Put the verbs in brackets into a correct past form, translate the
sentences into Ukrainian and comment on the English and Ukrainian of
tense and aspect forms:
1.After some desultory conversation, the Director inquired how long he __
Montanelli. (to know) (Voynich) 2. It was almost dinner-time by then, and we
__ no food all day, but neither of us was hungry, (to have) (Hilton) 3. We_ in
silence for some time when Ah-Yen spoke, (to smoke) (Leacock) 4. The party __
already __ for a week before I could get away from London, (to sail) (Snow) 5.
Breakfast __ long __ on the table, when Arthur came tearing into the room, (to
be — negative) (Voynich) 6. Me. Morrough, who __ my doctor for some years
and __ also my friend, came at once, (to be, to be) (Johnson) 7. since his arrival
in April he __ simply __ round the house, helping Ann with the washing up,
running errands, (to hang) (Murdoch) 8. She __ there more than two months
when she fell down a flight of steps and hurt her spine, (te be — negative)
(Mansfield) 9. He found that he __ stock still for over half an hour, wrestling with
his thoughts, (to stand) (Lindsay) 10. Bertha __ at her husband since he came
into the room, unable in astonishment to avert her eyes, (to look) (Maugham)