a) 1. I can't speak about this book, as I ... it. (have not read) 2. The sun ... the whole morning today. (was shining) 3. It is Friday today. Have you seen him this week? — Yеs,I saw him on Monday. 4. Every day I ... my watch at nine o'clock in the evening. 5. When did you come to Petersburg? I came to Petersburg in 1995. 6. Ann, what are you doing here? I am waiting for a friend of mine. 7. Have you bought the dictionary? — Yes, I bought it two days ago. 8. She did not write anything about it yesterday. 9. What exercise are you writing? — I am writing exercise No. 3. 10. This student always ... to speak English with his comrades. ( tries)
b) Here in Moscow in the past 12 months nearly half a million people have moved
into new flats, centrally heated, well equipped and let at fabulously
high rents. Like the Yelkins, for instance, a family of three,
who have paid a large sum for a two- roomed flat with a kitchen and
bathroom, central heating and constant hot water. And they are
one among thousands of families.