Exercise 32 p. 64 Complete the following, using the Continuous tense forms (Present, Past, Future).

Model: Ask the students of Group One to come here. (have classes)

     They are having classes now.

1. Where is Jane? It's time to leave. (have breakfast) 2. What are your plans for tonight? (take a friend to a concert) 3. Is your dress ready? (wear it to the party tomorrow. 4. Where's everybody? (cover the roses in the garden, have a hard frost at night) 5. Let's have dinner at a restaurant tomorrow. But we can't. The Browns (come for dinner). 6. Why didn't you come at 4 o'clock yesterday? (wait for me?) 7. Don’t make so much noise. (anybody, sleep?) 8. Why did we see so little of you last month? (write a paper on history)

Exercise 33 p. 64 Open the brackets, using the correct tense form.

 

IN THE WAITING ROOM

I (enter) the dentist's waiting room which (be) full. Like any other waiting room, it (have) an atmosphere of its own. A small table (be covered) with very old magazines; the curtains (be) of indefinite colour and the armchairs definitely unclean. There (be) dusty pictures on the wall. I (take) my seat and (decide) to pass the time watching the people around me.

A little man beside me (turn) over the pages of a magazine quickly and nervously. It (be) hard to understand what he (look) at; from time to time he (throw) the magazine on the table and (pick up) another. Opposite me there (be) a young mother who (try) hard to quiet her son. The boy (make) aeroplane-noises as he (move) an ashtray on the floor. Near him an old man (sleep) and the boy's mother (be) afraid that sooner or later her son (wake up) him. I myself (be) sleepy. The boy (be) quiet now in his mother's arms. There (be) a deathly silence in the room just at this moment the loud speaker (call) out the name of the next lucky person.

(After "Sixty Steps to Precis" by L. G. Alexander)

Exercise 34 p. 65 Study the following chart.

 

You’ll do it	when you find the time.
He’ll speak to her	while you are busy with your work.
I won’t discuss this question	until (till) he comes.
We’ll have a party	before she leaves.
She’ll go to the country	if it doesn’t rain.

 

Exercise 35 p. 65 Complete the following sentences on the above pattern.

1. You'll understand this book when you (get older). 2. If the weather (change for the better), we'll go to the country. 3. He will phone you as soon as he (wake up). 4. I'll call a doctor if she (get worse). 5. You will never make this mistake again if you (learn things the right way). 6. I won't speak to you again until you (tell me the whole truth). 7. If she (go by a fast train), she'll arrive in time. 8. We'll stay in Moscow till we (get an answer to our letter). 9. He will get to her place before everybody (arrive). 10. When the train (arrive in Kiev) I'll get off to buy newspapers. 11. You won't be cold if you (wear a warm coat). 12. After they (make changes in the plan) we'll discuss it again. 13. If you (speak so fast), nobody will understand you.

 

Exercise 36 p. 65 Answer the following questions, using adverbial clauses of condition.

(A) M о d e 1: When will the train pass Tambov? (not be late).

If it is not late, it will pass the town at 2:30.

1. How long will it take you to read a book of three hundred pages? (do nothing else) 2. When will you finish your course paper? (everything; be all right) 3. Will he take her to the theatre? (get one more ticket) 4. Will you go to the country tomorrow? (not rain) 5. Will he travel to the Crimea by train? (not get a ticket for the train; go there by plane) 6. When will he make his report on Britain's economy? (get well)

 

(B) What will happen if: 1. we talk all at once? (hear nothing) 2. you teach him everything at once? (learn nothing) 3. we don't wait for him? (not find the way to the museum) 4. you don't work hard at your English? (get a poor mark) 5. he doesn't arrive in time? (not wait for him) 6. the weather doesn't change for the better? (stay in town)

 

Exercise 37 p. 65 Translate the following sentences into English (mind the use of tenses in adverbial clauses of time and condition).

 

1. Если вы отодвинете книжный шкаф от окна, в комнате будет светлее. 2. Если вы будете проходить мимо кино, купите билеты на новую картину. 3. Как только я найду ее адрес, я вам позвоню. 4. Сколько времени вам понадобится на дорогу в институт, если вы будете жить за городом? 5. Что мы будем делать, если она опоздает? 6. Если она останется дома с ребенком, я поеду с вами. 7. Если погода будет дождливая, я возьму плащ. 8.Мы не начнем обсуждать этот вопрос, пока не соберутся (придут) все студенты нашей группы. 9. Подумай хорошенько, прежде чем дать ответ. 10. Я останусь в городе, пока не установится хорошая погода. 11. Когда ты мне сообщишь свой адрес, я отвечу тебе телеграммой и сразу выеду. 12. Пока ты ходишь по магазинам, я соберу вещи.

Adverbs and Conjunctions

Ех ercise 11 p. 83 In (A) study the following chart, and in (B) supply the missing parts.

(A)

1. lately за последнее время; недавно	1. He has travelled a lot lately.
2. for the last/past few weeks, months, years, etc  за последние несколько недель	2. He has worked too much for the last few days.
3. last time прошлый раз	3. We discussed that question last time.
4. last/for the last time в последний раз	4. When did you see him last?

 

 (B)

1. When did you get a letter from him __? 2. He has changed for the better __. 3. Although she had not seen him __ she recognized him at once. 4. He visited his native town __ when he was still a boy. 5. How often has he missed classes __? 6. This film was on at our local cinema __. 7. I watched this film on TV several times __. 8. “She has not called on us __. What’s happened to her?” “She left for Kiev __.” 9. There haven’t been thick fogs in London __.