Assignment 2 – Past simple/continuous/perfect/perfect continuous and Present perfect/perfect
                                            continuous

Exercise 1

1. It is already 9:30 PM and I (wait)               here for over an hour. If John does not get
here in the next five minutes, I am going to leave.


2. I was really angry at John yesterday. By the time he finally arrived, I (wait)
             for over an hour. I almost left without him.


3. Did you hear that Ben was fired last month? He (work)               for that import company for
more than ten years and he (work)                                  in almost every department.
Nobody knew the company like he did.


4. I (see)                                   many pictures of the pyramids before I went to Egypt.
Pictures of the monuments are very misleading. The pyramids are actually quite small.


5. Sarah (climb)                                   the Matterhorn,
(sail)                                              around the world, and (go)
              on safari in Kenya. She is such an adventurous person.


6. Sarah (climb)                                   the Matterhorn,
(sail)                                   around the world and (go)                             on
safari in Kenya by the time she turned twenty-five. She
                (experience) more by that age than most people do in their entire lives.


7. When Melanie came into the office yesterday, her eyes were red and watery. I think she
 (cry)                                     .







Exercise 2

My English is really getting better. I (try)                   to learn the language since 2010,
but only recently have I been able to make some real progress. By the time I started high school in
2013, I (study)                                              the language for almost three years;
however, I was only able to introduce myself and utter a few memorized sentences. For a couple more
years, I (struggle)                                              through grammar and vocabulary
lessons, which made absolutely no difference. Nothing worked, so I decided to study abroad.


I found an exchange program in England that sounded like the perfect answer. I (stay)
                         with a host family for one month. It was a huge disappointment! I (sit)
                                      there the whole time staring at the host mother and father
hoping that there would be some breakthrough. Nothing.


When I returned, I mentioned to a friend that I (have)                               problems with
the language for years. He recommended that I spend a year in an English speaking country. I
decided to go abroad again. I (research)                                            exchange
programs for a couple of weeks and finally decided on a school in the United States.


Well, it worked. I (live)                                   and (study) in the U.S. for more than
two years. I (stay)                            here for at least another year before I return home.
By then, I should be completely fluent.