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1. Alexander Pushkin was born in 1799 (seventeen ninety-nine).
He died in 1837 (eighteeen thirty-seven).
2. Leo Tolstoy was born in 1828 (eighteen twenty-eight).
He died in 1910 (nineteen hundred ten).
3. Mikhail Lermontov was born in 1814 (eighteen fourteen).
He died in 1841 (eighteen forty-one).
4. Anton Chekhov was born in 1860 (eighteen sixty). 
He died in 1904 (nineteen hundred four).
5. Ivan Krylov was born in 1769 (seventeen sixty-nine).
He died in 1844 (eighteen fourty-four).
6. Ivan Turgenev was born in 1818 (eighteen eighteen).
He died in 1883 (eighteen eighty-three).

We were going shopping when we saw him.
Where were at 12 o'clock? I was at university . I had lessons at that time.
He went to the room and saw the his father was reading a newspaper.
Were you translating an article or getting ready for a test for 2 hours? I was getting ready for a test.
When I stepped up to him he were sunbathing.
We were talking about him when he came in.
Were you having breakfast when I rang you?
I didn't make notes when he was reading a lecture.
Were you watching Tv or listening to music at that time I had dinner ?