Видовременная система глагола упражнение №5

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1. We ______ to the top of Holborn Hill before I ______ that he was not smiling at all.






2. Turning from the Temple gate as soon as I ______ the warning, I ______ my way to Fleet Street, and then ______ to Covent Garden.






3. Seventy-seven detective novels and books of stories by Agatha Christie ______ into every major language, and her sales ______ in tens of millions.






4. In recent years, scientific and technological developments ______ human life on our planet, as well as our views both of ourselves as individuals in society and of the universe as a whole.






5. Before we ______ from swimming in the river near the camp, someone ______ our clothes, and we had to walk back with our towels around us.






6. Our new neighbours ______ in Arizona for ten years before moving to their present house.






7. We went into the house by a side door and the first thing I ______ was that the passages ______ all dark, and that she ______ a candle burning there.






8. The sun ______ brightly all day on the roof of my attic, and the room was warm.






9. Although the period that we call "the Renaissance" ______ in Italy in the fourteenth century, this idea of rebirth in learning characterized other epochs in history in different parts of the world.






10. Egyptians left no written accounts as to the execution of mummification, so the scientists ______ to examine mummies and establish their own theories.






11. In spite of the fact that it ______ all day long, the match ______ and the stands were full of spectators.






12. Many football fans claimed that after "Real FC" ______ that important game it ______ no chance to win the championship.






13. I wish he ______ last Friday but his flight ______ because of bad weather. If he ______ the next day I would have brought him by car.






14. After many long years of devoted and patient instruction, the doctor ______ able to get the boy to clothe and feed himself, recognize and utter a number of words, as well as write letters and form words.






15. At the first stages of the Industrial Revolution advertising ______ a relatively straightforward means of announcement and communication and was used mainly to promote novelties and fringe products which ______ unknown to the public.






16. Towards the end of the 19th century the larger companies ______ more and more on mass advertising to promote their new range of products. The market during this period ______ by a small number of giant, conglomerate enterprises.






17. To cater for the fitness boom of the 80s and provide the up-to-date facilities people want, over 1,500 private health and fitness clubs ______ during the past 15 years.






18. In 1936 the British Broadcasting Corporation ______ to provide a public radio service. Since then the BBC ______ by the establishment of independent and commercial radio and television, which ______ the BBC's broadcasting monopoly.






19. The Neolithic Age was a period of history which ______ in approximately 6000 B.C. and ______ until 3000 B.C.






20. A major problem in the construction of new buildings is that windows ______ while air conditioning systems