Раскройте скобки, употребляя глаголы в требующемся времени. 1. Не ( to begin ) to write

1. Не began to write his composition at three o’clock. 2. It’s already eleven, and he has been still writing the letter. 3. We have been helping our librarian to put the books in the right order for already three days, but we have arranged only half the books. 4. What were you doing when I came in? 5. When I left home, the snow had already stopped.

1. He bought a book of English poems and gave it to his sister. 2. I wrote to him [wrote him - American English] asking to send me a box of chocolates. 3. The roof of the house is very old. 4. There is a monument to Pushkin in the Square of Arts. 5. We tried to speak to/with [to - преимущественно British English; with - преимущественно American English] him, but he didn’t want to listen to us. 6. On the twenty-fifth of December people celebrate Christmas.