Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Simple, Past Continuous or Past Perfect Tense. 1) When the manager ... (fo come up) to the boss, he ... (to speak) to somebody on the phone.
2) Jane ... (to pay) for the dress she ... (to choose) some minutes before.
3) Jim ... (to read) the article and ... (to return) me the maga­ zine.
4) It... (still to rain) when we ... (to get) home yesterday.
5) Dave ... (to check) the mail before he ... (to turn off) his computer.
6) While the professor ... (to give) a lecture he ... (to realize) that his wife ... (not to remind) him about one important appointment.
7) While Mrs Simpson ... (to cook) dinner she ... (to under­ stand) that she ... (not to buy) potatoes.
8) When Laura ... (to come) to the hospital, all the doctors ...
(to discuss) the medicine for cancer which the scientists ...
(to invent) some days before.
9) Sam ... (to get) to the airport after the plane ... (to fly up).
10) When little Betty ... (to play) with her toys yesterday evening she ... (fo find) the key her mother ... (to lose) a week before.

1. Are you busy today?
2. Were you busy yesterday?
3. Will you be free tomorrow?
4. Here are your gloves.
5. What is your opinion of this new magazine?
6. When was your last day off?
7. Who will be at the office at the same time tomorrow?
8. Are you ready to help me?
9, When were you at the theatre last time?
10. A colleague of mine 130 kg (weighs)
11. Our chief managerpeople (does not trust).
12. Do you oftenyour new camera? (use)
13. Why does your brother always to everybody? ( lie)
14. Who usually this suit? (wears)
15. The day before yesterday my friends for London (left)

I would like to speak about my favourite writer.His name is Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin. Alexander Pushkin was a Russian poet, novelist, playwright of the Romantic era. One of Russia's greatest poets, he is known as the father of modern Russian literature. He was born  in Moscow on May 26, 1799.He attended the Lyceum from 1811 to 1817 and received the best education available in Russia at the time.He was first published in the journal The Messenger of Europe in 1814.Pushkin was married to Natalia Goncharova on February 18, 1831, in Moscow. She was very beautiful. Alexandr Pushkin's most popular book is Eugene Onegin. He had written so many books such as "The Captain's Daughter", "The Tale of Tsar Saltan", "Ruslan and Ludmila", "Fairy Tales". 
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Я хотел бы рассказать о своем любимом писателе. Его зовут Александр Сергеевич Пушкин. Александр Пушкин был русским поэтом, романистом, драматургом романтической эпохи. Один из величайших поэтов России, он известен как отец современной русской литературы. Он родился в Москве 26 мая 1799 года. Он посещал Лицей с 1811 по 1817 год и получил лучшее образование в России в то время. Он впервые был опубликован в журнале «Вестник Европы» в 1814 году. Пушкин был женат на Наталье Гончарова 18 февраля 1831 года в Москве. Она была очень красивой. Самая популярная книга Александра Пушкина - «Евгений Онегин». Он написал так много книг, таких как «Дочь капитана», «Сказка о царе Салтане», «Руслан и Людмила», «Сказки».