1. They completed all the preparations by five o’clock.
2. Please, tell me where you were goingto yesterday at 3 o’clock..
3. I had written to you several days ago. I wanted to know more about the entrance exams.
4. She had returned from Chicago yesterday.
5. When she came back she found out that somebody had broken the front door.
6. What did you do at this time yesterday? I was skating .
7. Have you been waiting for me for a long time? Yes, I have waited for you since 2 o’clock.
8. I returned home, shook the water off my raincoat and hang it up.
9. Everything had been ready by 2. So when I came the hostess was having a rest before the guests arrived.
10. He found the place even more beautiful than he expected.
11. We could not start the experiment before we had obtained the necessary data..
12. The use of metals had marked one of the greatest stages in the evolution of man.
13. At the same time they were discussing the results of the experiment.
14. The treatment of steel is now an elaborate science.
15. The use of vacuum methods in metallurgy considerably increased since the mid-fifties.
1.Было: They completed all the preparations by five o’clock.
Стало: They have completed all preparations for the five o’clock.
2.Было: Please, tell me where you were goingto yesterday at 3 o’clock..
Стало: Please tell me where you went yesterday at 3: 00..
3.Было: I had written to you several days ago. I wanted to know more about the entrance exams.
Стало: I wrote to you a few days ago. I wanted to know more about the entrance exams.
4. Было:She had returned from Chicago yesterday.
Стало: She came back from Chicago yesterday.
5. Было:When she came back she found out that somebody had broken the front door.
Стало:When she came back, she found out someone broke the front door.
6. Было:What did you do at this time yesterday? I was skating .
Стало: What were you doing yesterday at this time? I was skating.
7.Было: Have you been waiting for me for a long time? Yes, I have waited for you since 2 o’clock.
Стало: Have you been waiting for me a long time? Yes I have been waiting for you since 2 o’clock.
8.Было: I returned home, shook the water off my raincoat and hang it up.
Стало: I went home, shook the water off my raincoat and hung it.
9.Было: Everything had been ready by 2. So when I came the hostess was having a rest before the guests arrived.
Стало: Everything was ready for 2. So when I came the hostess had a rest before arrival of guests.
10.Было: He found the place even more beautiful than he expected.
Стало: He found this place even more beautiful than he expected.
11. Было:We could not start the experiment before we had obtained the necessary data..
Стало: We could not start the experiment before we got the data we needed..
12.Было: The use of metals had marked one of the greatest stages in the evolution of man.
Стало: The use of metals had marked one of the greatest stages in the evolution of man.
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13. Было:At the same time they were discussing the results of the experiment.
Стало: At the same time they were discussing the results of the experiment.
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14. Было:The treatment of steel is now an elaborate science.
Стало:Steel processing is now an elaborate science.
15. Было:The use of vacuum methods in metallurgy considerably increased since the mid-fifties.
Стало: The use of vacuum methods in metallurgy has increased significantly since the mid-fifties.