Exercise 1.34. Use the proper tense form of the verbs in brackets. 1. The students (go) to the party yesterday. 2. We (look) at the calculating device made in the XVII century. 3. They (change) their teachers every year. 4. They (interrupt) our talk. 5. My friend (work) at this project three months ago. 6. Our lecturer (be) at the lecture at 8 o’clock. 7. She (stay) at home tomorrow. 8. I (ask) him about it before he (go). 9. I (wait) for my friend when the phone (ring). 10. I’ll come at 3 o’clock. – Good. I (wait) for you. 11. If I receive any message from him I (let) you know. 12. He (know) me for over 10 years. 13. We lived here when I (be) five. 14. I just (tell) you the answer. 15. My friends (go) away five minutes ago. 16. My roommate wasn’t at home when I arrived. He just (go) out. 17. After they (show) their passports to the officials at the airport they (get) on the bus and (go) to the Terminal. 18. When my thoughts are written down I (finish) with them and I shall have time to think of other things. 19. I suppose by then they (settle) all the problems. 20. We (study) at this university for two years. 21. We (wait) for several days before he (answer) our questions. 22. My friend (tell) me yesterday he (be) very happy that he (graduate) from the university. 23. Don’t (go) to Peter’s place right now, he (be) busy. He (write) a new program for his project. If you (come) after six he (be) very glad and (demonstrate) it to you. 24. If you (help) me I (do) this work well. 25. There (be) the time when only privileged people (have) an opportunity to learn the basics, called the three R’s: reading, writing, and arithmetics. 26. Computers (become) commonplace in homes, offices, stores, schools, research institutes, plants; the use of computers in business, industry and communication services (be) widespread today. 27. The system did not work because they (connect) the loudspeaker wrongly. 28. While they (carry out) tests in the laboratories, researches (analyze) past results. 29. Many people today (telecommute) – that is, (use) their computers to stay in touch with the office while they (work) at home. 30. Helen (learn) English at the university. She (learn) English since last autumn.