Exercise 1. comment on the use of present simple, present progressive, present perfect simple and present perfect progressive.

1. cousin feenix rises, when the company have breakfasted and the servants have left the room.
2. general is sitting in his library chair and his friend is sitting opposite him.
3. gerald, if you are going away with lord illingworth, go at once. go before it kills me. but don’t ask me to meet him.
4. “you’ve lived here for about forty years, haven't you? ” said devra.

exercise 2. comment on the use of past simple, past progressive, past perfect simple and past perfect progressive.

1. the cook used to snatch away the letters from home, before she had read them.
2. at one o’clock that night mrs. smith came down from the third floor, where she had been unpacking lon’s things.
3. we thought you must be dreadfully learned by now. you were always doing your lessons.
4. after the girls went upstairs, mrs. smith got up and walked slowly through the dining room into the kitchen. i saw that it was 2 o’clock. we had been sitting there an hour and a half.

exercise 3. insert the present simple, present progressive, present perfect simple and present perfect progressive.

1. i want to see how much i saw him last(to change).
2. word from him since she left him? (hear)
3. he of work for three months(to be).
4. here’s my keys. leave).

exercise 4. insert the past simple, past progressive, past perfect simple and past perfect progressive.

1. he no sooner the rooms than he to engage them ( to see, to decide).
2. his eyes opened wearily when his wife and the bed ( to approach).
3. he rose to his feet, the edge of the desk ( to sit).
4. he told me that an american signore there for three months.( to stay)