Exercise 36. Translate from Russian into English.

1. A: … (you / meet) Roy’s girlfriend?

B: Actually, I … (see) her a couple of times but I

… (never /talk) to her.

… (you / ever / speak) to her?

A: Yes. I … (meet) her at a party the other week.

She’s really nice and friendly.

2. A: Hello! I … (not / see) you for ages! You look

wonderful! … (you / be) away?

B: Yes, I … (go) to the South of France last week.

A: Really? … (you / have) a good time?

B: Yeah, it … (be) great! I … (do) a bit of sightseeing of course, but

mainly I just … (chill out).

A: Lucky you!

3. VGIK is the oldest Film School in the world. It … (start) on 1, September, 1919 as a film acting school. Four years later the school … (open) a photography department and since then it … (grow) into one of the biggest film schools. VGIK … (add) the name Gerasimov in 1986, a year after the famous director and actor … (die). Many outstanding filmmakers … (teach) here, including S. Eisenstein, L. Kuleshov, V. Pudovkin, M. Romm, to name just a few.

VGIK … (change) a lot over its history. To begin with, the school … (occupy) just two rooms in the center of Moscow. Since 1934 it … (be) housed in the Gorky Film Studios building and it … (move) to its present location in the 50-s. A small acting school … (become) a university. Spacious buildings … (replace) tiny rooms. Teaching methods … (improve). Future filmmakers who … (not have) any facilities can now use the newest equipment. Students who … (have) to go and film in Gorky Studios don’t have to do it anymore. Computerisation … (enable) teachers to introduce digital techniques. Editing that … (take) months to do in the past is now done in days. Students … (become) familiar with advanced software.

It isn’t surprising that people all over the world … (hear) about VGIK. Many famous people … (study) here; many VGIK graduates … (win) international awards.

Exercise 38. Write true sentences (positive or negative) with Present Perfect or Past

Simple. You can come up with your own ideas or use these.