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10. So well-nigh ten years agone he (disappear) and I never (hear) from him since.

11. �The gas stove is covered in grease. It�s filthy. Why you (not clear) up subsequently yous had cooked breakfast? Y'all even (leave) the breakfast things in the sink.�

12. I can�t think where I (get out) my key. It�south probably in my other bag.

13. You (paint) any more than pictures lately?

14. And then I (come) hither and I (be) here since.

15. The general turned to my father and said abruptly: � You lot (be) in the Boer war?�

16. The phonation on the telephone said: �I�chiliad sorry to bother you lot but yous (receive) my letter?� I said, �Well, I may have and I may non. I (be) away and there are a lot of letter of the alphabet here. I (not look) at them yet.� �I (write) to your order equally well.� �I (not open) those either.�

17. �Oh, e in. You (take) tea?� �Yes, thanks.� �Some milk then? I simply (potable) some.�

18. �When I (meet) her she (talk) to me of you lot. God, what a pedestal she (put) yous on!� �Well, I (come) off it with a crash. I (topple) for some fourth dimension,� he said bitterly.

Practise 24

Put the verbs in brackets into the by elementary, past progressive and present perfect

Afterward that afternoon Miss MacDonald (tell) Tom that Hopkins would like to see him that evening at 7 o�clock. At two minutes later the hr, Tom (knock) at Hopkins door. Hopkins (open) it. He (be) alone, and, to Tom�south surprise, he (look) tired. He (step) restlessly up and down the room jungling the change in his pockets and gesticulating as he (talk). The first affair he (say) after greeting Tom (be): �I definitely (decide) to go ahead with this mental health committee.�

Section IV. Past Perfect

Chart xiv. PAST PERFECT

	a) My parents had already eaten by the time I got home. b) Until yesterday, I had never heard virtually information technology. c) The thief simply walked in. Someone had forgotten to lock the door.	The past perfect expresses an activeness that was completed earlier another activity or time in the past.
	d) Sam had already left when we got there. e) Sam had left before we got there. f) Sam left before we got there. grand) Later the guests had left , I went to bed. h) Subsequently the guests left, I went to bed.	In (d): 1st: Sam left second: We got at that place.* If either before or later is used in the sentence, the by perfect is often not necessary because the time relationship is already clear. The simple past may exist used, as in (f) and (h). Note: (due east) and (f) accept the same significant; (g) and (h) have the same pregnant.

*COMPARE: Sam left when we got there. =1st: We got there.

2nd: Sam left.

Exercise 25

Open up the brackets using past simple, by progressive and by perfect.

Las nighttime we (get) to a football match. We (take) a bus, The bus (exist) full of people as many people (want) to run into the match. We (get) off the bus and (go) in the direction of the stadium. While we (cantankerous) the road, I (encounter) Donald. He (stand) at the corner. He said he (expect) for his friend who (come) to London the day before and (wish) to meet the new stadium. A man (come) upwards to me and asked if I (have) a spare ticket for the match. Donald told us that ii boys just (ask) him whether he )have) a spare ticket. We (enter) the stadium just as the football players (come) out on to the field. At the entrance to the stadium we (run across) Tom. He (prove) us to our seats and we (agree) to meet in the refreshment-room during the interval. He (enquire) me if I (play) football game in my babyhood.

Practice 26

Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or past perfect simple

one. A.: I�m sorry we�re late. Nosotros missed (miss) the railroad train.

B.: How (that/happen)?

A.: Well, I (get) the times wrong and when nosotros (make it) at the station, the train (just exit).

ii. A.: (you/have) a adept meal at Hillary�s?

B.: Well no, it (be) very embarrassing. When we (arrive), nosotros (know) immediately that she (forget) about the whole thing.

A.: And then what (she/do)?

B.: Well, she (pretend) that she (non forget) and (say) that the repast (non be) set because she (become) domicile from work very late.

A.: Oh no, how awful!

3. Information technology (exist) a beautiful forenoon. It (rain) in the night then the ground (be) fresh and clean and information technology (odour) wonderful. None of the Taylor family (exist) awake though. They (all get) to bed very late the night before. Their Australian cousin (make it) unexpectedly that evening and they (sit up) talking most of the night. Although it (be) now viii o�clock in the morning, they (only be) in bed for about two hours.

Practise 27

Put the verbs in brackets into the past unproblematic or past perfect

James Barry sat (sit down) outside the part waiting for the interview. He (feel) so nervous that he (not know) what to practise with himself. The person who (go in) before him (be) in at that place for nearly and hour. And she (look) so confident when she (go) in. Non like James. He (experience) sure that she (already go) the chore. The trouble (exist) that he (want) this chore so much. Information technology (mean) everything to him. He (recollect) well-nigh it such a lot earlier the twenty-four hours of the interview. He (imagine) himself performing brilliantly at the interview and being offered the job immediately. Just now here he (be) feeling terribly. He (cannot remember) all those things he (programme) to say. At that moment he (almost decide) to become up and leave. Merely no - he (have to do) this. He (spend) so much time thinking about information technology that he (cannot give upward) similar that. His hands (be) hot and glutinous and his mouth (feel) dry. Finally the door of the office (open). The adult female who (get in) and hour earlier (come out) looking very pleased with herself. She (smile) sympathetically at James. At that moment James (hate) her. The managing managing director then (announced) at the office door. Would you like to come in now, Mr. Barry? I�one thousand distressing to have kept you waiting. James suddenly (wish) that he (go) home after all. He (get up), legs shaking and forehead sweating and (wonder) whether he (look) as terrified every bit he (feel).

Practise 28

Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or past perfect

ane. The new bus-commuter (have) an accident after he (bulldoze) a few yards.

2. When I (get) to the cinema, the film (first).

iii. The students (enter) the classroom five minutes later the bell (ring).

4. After she (lock) and (bolt) all the doors, she (go) to bed.

5. The students (practise) the exercise very well after the teacher (show) them how to.

6. The little boy (tell) a lie five minutes afterward he (promise) to tell the truth.

7. When the plane (land), the sun (set).

eight. She (experience) sick) subsequently she (consume) a whole box of chocolates.

9. Subsequently the doctor (examine) the child he (have) a talk with the mother.

10. When I (telephone call) on my friend, he (go) out.

eleven. Mary (finish) her homework when her father (come) home from his role.

12. I (throw) away the newspaper after I (read) information technology.

xiii. After she (spend) all her money she (enquire) her farther to assistance her.

14. The teacher (give) back the do-books after he (correct) them.

15. The sun (rise) when the farmer (start) work.

Exercise 29

Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or past perfect. Notice that a past time is given in the first sentence of each passage, and that a past tense is used to limited this time.

1. The tourists arrived at London Airport early on Monday morning. They (leave) Cairo on Sun evening. They (spend) a fortnight in Arab republic of egypt and (see) most of the sights. After they (show) their passports to the official and (pass) through the Customs, they (get) on the passenger vehicle and (go) to the terminal.

2. The examination was over at noon. Jack gave his reply newspaper to the teacher and (leave) the room. He (non answer) all the questions. He (write) very long answers to three questions and at that place (not be) enough time to respond the other two.

3. Henry came habitation at half past eleven terminal night. He (see) a friend in the street at seven o�clock and (go) to the cinema with him. When he got home, the house (be) ion darkness. Everybody (become) to bed.

four. Mr. Jones left the hospital at the stop of Apr. He (interruption) his leg in March and (exist) in hospital for virtually 5 weeks. He (get) into a taxi and (go) straight habitation. He (tell) everybody at dwelling house that the doctors and nurses (expect) later hin very well.

five. I left dwelling house this morning time at eight o�clock, (leap) on a bus and (sit) down. The usher (come) for the fare. I (put) my paw in my pocket for the money, just is (be) empty. I (forget) my money. I (get out) information technology on the tabular array in my sleeping room. I (have to get off the bus and go habitation once again. I (be) half and hour belatedly at the part that morning. I (never) be late before.

Exercise 30

Put the verbs in brackets into the past elementary and past perfect

He (look) at his watch. In a quarter of an 60 minutes he (be) due at the Full general Meeting of the New Colliery Company - i of the Uncle Jolyon�s concerns; he should see Uncle Jolyon in that location, and say something to him virtually Bossiney - (not/make) upward his mind what, but something - in whatsoever case he should not respond this alphabetic character until he (see) Uncle Jolyon. He (get) upwards and methidically (put) abroad the draft of his defence. Going into a dark fiddling cupboard, he (turn) up the light, (launder) his hands with a slice of brownish Windsor lather, and (dry out) them on a roller towel. And so he (brush) his hair, (turn) downwards the light, (take) his hat and (exit) the house.

Exercise 31

Put the verbs in brackets into the by simple and past perfect

It (be) then exiting to be actually at the party again. She (exist) pleased also with the warm reception she (receive). When she (enter) the business firm, everyone (rush) to her with cries of pleasure and welcome, (kiss) her, (shake) her hand, (tell) her they (miss) her dreadfully. Everyone (speak) gently with tears in their eyes and (ask) at length near her children. Everyone (ask) about Melanie and Ashley, enervating the reason why they, as well, (not/come) dorsum to Atlanta.

Exercise 32

Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple and by perfect

1. At one-half past 4 I (put) on the lights. The shop (look) shabbier in bogus calorie-free too, the shelves (be) dusty and the ceiling (exist/non painted) since I (become) there. It (be) full of cracks. I (look) in the mirror to come across how my hair (be). We were going somewhere that night, my friend Baba and me. My face up in the mirror (look) round and polish. I (suck) my cheeks in, to make them thinner. I (long) to be sparse like Baba.

2. He (tell) me that he (win) cups and medals for pond when he (be) a male child. He (live) most of his life in Dublin, with his mother, and (go) to work at twelve or thirteen. His father (exit) them when he (be) a small male child, and as a kid he (rummage) the beaches looking for chip.

Do 33

Put the verbs in brackets into the past uncomplicated and by perfect

ane. During that long drive he (experience) again feelings that he (not have) since the state of war.

2. His eyes (light) on the paper bag containing those things he (buy).

3. He (cease) suddenly and (hear) his eye in the silence. How far he (walk)? What hour it (be)?

four. Some sound in the night (awaken) me. I (roll) over in the blanket his aunt (loan) me and (become) out.

5. These (be) the highest words of praise they ever (hear) from the old human being.

6. half dozen. Evening (fall) when he (wake).

seven. At one-half by nine, when the last patient (go out) the surgery, he (come) out and (become) straight home.

8. He (hardly) achieve) the copse when the kitchen door (open) and steps (sound) on the wooden porch.

9. Melanie (turn) to her and on her face (be) the expression Scarlett never (see) in those serene eyes.

10. This (be) the talking between brothers who but (meet) upwardly with each other.

11. It (be) he who (ask) me to stay on when I (want) to leave.

12. For the commencement time since I (come) into the room, he (speak).

13. What (make) you remember me (be) upset) last night? - He (exercise) a thing he never (do) before.

14. He (talk) nearly the town, where he (live) for some years.

15. At one-half past four I (put) on the lights.

sixteen. He (say) she (read) all about it in the paper a yr or two earlier.

17. His father (arrive) last year.

eighteen. Tom (have) a feeling that he (see) the man before.

19, He (come) up terminal summer.

xx. I (work) in a florist�s in the due north of the town and (be) there for ii years.

21. She (keep) calling her son until he (return) to the front of the house.

22. He hardly (go) when the phone bell (ring).

23. Fleur (look) at her lookout man and (rise).

24. When her father (go) she (put) the book on the desk.

25. He (sink) into a chair, remembering what her father (say) to him a few days before his departure.

26. Eighteen years (go) since he starting time (go) into the St. John�due south Wood business firm.

27. It (seem) she (bulldoze) a long time when the car (stop).

28. This downward-break of his son, whom he (not see) weep since he (be) built-in, (move) Jolyon terribly.

29. She barely (get) when I (come).

thirty. Constance (catch) hold of the chair in which her mother (sit down) before.

31. It (be) notwithstanding early in the solar day to cook the meal, considering the sun (not attain) yet the apex.

32. With that he (plough) his back and (look) at the firm before which he (descend).

33. And there (begin) for Soames the near confused evening he ever (spend).

34. He (shake) hands and (hurry) off.

Exercise 34

Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple and past perfect

1. I (be) very conscientious not to hint or remind her in any way of what she (tell) me.

2. He (exist) with them every mean solar day since he (arrive) from London.

3. She (non encounter) him since long before her last son (be) born.

four. There (be) a curious expression on his face up I never (run into) before.

5. Well-nigh opposite (be) that gallery where she first (run across) him and John.

6. He (be) a instructor at the University as his father (be) earlier him.

vii. There (be) a silence subsequently she (go).

8. It (be) i of the happiest afternoons he ever (spend).

9. Then, turning the corner of the path, Erstwhile Jolyon (meet) Irene exactly where he (come across) her the offset time, on the log.

10. And still he (think) virtually it even after he (become) to bed.

11. And, paying for what he (not eat), he (go) out, passing two acquaintances without sign of recognition.

12. Very deliberately and carefully, Poirot (retell) the conversation he (hold) with Shaitana at Wessex House.

13. She just (open) the alphabetic character a few moments before my call (come up) through.

fourteen. She (greet) Poirot whom she (run across) before at a literary dinner in an agreeable bass vocalism.

15. There (be) something vaguely familiar about her face but I couldn�t remember where I (run across) her earlier.

sixteen. Big Ben (thump) out eleven strokes; Dandie (bark), and Michael (know) that Soames (come up).

17. He (step) frontward and there (appear) in his vocalization a quality of strength that his sis never (hear) before.

xviii. When Val (exit) them Soames and Winifred (make) their way to the Cheshire Cheese.

19. The onetime man (sit) in that location later on Lester (get), thinking deeply.

20. When an hr (pass) she (hear) somebody�s feet coming downwardly the street.

21. Most twenty people already (arrive) when they (enter) the hall.

22. They (not go) iv miles before Swithin (receive) the impression that Irene (like) driving with him.

23. Every 1 (stand) up. James (be) so onetime; and Soames (not be) at Timothy�s for near two years.

24. But he (not go) twoscore yards in the direction of Piccadilly when Holly�southward shay face (come) upwardly earlier him.

25. As it (be), he (receive) nods and even smiles form people who never (seem) to look at him before.

Practice 35

Put the verbs in brackets into the past uncomplicated, by progressive and past perfect

After Pissy (get), Scarlett (go) wearily into the downstairs hall and (light) a lamp. The house (feel) steamingly hot, as though it held in its walls all the heat of the noontide. Some of her dullness (pass) now and her breadbasket (clamour) for food. She (remember) she (accept) zilch) to swallow since the night earlier except a spoonful of hominy and picking up the lamp she (go) into the kitchen. The fire in the oven (die) only the room (exist) hot. She (detect) one-half a pone of bread and (consume) quickly while she (expect) about for other food. In that location (be) some hominy left in the pot and she (eat) it with a big cooking spoon, not waiting to put it on a plate. It (need) salt badly but she (be) too hungry to hunt for it. Later on iv spoonfuls of it, the rut of the room (exist) likewise much and, taking the lamp in one hand and a piece of bread in the other, she (become) out into the hall. Information technology (be) so much cooler here, even the dark was drowned in soft warmth. She (sit) down on the steps in the circumvolve of faint light thrown by the lamp and (keep) eating the bread.

When she (finish) it, a mensurate of strength (come) back to her.

Do 36

Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple, past progressive and by perfect

I (non/exist) in Tahiti long before I (meet) Captain Nichols. He (come) in 1 forenoon when I (take) breakfast on the terrace of the hotel and (innovate) himself. He (hear) that I (be) interested in Charles Strickland, and (announce) that he (come) to take a talk most him. I (enquire) the stranger if he (have) breakfast. �Yeah�� he (answer). When he (grin) he (evidence) broken and discoloured teeth. He (be) a very lean human, with grey hair cut short and a gray moustache. He (not/shave) for a couple of days.

�I knew Strickland well/� he (say), as he (lean) back in his chair and (lite) the cigar I (offer) him.

�Where you (meet) him?� I (inquire).

�In Marselles!�

�What y'all (do) there?�

He (grin) and (say): �Well, I guess I (be) on the embankment.�

Exercise 37

Put the verbs in brackets into the past uncomplicated, past progressive and by perfect

He (not/encompass) the first of those miles, all the same, when the luck (favour) him at last. He (meet) a cart turning in his management out of a field and this fourth dimension he (be) able to beg a lift, though it (take) several minutes to explain the commuter , a lilliputian onetime whiskered fellow nearly equally deaf as one of his ain sacks, exactly what he (want). And past the time he (make) it plain to his companion that he (travel) about, that he (want) a launder and brush-upward and some breakfast, Everwell itself (be) in sight. It (be) a little place that (look) somehow every bit if it had been dropped in that location.

Exercise 38

Put the verbs in brackets into the nowadays unproblematic, past simple, past progressive and past perfect

Nosotros just (finish) dejeuner. Mrs. Stacey (go) to her room to rest as usual. I (settle) her on her bed with plenty of pillows and her volume, and (leave) the room when she (call) me dorsum.

�Don�t go, nurse, there (be) something I (want) to say to you.�

I (come) dorsum into the room.

�Close the door.�

I (obey).

She (get) upwards from the bed and (brainstorm) to walk up and down the room. I could see that she (make) up her listen to something and I (not/like) to interrupt her. She (be) clearly in indecision of heed.

Department Five. Present Perfect Progressive

Chart 15. Present PERFECT PROGRESSIVE

	Right now I am sitting at my desk. a) I have been sitting here since seven o�clock. b) I have been sitting here for 2 hours. c) You take been studying for five directly hours. Why don�t you take a break? d) It has been raining all day. It is still raining correct now.	This tense is used to signal the duration of an activeness that began in the past and continues to the nowadays. When the tense has this meaning, it is used with time words such as for, since, all morning, all day, all week.
(recently)	e) I have been thinking about changing my major. f) All of the students accept been studying hard. Final exams start next calendar week. g) My back hurts, so I have been sleeping on the flooring lately. The bed is too soft.	When the tense is used without whatsoever specific mention of time, it expresses a general action in progress recently, lately.
	h) I have lived here since 1985. I have been living here since 1985. i) He has worked at the same shop for ten years. He has been working at the same shop for ten years.	With sure verbs (most notably live, work, teach), there is little or no divergence in significant between the 2 tenses when since of for is used.

Exercise 39

Use the present progressive of the present perfect progressive in the following sentences:

1. �In that location is a human being sitting at the showtime table near the door. He (wait) at usa,� she said. �He is, merely what of it?� �I (run into) him everywhere of belatedly.�

ii. Ever since my University days I (study) the history of Russia. At present I (read) books on the Civil War.

3. I know you (ask) for somebody with experience on your staff. At that place is a medico in our laboratory who might involvement yous. But he at present (finish) and experiment.

4. �I (visit) with friends.� �How long y'all (stay) with your friends?�

five. The door was opened by Mrs. Manning. �Well, well, you�re merely in time. I (brand) some cakes. And your father (have) breakfast.�

6. �Where�due south my daughter?� �She (talk) to a policeman.� �What�due south happened?� �She (bulldoze) without a license.�

seven. �I hope you lot (do) well?� �First-class/ I was very sorry that you left us. We (exercise) better e'er since.�

viii. �Hi,� she said. �I�m glad you (have) lunch hither. I (want) to talk to you.�

9. �Nosotros (stay) here nearly a week.� �I promise yous (not recollect) of leaving.�

x. �The daughter (expect) to see you lot, doctor.� �How long she (await)?�

Practice 40

Put the verbs in brackets into the present perfect or the present perfect progressive. (In some cases either could be used.)

one. We (walk) ten kilometres.

2. We (walk) for 3 hours.

3. You (walk) too fast. That/s why you are tired.

4. I (brand) a sausage rolls for the party all the forenoon.

v. How many you (make)? - I (make) 200.

6. That male child (eat) 7 ice-creams.

vii. He (not stop) eating since he arrived.

8. The commuter (drink). I recall someone else ought to drive.

9. I (pull) up 100 dandelions.

10. I (pull) up dandelions all day.

eleven. What you (practice)? - We (selection) apples.

12. How many you lot (option)? - We (pick) 10 baskets.

13. I (slumber) on every bed in this firm and I don�t like any of them.

14. He (sleep) since ten o�clock. Information technology�due south fourth dimension he woke up.

15. He (ride); that/southward why he is wearing breeches.

16. I (ride) all the horses in this stable.

17. What a lovely smell! - Mary (make) jam.

16. The students (work) very well this term.

19. I only (hear) from him twice since he went away.

20. I (hear) from her regularly. She is a very goo contributor.

21. I (grease) my car. That�s why my hands are and then muddy.

22. I (polish) this table all the morning and she isn�t satisfied with it yet.

23. I (work) for him for ten years and he never one time (say) �Good morning� to me.

25. He (teach) in this school for five years.

25. I (teach) hundreds of students but I never (run across) such a hopeless class as this.

26. Why you (be) and so long in the garage? - The tyres were flat; I (pump) them upwards.

27. I (pump) up iii tyres. Would you like to do the fourth?

28. I (wait) for mushrooms but I (not find) whatever.

29. He (cough) a lot lately. He ought to surrender smoking.

30. You (hear) the news? Jeff and Monica are engaged! - That�due south not new; I (know) it for ages!

31. I (try) to finish this letter for the concluding half-hour. I wish you�d go away or finish talking. - I hardly (say) anything.

32. The driver of that car (audio) his horn or the last 10 minutes.

33. It (rain) for 2 hours and the ground is too wet to play on, and so the match was postponed.

34. He (hope) for a rise in salary for six months but he (not dare) to ask for it nonetheless.

35. Mr. Stacey, y'all (whisper) to the student on you lot right for the final x minutes. You (aid) her with her exam newspaper of she (help) you lot?

36. Why you (make) such a terrible noise? - I (lose) my key and I (try) to wake my married woman by throwing stones at the window. - Yous (throw) stones at the wrong window. You live next door.

Practice 41

Put the verbs in brackets into the nowadays perfect or the present perfect progressive.

i. Why you (not bring) me the letters for signature? You (not type) them nevertheless?

2. I (do) housework all morning and I (non finish) yet. - I (do) min already. I always start at half-dozen a. yard.

three. She just (sell) two of her ain paintings. - She�south lucky. I (pigment) for five years and I (not sell) a single picture notwithstanding.

4. What you lot (do) with my typewriter? I tin�t notice it anywhere. - Tom only (become) off with it.

5. George (collect) match-boxes ever since he left schoolhouse. Now he (collect) then many that he doesn�t know where to put them.

vi. That man (stand up) at the bus end for the last one-half 60 minutes. Shall I tell him that the last passenger vehicle already (become)?

Do 42

Open up the brackets using the nowadays perfect or the present perfect progressive and either since or for.

Dear Pierre,

I�m glad that yous are my new pen-friend. Allow me tell yous something nigh myself and my hobbies.

I am 12 years former and I (attend) our local comprehensive school... nearly 2 years. I don�t similar school too much. I prefer riding my bicycle and playing football. I (ride) a bicycle... I was 7 and I (play) football for the school team... final Jan. Information technology�s a great fun. But I (not play) with the team... the last four weeks, because the weather�s been too moisture. I haven�t got any favourite school subjects apart from sports. I (learn) French at school... a year now, but I don�t really relish it. I have some interesting hobbies: I often get to football matches and... ii years now I (build) a model railway with my father.

I likewise have a favourite uncle in France. He (piece of work) in Paris... the summertime before last. He often writes to usa, but I (not write) to him... his birthday.

I (lie) in bed ill... over a week now. I (accept) a bad cold and a high temperature... last Sunday so I (not be able) to get to school... a week. Isn�t that a cracking pity? I (not practise) whatsoever homework... over a week, either.

Please write to me shortly.

With all-time wishes,

Peter Manning

Practice 43

Put the verbs in brackets into the present perfect or the present perfect progressive.

Tim Bryant, a magazine journalist, is interviewing Margaret Rodwell, the founder of a successful company.

TB:	So why do yous think your visitor has been (be) so successful?
MR:	Well, our products (fill) a big gap in the market and I call back one of the most important things is that we (ever listen) to our clients and we (act) on their comments and suggestions.
TB:	And what�due south a typical day for you lot?
MR:	Well, have today for example. I (interview) candidates for a marketing executive mail service.
TB:	And how many (you/interview)?
MR:	Er, I (interview) four so far. And I (talk) to clients on the phone on and off all mean solar day. I seem to spend a lot of fourth dimension on the telephone. I (discuss) some new ideas with them for the transportation and delivery of our products.
TB:	Mm, it sounds like a very busy solar day.
MR:	Ohm that/s merely part of it. I (take) two meetings: one with Union representatives and 1 with departmental heads. And I (also work) on a proposal for a new marketing strategy.
TB:	And information technology�s not two o�clock yet!
MR:	No, simply of course I (be) here since seven o�clock this morn.
TB:	Gosh. And I hope yous don�t heed my mentioning this Mrs. Rodwell, simply some rumours (broadcast) about your possible engagement to Mr. Mr. Manning, the banker.
MR:	No, at that place will be no engagement, though it�s true that Mr. Manning and I (see) each other. That�s no underground.
TB:	When you become the time, I suppose. And is it as well true that y'all (learn) Russian with a view to introducing your products there?
MR:	Yes, I have, just I (not learn) much yet, there�s still a long way for me to go.

Exercise 44

Put the verbs in brackets into the present perfect or the present perfect progressive.

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