Where's Pete? I (not see) him for ages. I (not see) Pete last night. We (be) at primary school from 1993 to 1998. We (be) in this class since September. I (not watch) this video yet. I (not watch) a video at the weekend. Упражнение 2. 1. I (never/ be) to the USA. I (want) to go there last summer but I couldn’t. 2. He (live) in this street all his life. 3. His father (come back) to London last Sunday. 4. Yan (write) a letter to Nick two days ago. 5. He (send) his letter yesterday. 6. They (just/ buy) some postcards. С переводом НАДО

Where's Pete? I (not see) him for ages. (Где Пит? Я давно его не видел.) - The correct form of the verb is "haven't seen". The sentence should be "I haven't seen him for ages." This means that I have not seen Pete for a long time. I (not see) Pete last night. (Я не видел Пита вчера вечером.) - The correct form of the verb is "didn't see". The sentence should be "I didn't see Pete last night." This means that I did not see Pete yesterday evening. We (be) at primary school from 1993 to 1998. (Мы учились в начальной школе с 1993 по 1998 год.) - The correct form of the verb is "were". The sentence should be "We were at primary school from 1993 to 1998." This means that we studied at primary school during those years. We (be) in this class since September. (Мы в этом классе с сентября.) - The verb form "have been" should be used instead of "be" to show the duration. The sentence should be "We have been in this class since September." This means that we have been in this class from September until now. I (not watch) this video yet. (Я ещё не смотрел это видео.) - The verb form "haven't watched" should be used to indicate that the action has not happened until now. The sentence should be "I haven't watched this video yet." This means that I have not watched the video up to this point. I (not watch) a video at the weekend. (Я не смотрел видео на выходных.) - The correct form of the verb is "didn't watch". The sentence should be "I didn't watch a video at the weekend." This means that I did not watch a video during the weekend. Exercise 2: 1. I (never/ be) to the USA. I (want) to go there last summer but I couldn't. (Я никогда не был в США. Я хотел туда поехать прошлым летом, но не смог.) - The correct form of the verb is "have never been" to show that the action has not happened at any time before. The sentence should be "I have never been to the USA. I wanted to go there last summer but I couldn't." This means that I have never visited the USA before and I wanted to go there last summer but it was not possible. 2. He (live) in this street all his life. (Он живет на этой улице всю свою жизнь.) - The correct form of the verb is "has lived" to show the duration. The sentence should be "He has lived in this street all his life." This means that he has been living in this street for his entire life. 3. His father (come back) to London last Sunday. (Его отец вернулся в Лондон в прошлое воскресенье.) - The correct form of the verb is "came back". The sentence should be "His father came back to London last Sunday." This means that his father returned to London on the specific Sunday in the past. 4. Yan (write) a letter to Nick two days ago. (Ян написал письмо Нику два дня назад.) - The correct form of the verb is "wrote" to indicate the past action. The sentence should be "Yan wrote a letter to Nick two days ago." This means that Yan completed the action of writing a letter to Nick in the past. 5. He (send) his letter yesterday. (Он отправил своё письмо вчера.) - The correct form of the verb is "sent" to indicate the past action. The sentence should be "He sent his letter yesterday." This means that he completed the action of sending his letter in the past. 6. They (just/ buy) some postcards. (Они только что купили открытки.) - The correct form of the verb is "have just bought" to show that the action was completed very recently. The sentence should be "They have just bought some postcards." This means that they completed the action of buying postcards very recently.