D. Put the verbs in the brackets into the appropriate form.

1. Annual output of this enterprise is constantly growing.

2. Ann is going to London next week.

3. While I was cooking dinner my sisters came suddenly into the kitchen.

4. The hippo has been to the doctor three times already this week.

5. You look so tired! What you have you been doing?

6. As we had been talking for an hour, I got tired.

7. When you wake tomorrow I will be sitting in the train.

8. Look! Our bus is approaching.

9. When I finally got home, the lights were out. Everybody had gone to sleep.

10. All the letters had been/will have been written by the end of the week.

11. How did you get into the house last night if you had lost your key?

12. I promised the dwarf last week that I would visit him the following day.

13. We have been studying very hard since she became our teacher.

14. Mr. Pitt picked the magazine from the floor where it had fallen.

15. Now scientists predict that by the year 2025 the population will have risen to eight billion.

16. The ogre wants to open a sport shop. He has never run a business before. He has already consulted a number of specialists. Now he wants to ask for a bank loan.

17. The princess was very happy when the ogre apologized to her and gave her flowers after he had hurt her the day before.

18. Last September Shreck spent his holiday with the donkey. From the first day he realized he had made a mistake as the donkey never stopped talking.

19. If you do not pay the bill immediately, the waiter will call the police.

20. The number of cars has risen by 58% since 1985.

21. Do you still think the dwarf will have finished building his new house by the end of the summer?

22. Why did the ogre open the shop? – He had always wanted to do that.

23. Last week the witch borrowed the princess’s dress. While she was wearing it she spilt some brew on it. Now she is wondering what to do about it.

24. The ogre was tired yesterday as he had been driving all the way.

25. When I entered the house, I saw that the ogre was sitting in front of the fire and reading a magazine. He asked me if I would come to the king’s palace with him.

26. The lecture has not begun yet, and the students are talking in the corridor.

27. Oh, I see the dragon has given up smoking. When did he decide to stop it?

28. When a child I disliked the girl next door. She was always teasing me and fighting with me.

29. I was very glad to know that the dwarf was coming to see me on Christmas.

30. How long did he wait for Steve yesterday? – He had been waiting for twenty minutes when Steve came at last.

E. Change the sentences according to the models:

We have no news of him – We haven’t any news of him.

There is no explanation for the failure. – There isn’t any explanation for the failure.

1. Some people have no sense of humour. – Some people don’ thave any sense of humour.2. It makes no difference to me. – It doesn’t make any difference to me.3. He gave us no instructions. – He didn’t give us any instructions. 4. Kelly has no brother or sister. Kelly hasn’ a brother or a sister.5. Mrs. Pitt is no person to let you down. – Mrs. Pitt is not a person to let you down. 6. The ogre was in no mood to join us. – The ogre wasn’t in any mood to help us. 7. No teacher is perfect. – Not a teacher is perfect. 8. There is no life on Mars. – There isn’t any life on Mars. 9. No beer for Sharikoff today. – Not any beer for Sharikoff today. 10. Robert is no fool, believe me. – Robert is not a fool, believe me. 11. Brendon has no job, no money, no family to support him. – Brendon doesn’t have (hasn’t) a job, any money, a family to support him. 12. There is no sign of the dwarf yet. – There is not a sign of the dwarf yet. 13. It’s no problem at all. It’s not a problem at all. 14. The trolls had no plans for the summer. The trolls didn’t have any plans for the summer. 15. We need no food today, we’ll dine out. We don’t need any food today, we’ll dine out.

F. Use the words in the brackets to form a word that fits in each space. The first one is done for you.