- Где ты был вчера вечером?
- Твои родители когда-нибудь ездили за границу?
- Я недавно прочитал очень интересную статью.
- Мы всё сделали.
- Думаю, это лучший исторический фильм из всех, что я видел.
- Они на днях утвердили нашу смету.
- Когда Вы сняли свой первый фильм?
- Сколько Вы уже сняли фильмов?
- В котором часу они вернулись?
- Насколько я могу судить, у него последнее время было много проблем.
- Они только что закончили съёмки.
- Я об этом что-то слышал, но не помню, что.
- Я забыл, как её зовут.
- Где Вы родились?
Exercise 37. Put the verb in brackets in Present Perfect or Past Simple.
1. A: … (you / meet) Roy’s girlfriend?
B: Actually, I … (see) her a couple of times but I
… (never /talk) to her.
… (you / ever / speak) to her?
A: Yes. I … (meet) her at a party the other week.
She’s really nice and friendly.
2. A: Hello! I … (not / see) you for ages! You look
wonderful! … (you / be) away?
B: Yes, I … (go) to the South of France last week.
A: Really? … (you / have) a good time?
B: Yeah, it … (be) great! I … (do) a bit of sightseeing of course, but
mainly I just … (chill out).
A: Lucky you!
3. VGIK is the oldest Film School in the world. It … (start) on 1, September, 1919 as a film acting school. Four years later the school … (open) a photography department and since then it … (grow) into one of the biggest film schools. VGIK … (add) the name Gerasimov in 1986, a year after the famous director and actor … (die). Many outstanding filmmakers … (teach) here, including S. Eisenstein, L. Kuleshov, V. Pudovkin, M. Romm, to name just a few.
VGIK … (change) a lot over its history. To begin with, the school … (occupy) just two rooms in the center of Moscow. Since 1934 it … (be) housed in the Gorky Film Studios building and it … (move) to its present location in the 50-s. A small acting school … (become) a university. Spacious buildings … (replace) tiny rooms. Teaching methods … (improve). Future filmmakers who … (not have) any facilities can now use the newest equipment. Students who … (have) to go and film in Gorky Studios don’t have to do it anymore. Computerisation … (enable) teachers to introduce digital techniques. Editing that … (take) months to do in the past is now done in days. Students … (become) familiar with advanced software.
It isn’t surprising that people all over the world … (hear) about VGIK. Many famous people … (study) here; many VGIK graduates … (win) international awards.
Exercise 38. Write true sentences (positive or negative) with Present Perfect or Past
Simple. You can come up with your own ideas or use these.
Take a driving test eat a birthday cake write an email play cards
Play the guitar eat caviar ride a bike have some friends round
Go clubbing buy a new gadget do yoga bite nails see an elephant
1. I … since last year.
2. The other week I …
3. A friend of mine … recently.
4. This month I …
5. I … since I left school.
6. Last night I …
7. I … over the last six months or so.
8. I … so far.
9. A couple of days ago a friend of mine …
SPEAKING AND
COMMUNICATION
Exercise 39. Say if you have ever done these things and if you have add one more phrase
