1.read the text and fill in the gaps with the appropriate word. check with a partner.
2.read the first paragraph of the text. write two questions you would like to ask Mark Boyle. read the text. Can you answer your questions?
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b: then where have you been? (present perfect)

a: oh, nowhere. i wanted (past simple) to go to america two years ago,but now i don't want to go there.

b: why?

a: i understood (past simple) that my wish is impossible, so i abandoned(past simple) that idea. 

и 2-я

b: have you heard some interesting news? (present perfect)

a: no.

b: i heard (past simple) that brian flunked (past simple) his exam last week. 

a: why did (past simple)he flunk the exam?

b: he lost (past simple)his homework, so he didn't repeat a topic.(past simple)

перевести надо, или что?

эти два длинных узких коридора важны для всей страны, потому что сюда приходят члены парламента для голосования.

  how long have you been trying to find a job?

for three years. it was really difficult.

how many jobs have you had?  

about thirty, maybe more i have been doing everything.

how long have you been standing here today?  

i have  been waiting since 8: 00 this morning, and i'm freezing.  

1)she wasn't invited to the party by them.

2)the windows were not left open by me.

  3) the light wasn't turnud off by them.

  4)some friends have been invited to tea by me.

  5) an english book has been given me by her.

  6)have the letter been written yet?

  7) we have been told a lot of interesting things by them.