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     h) Model: Could you help me buy the wedding-ring?
                Haven’t you bought it yet?
                I haven’t, I’m afraid.
     Prompts: do the washing-up, repair my car, make the dinner,
clean the room, iron the linen, translate the exercise, paint the
door, prepare a report, brush the suit.

      Exercise 3. Make up sentences as in the model.
      Model: Mary isn’t going to bake a cake today.
             She’s already baked a cake this week.
      1. I’m not going to write to my daughter today. 2. She isn’t
going to do the washing today. 3. We aren’t going to clean the windows
today. 4. He isn’t going to brush his suit today. 5. They aren’t going to
make a report today. 6. I’m not going to go to the laundry today. 7. She
isn’t going to have a manicure today. 8. He isn’t going to wear his
black suit today. 9. We aren’t going to spend a lot of money today.
10. They aren’t going to have a party today.

       Exercise 4. Put the verbs in brackets in the Present Perfect form.
                      Translate them into Russian. Get ready for back
                      translation.
       1. Kate ... (be) very busy this week. 2. They ... (visit) many countries
in the last few years. 3. ... you .. (see) Ben today? — Yes, I ... , but he
... (go) home already. 4. ... you ever (eat) Chinese food? —No, I ... .
5. How long ... you (know) him? — I ... (know) him for three years.
6. Everybody ... (go) to bed already. 7. How long ... he (be) ill? — He
... (be) ill for a week. 8. How long ... he ... (have) this car? — For a year.
9. She ... just (be) to the shops. — She ... (buy) anything?

      Exercise 5. Fill in the gaps with prepositions for or since, translate
                  the sentences and get ready for back translation.
      1. Jane hasn’t seen Wendy ... more than a month. 2. In fact, they
haven’t seen each other ... 1991. 3. I haven’t been to the cinema ... last
year. 4. Ann hasn’t been to London ... a long time. 5. I haven’t heard
from my sister ... a year. 6. Hugh has been out of job ... six months.
7. Ann hasn’t had a job ... last year. 8. Sam has been ill ... Tuesday. 9. I
have been here ... 5 o’clock. 10. They have been married ... two years.


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