Ex.2. put the verb in brackets in the present perfect or past simple tense 1. have you heard the rules? they _______________(just/elect) a new manager. 2. martha _______________(find) a new job. she is starting next week. 3. when ______________simon _______________(arrive) at the cinema yesterday? 4. john is a well-known artist. he ______________(paint) a lot of pictures. 5. john ________________(paint) his first picture in 1980. 6. mike _______________(win) more than 20 medals when he was a sportsman. 7. i ________________(see) sting last year. 8. i ______________(speak) to celine dion. 9. i _______________(write) 5 letters this week. 10. i ______________(read) this book a month ago. 11. he _______________(still/not/buy) a computer. 12. they ________________(yet/not/find) the way out. 13. _______________you ______________(write) this translation yet? ex. 3. put the verbs in brackets in the present simple, present continuous, past simple or past continuous 1. what ____________you ______________(look) at? –some photos i __________(take) when i _____________(be) on holidays. 2. i _______________(be) sorry, but i ______________(not understand) what you _____________(mean). 3. what ___________jane_____________(do)? – she ______________(be) a teacher, but she ______________(not teach) at the moment. 4. he never _____________(smoke) and ___________usually __________(not eat) meat. 5. last time i _____________(go) abroad was when i ______________(go) to london. we _____________(stay) in london for three days. on the first day when i ______________(do) the sights, i _____________(meet) my old friend. he ___________just______________(go) to his hotel when we ___________(come) across. 6. ___________you ____________(often, go) to the gym? – i _______________(not go) much at the moment, i ____________(not have) time. i ____________(be) too busy these days. but i ___________(want) to go to the gym next week. 7. tomorrow kate _____________(visit) her aunt, that’s why now she _____________(make) a cake. it _____________(smell) delicious! when kate ____________(visit) her aunt last week, she _______________(buy) some pastries from the baker’s, but they _____________(not be) that good.

Ex. 2. Present Perfect or Past Simple

1. have just elected (Present Perfect используется с наречием just для обозначения недавно завершенного действия).
2. has found (Present Perfect, так как действие имеет связь с настоящим результатом — она начинает работу на следующей неделе).
3. When did Simon arrive (Past Simple используется с вопросительным словом when и указателем времени yesterday).
4. has painted (Present Perfect используется для описания жизненного опыта или достижений, когда период времени не завершен).
5. painted (Past Simple, так как указан конкретный год в прошлом — 1980).
6. won (Past Simple, так как период времени «когда он был спортсменом» уже завершен).
7. saw (Past Simple, так как указано точное время в прошлом — last year).
8. have spoken (Present Perfect для описания жизненного опыта без указания конкретного времени).
9. have written (Present Perfect, так как период времени «на этой неделе» еще не закончился).
10. read (Past Simple, так как указано время — a month ago).
11. still hasn't bought (Present Perfect с наречием still для описания ситуации, которая продолжается до настоящего момента).
12. haven't found the way out yet (Present Perfect с наречием yet в отрицательном предложении).
13. Have you written this translation yet? (Present Perfect в вопросительном предложении с yet).

Ex. 3. Present Simple, Present Continuous, Past Simple or Past Continuous

1. What are you looking at? (Present Continuous — действие в момент речи).
   — Some photos I took (Past Simple — завершенное действие в прошлом) when I was (Past Simple — состояние в прошлом) on holidays.
2. I am sorry, but I don’t understand (Present Simple — глаголы состояния state verbs не используются в Continuous) what you mean (Present Simple — state verb).
3. What does Jane do? (Present Simple — вопрос о профессии/постоянном занятии).
   — She is (Present Simple) a teacher, but she isn’t teaching (Present Continuous — временная ситуация) at the moment.
4. He never smokes (Present Simple — привычка) and usually doesn’t eat (Present Simple — регулярное действие) meat.
5. Last time I went (Past Simple) abroad was when I went (Past Simple) to London. We stayed (Past Simple) in London for three days. On the first day when I was doing (Past Continuous — фоновое длительное действие) the sights, I met (Past Simple — прерывающее действие) my old friend. He was just going (Past Continuous — процесс в определенный момент прошлого) to his hotel when we came across (Past Simple — внезапное действие).
6. Do you often go (Present Simple — частота действия) to the gym?
   — I am not going (Present Continuous — временная ситуация) much at the moment, I don’t have (Present Simple — state verb) time. I am (Present Simple) too busy these days. But I want (Present Simple — state verb) to go to the gym next week.
7. Tomorrow Kate is visiting (Present Continuous — запланированное действие на будущее) her aunt, that’s why now she is making (Present Continuous — действие в момент речи) a cake. It smells (Present Simple — state verb) delicious! When Kate visited (Past Simple) her aunt last week, she bought (Past Simple) some pastries from the baker’s, but they weren’t (Past Simple) that good.

Требуется ли вам пояснение по правилам употребления конкретных временных указателей в данных предложениях?