№2. Готовимся к ЕГЭ. Тренировочные упражнения (Tenses)

11 class

Task. Fill the gaps with a verb in the correct tense. Use Present Simple / Past Simple /

future Simple/ Past Continues /Present Perfect /Past Perfect

One summer morning Meeks 1                                      from the West to New          COME

York to find his sister. She 2                               Mrs. Mary Snyder, a widow,         BE

aged 52, who 3                                            for a year in a treatment house in a        LIVE

crowded district. At her address somebody 4                              him that Mary       TELL

5                                       away longer than a month before. No one could tell         MOVE

him her new address.

On coming out of the house Mr. Meeks 6                                      a policeman          ADDRESS

who 7                                         on the corner, and explained his difficulty to         STAND

him. “I 8                                    a lot of money recently and I’d like to help             MAKE

Mary as soon as possible”, he added. The policeman 9                                            PULL

his moustache and 10                               Meeks about Juggins. He said that            TELL

Juggins 11                                     the leader of a new school of detectives.             BE

“Juggins 12                                           some very difficult cases.               SOLVE

I 13____________                  you to him”, the policeman said.                                 TAKE

“If I find your sister, you 14_____________            me two hundred dollars.           PAY

I 15                                        to solve your case. The disappearance of people         TRY

in the city is the most interesting problem I16                                       ”,        EVER WORK at said the famous detective, 17                                  and put on his hat.                   RISE

In fifteen minutes Juggins 18                                          holding a little piece           RETURN

of paper with Mary’s new address. After Meeks 19                                                 PAY

his bill, he asked the detective to explain what he 20                                     .          DO

“I 21                                you as it’s a professional secret”, answered Juggins        NOT TELL

and 22                                     a wink at the policeman.                                              GIVE