Listen, (4), and repeat. What do the new words mean?
column ['kpləm]: a tall column, the column in the centre of
the square. The Bolshoi Theatre has got eight columns. There
is a tall column in the centre of Dvortsovaya Square in
St Petersburg.
tsar (tzar) [za:]: Tsar Peter the Great, Russian tsars. Which
of Russian tsars do you know?
+She left home at nine o'clock.
-She didn't leave home at nine o'clock.
?Did she leave home at nine o'clock?
Present Simple
+She leaves home at nine o'clock.
-She doesn't leave home at nine o'clock.
?Does she leave home at nine o'clock?
Future Simple
+She will leave home at nine o'clock.
-She won't leave home at nine o'clock.
?Will she leave home at nine o'clock?
2.Past Simple
+Children helped their mother about the horse.
-Children didn't help their mother about the horse.
?Did children help their mother about the horse?
Present Simple
+Children help their mother about the horse.
-Children don't help their mother about the horse.
?Do children help their mother about the horse?
Future Simple
+Children will help their mother about the horse.
-Children won't help their mother about the horse.
?Will children help their mother about the horse?
2. Denny was very proud of his collection of coins which he had been collecting since his childhood.
3. Fred had been waiting for his girlfriend for an hour already when he got an SMS: she had got into a traffic jam.
4. They had been discussing the problem for hours but still could come to any decision.
5. They didn’t want to sell the house which their family had owned for fifty years.
6. We had been driving for a few hours before we saw a service station.
7. When my aunt switched on the TV, her favourite serial had been on for half an hour already. She was sorry she (had missed) half of it.
8. He was coughing all the time. He (had drunk) cold beer the day before.
9. We decided to make a break. We (had been working) too long.
10. When I entered the flat, I saw that everything was in a mess. Somebody (had been searching) the rooms.
11. The boys had black eyes and torn trousers. They (had been fighting).
12. At last he found the job which he (had been looking for) for so long.
13.She put aside the book she (had been reading).
14. Mrs. Honey was a very good teacher. She (had been working) at our school for twenty years.
15. The old woman rose from the chair on which she (had been sitting).
16. John was a computer manager. He (had been working) for that firm since it was founded.
17.He (had been ) ill for a week already when I called him.