) home.
3. I'll join you when I (to drink) my tea.
4. When I (to come), he (to live) in the same old house where I first (to meet) him. He (to tell) me he (to wait)
for me for some time already.
5. The pupils (to do) a lot of exercises before they (to learn) to write dictations well.
6. I could not hear a sound: they (to stop) talking.
7. On entering the drawing room, he (to find) that his two friends (to get) up and (to wait) for him.
8. The sportsmen (to train) since early morning; now they (to go) over the high jump, as they (not to be)
satisfied with their results.
9. When Mrs. Smith (to come) home yesterday, she (to see) that her daughter (to cook) supper and (to wait) for
her with the table laid.
10. Anyone (to see) my dog? 13. You (to go) to the pictures tonight?

4. Open the brackets using the necessary tense.

1. The students (to write) the paper by dinnertime.
2. They (to sail) down the river for many hours before they (to come) to the village.
3. I (not to be) to my home town for five years.
4. The rain (to stop) by the time we (to reach) home.
5. The message (to arrive) five minutes after he (to leave) the house.
6. It (to be) nearly eleven o'clock when we (to begin) doing this work.
7. At last the reply from my grandmother (to come), and my mother (to tell) me that she (to come) soon.
8. Here you (to be) at last! I (to wait) for you for twenty minutes. You (not to be) ashamed?
9. Peter (to read) by the fireplace when the door (to open) and the maid (to enter). The cook (to follow) her.
10. When the mother (to satisfy) herself that the children (to sleep) peacefully in their beds, she (to take) out the
Christmas presents and carefully (to put) them into the stockings which (to hang) at the beds.
11. If you (to ring) me up tomorrow, I (to tell) you all about it.
12. The lesson (not yet to begin), and the children (to talk) loudly in the corridor.
13. I (to live) in St. Petersburg since 1991.
14. By the fifteenth of January the students (to pass) all the exams.
15. I (to wait) for the postman now. He (not to be) here yet. 16. You (to hear) the news?

5. Open the brackets using the necessary tense.

1. How long you (to wait) for me? I am really very sorry.
2. Yesterday I (to meet) a friend of mine whom I (not to see) for a long time.
3. Ring me up at eleven o'clock, I (not yet to sleep).
4. You (to be) late for the concert if you (not to take) a taxi.
5. The sun (to set) a long time ago, and it (to begin) to get really cold.
6. When I (to come) home yesterday, my sister already (to return) and (to sit) at the fireplace look ing through
some old photographs.
7. He (to smoke) three cigarettes and (to look) through all the books on the shelf, when at last he (to hear) his
friend's steps approaching the door.
8. The first person whom Andrew (to see) as he (to enter) was his old nurse. She (to sit) on the sofa. During the
last five years she greatly (to change) and now (to look) a very old woman.
9. She is going to read the letter she just (to receive).
10. He just (to approach) the door, when she (to enter).
11. He (to write) the composition for three hours and he (to say) he soon (to finish) it as he (to think) over the
conclusion now.
12. Where is the baby? — The nurse (to put) it to bed.
13. He said he (to work) for a long time without achieving good results.
14. Hardly I (to go) out when I (to remember) that I (to forget) to take my umbrella.
15. It (to be) late. You (not to finish) yet?

6. Open the brackets using the necessary tense.

1. What you (to read)? — I (to read) a magazine. — How long you (to read) it? — I (to read) it for half an hour.
2. She (to live) in Moscow for ten years when her sister (to come) to live with her.
3. Our teacher (to come). Now he (to speak) with our librarian.
4. They (to speak) when I (to look) at them.
5. What you (to do) here? — I (to prepare) for my report. — How long you (to prepare) for it? — Oh, I (to
work) since morning.
6. He (to teach) at school for five years when the war (to break) out.
7. She (to study) English since last year.
8. You ever (to be) to London? — Yes, I (to be) there last summer.
9. What your friend (to do) now? — She (to have) dinner. She usually (to have) dinner at this time.
10. I (to buy) a new dress. I (to show) it to you tomorrow when you (to come) to my place.
11. So you begin working tomorrow! And who (to take) care of your children when you (to go) to work?
12. Hello, Peter! Where you (to go)? — I (to go) to the library.
13. I (to walk) about an hour when I (to see) a little house not far from the river.
14. When he (to read) the newspaper, he (to give) it to his brother.
15. He (to leave) for Oxford in 1990 and since then he (to live) there.

7. Open the brackets using the necessary tense.

1. Our train starts late in the evening, so if you (to come) at seven o'clock, we still (to pack) our luggage.
2. When you (to see) him last?
3. I (to meet) him when he (to walk) across the park.
4. You ever (to act) on the stage? — Why, yes, that's what I (to do) for the last six years.
5. Don't enter the bedroom! The child (to sleep) there, and he always (to wake) up when somebody (to open) the
door.
6. Where is your luggage? — I (to leave) it at the station. I (to take) it tomorrow when Nick (to come) to help
me.
7. I (to read) about an hour when he (to come).
8. The play (not yet to begin) and the people (to talk) in the hall.
9. One night a little swallow (to fly) over the city. His friends (to fly) away to Egypt six weeks before, but he (to
stay) behind.
10. What you (to do) these three months?