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Expand Your Knowledge of English 4

Revision. Present and Past

Tenses for Life. Future

Mixed Tenses

Future Structures

Modals of Future

Passive Voice. Future

Conditional 1

Text 2

2 and 3 Conditionals

Relative Clauses

Past Perfect Continuous or not?

Я смотрел(а) сериал до того, как ты позвонил.

Когда мы встретились, они уже жили в том городе 3 года.

Мы были мокрыми, потому что гуляли под дождём.

Вы когда-нибудь пробовали раков до вчерашнего дня?

Он неделю жил у друзей, пока не нашёл квартиру.

Прошлую неделю он работал над проектом, который они представили вчера.

Мы готовили ужин весь вечер?

Which Past Tense is it?
Translate the sentences:

I hadn't been studying English for very long before I passed the exam.

At 5 o'clock yesterday, I was cooking dinner.

Had they been playing for an hour?

What were you doing at 12:30?

I had finished my homework before I went out.

The concert ended at midnight.

As children, we played all kinds of games on the street.

Объясните выбор времени:

She tried to convince herself that coming here hadn’t been a mistake.

It was just a story I’d been telling myself. From now on, it was the ugly truth or nothing.

If Mom had owned this place, everything would’ve been a mix of creamy, calming neutrals.

It had stayed on the list for five weeks (not that I was counting (I was absolutely counting)).

She’d dragged me to four yoga classes, three crowded juice bars, and a Nutcracker performance starring some kid I didn’t know.

As if he’d read my thoughts, he gave a disinterested wave and grumbled, “Let me know if you need any sugar.”

It had arrived two days ago, before I left New York, and I’d found increasingly ridiculous reasons for putting off opening it.

As I moved toward the kitchen, the music dimmed, and I realized it was coming from the other side of the house.

When I was finished, it still sounded pretty much like R.E.M. was playing a concert on my coffee table.

I grabbed my car keys and was heading out into the blinding summer sun when I heard my phone buzzing from within the couch cushions.

At the end of the street, I turned left, away from the water, and headed into town.

I missed feeling that deep curiosity about people, that spark of excitement when you realized you had something in common or admiration when you uncovered a hidden talent or quality.

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Which Past Tense is it?
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I smiled, promised I would, and stuffed my last dollar bill into the tip jar as she went back to mopping up the counters.

I took a sip of the latte and promptly spit it back into the cup. It tasted like mud.

Like I’d sneezed and a romance novel came out.

I’m not proud to admit that when I froze, I was looking at the door, judging whether I could make it out of there without responding.

My heart was racing. She was going to know I was lying to her. “It’s not written,” I said.

When I’d finished unloading the groceries, I carried my computer onto the deck, only to realize I’d let the battery die last night.

Объясните выбор времени:

Whatever pays the bills, right? they’d say, practically begging me to confirm I didn’t want to write books about women or love.

I promised her I would and turned to go, nearly colliding with the display table.

Finally, I took a deep breath, forced a smile, and stepped out from between the shelves, clutching my god-awful latte like it was a handgun.

Offended? This isn’t my offended face. I look like this because I’m tired.

I’ve written books in half that time,” I shouted over the wind.

But we’re talking about this manuscript. We’re talking specifically about the one that’s now taken fifteen months and counting. How far are you?

“But it’s planned. I just need some time to hammer it out, no distractions.”

I tried not to think too hard about how Gus could have forgotten me, because doing so would only take my complexion from overcooked lobster to eggplant.

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Which Complex Modal is it?
Translate the sentences:

I tried not to think too hard about how Gus ___ forgotten me, because doing so would only take my complexion from overcooked lobster to eggplant.

The lights are off, so they ___ already gone to bed

She ___ said that. She is too nice and wouldn’t say such mean things.

We ___ studied so hard for the test. It ended up being canceled.

God, what had I done? I ___ known better.

I ___ understood. I ___ cared more what Mom was feeling.

You ___ thought you’d wind up with matching tattoos and a gaggle of children.

It is literally the worst example you ___ chosen to prove that point.

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Which Passive Voice is it?
Translate the sentences:

Пароль был изменён перед прошлым посещением аккаунта в понедельник.

«Белые ночи» написаны Достоевским.

Пока мы стояли в очереди, кофе готовился.

Пока мы разговаривали, завтрак готовился.

Документы были отправлены перед тем, как мы встретились.

Их пригласили лично.

Which Conditional is it?
Translate the sentences:

Если у меня нет настроения, я отдыхаю.

Если у меня будет время, я присоединюсь.

Если бы вы написали заранее, я бы мог(ла) успеть.

Если бы вы хотели, вы бы пригласили их.

Я подумаю об этом, когда у меня будет свободное время.

Я создаю новый проект, как только у меня есть идея.

Если бы вы не опоздали, мы бы сходили в кино.

Если бы вы хорошо меня знали, вы бы это не спросили.