Question

Откройте скобки, употребив глагол в правильной временной форме. My elder sister Ann 1) ... (always / be) very good at languages. By the time she 2) ... (leave) school she 3) ... (have) a good command of three languages - German, French and Italian. After finishing school she went to Spain where she 4) ... (study) Spanish and Portuguese at a language college for three years before she qualified as a professional interpreter. Later with her excellent knowledge of so many languages she 5) (get) a good job at the United Nations. Ann 6) ... (translate) from Spanish into French and from Portuguese into English over the last two years. She likes her job and hopes she 7) ... (get) a substantial promotion at the UN by next year. Showing a natural aptitude for languages she wishes she 8)... (study) Chinese or Japanese when at school. However, being quite persistent in her intentions, Ann strongly believes she 9) ... (become) an expert on these two oriental languages by the time she 10) ... (turn) 35.

Answer 1

My elder sister Ann 1) has always been very good at languages. By the time she 2) left school, she 3) had had a good command of three languages — German, French and Italian. After finishing school she went to Spain where she 4) had been studying Spanish and Portuguese at a language college for three years before she qualified as a professional interpreter. Later with her excellent knowledge of so many languages she 5) got a good job at the United Nations. Ann 6) has been translating from Spanish into French and from Portuguese into English over the last two years. She likes her job and hopes she 7) will have got a substantial promotion at the UN by next year. Showing a natural aptitude for languages she wishes she 8) had studied Chinese or Japanese when at school. However, being quite persistent in her intentions, Ann strongly believes she 9) will have become an expert on these two oriental languages by the time she 10) turns 35.

Answer 2

1. has always been
2. left
3. had
4. studied
5. has got
6. has been translating
7. will get
8. had studied
9. will become
10. turns