Task 2. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense: 1) It (happen) long ago. 2) The card (send) two days ago. 3) Mum wanted me (send) the card. 4) Who often (send) cards? — They do. 5) (send) the card (send) tomorrow? 6) He said he already (send) the card. 7) I’m tired. I (prepare) the report since breakfast. 8) If he (send) the card today, they (receive) it on Friday. 9) Alexander Pushkin (receive) his early education at home. 10) In Russia children (go) to school at the age of seven. 11) I don’t think he (be) on time tomorrow unless he (go) by train. 12) I wonder if he (go) by train tomorrow. 13) She (drop) her favourite cup while she (dry) the cups. 14) Yesterday she (help) her mother. She (mop/dry) the floor, (mop/dry) the cups and (lay) the table. 15) Why can’t she answer the phone? — She (mop) the floor. 16) Do you want me (lay) the table? — Let her (lay) the table. I want you (mop) the floor.

1. It happened long ago.
2. The card was sent two days ago.
3. Mum wanted me to send the card.
4. Who often sends cards? — They do.
5. Will the card be sent tomorrow?
6. He said he had already sent the card.
7. I’m tired. I have been preparing the report since breakfast.
8. If he sends the card today, they will receive it on Friday.
9. Alexander Pushkin received his early education at home.
10. In Russia children go to school at the age of seven.
11. I don’t think he will be on time tomorrow unless he goes by train.
12. I wonder if he will go by train tomorrow.
13. She dropped her favourite cup while she was drying the cups.
14. Yesterday she helped her mother. She mopped the floor, dried the cups and laid the table.
15. Why can’t she answer the phone? — She is mopping the floor.
16. Do you want me to lay the table? — Let her lay the table. I want you to mop the floor.

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