Exercise 13. Underline the correct form. 6. On the morning of the accident, Mr Davis just finished/had just finished a night shift at a local
factory, and didn't have/hadn't had any sleep for 24 hours.
7. I'm sorry I didn't answer/wasn’t answering the phone earlier, but I was painting/had been
painting the ceiling in my bedroom.
8. The office Marlowe was visiting was on the 15th floor, and unfortunately, the lift wasn’t
working/hadn't been working, so by the time he arrived at the top of the stairs, he was/had been
out of breath.
9. On Christmas morning when they woke up/were waking up, the children looked eagerly out of
the window. It snowed/had been snowing, and the garden was covered in a thick white carpet.
10. After the two film stars landed/were landing at the small airport, they left quickly in a van that
was waiting/had been waiting for them since the early morning.

1. David goes to the concerts every weekends.

David is going to the concert this weekend.

2. She often plays chess at home.

She is playing chess at home now.

3.  I cook fish every day.

I'm cooking fish now.

4.  -

The Pattisons are watching TV now.

5. Victoria studies English at university.

Victoria is studying English at university now.

6. We often read books about animals.

We are reading a book about animals.

7. Nick like to listen rock music.

Nick is listening rock music now.

8. Carry usually gets up at 8 o'clock.

Carry is getting up now.

Olympic games and Kazakhstan

July 17 at 11:35 am

 Taufik KARIMOV, a political analyst

On the eve of the main sporting event of the quadrennial year-the London Olympics-let's remember the achievements of Kazakhstani athletes at the Olympic games of our time.

Participation of Kazakhstani athletes in the Olympic games of our time should be divided into two parts – first as part of the USSR national team, and then, after independence, as part of the national team under its national flag.

However, first I want to warn readers – here you will see some discrepancies with the generally accepted data. For example, it is believed that for the first time Kazakhstan took part in the Olympics in 1956, in my opinion – in 1952 (then, by the way, the first medal was won, and not in 1960, as it is believed).

The first Olympic champion-Kazakh in official sources is called the wrestler Zhaksylyk USHKEMPIROV (1980), although in fact this is Alzhan ZHARMUKHAMEDOV (1972). Without detracting from the merits of our outstanding athlete, we just note that Ushkempirov is indeed the first Kazakh Olympic champion who represented Kazakhstan directly. And Kazakh Zharmukhamedov, who became the champion of the Munich Olympics in the Soviet basketball team, then lived in Moscow and played for CSKA. Then we all lived in a single state called the USSR, and it often happened that the best athletes, and not only from Kazakhstan, played for other Union republics. However, in order