1. The boys had played basketball by 5 o’clock. Past Perfect Past Perfect Continuous 2. It had been raining. Past Perfect Past Perfect Continuous 3. I had talked to Mary yesterday. Past Perfect Continuous Past Perfect

“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Cicero
Комната без книг - как тело без души.

 “I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.”
― Jorge Luis Borges
Я всегда представлял что рай  - это библиотека.

A good book has no ending.  ~R.D. Cumming
у хорошей книги нет конца.


A book is like a garden carried in the pocket.  ~Chinese Proverb
книга - это сад, который ты носишь в своём кармане
 

Book lovers never go to bed alone.  ~Author Unknown
Любители книг никогда не ложаться спать одни


Books are lighthouses erected in the great sea of time.  ~E.P. Whipple
книги - это маяки в море времени


To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.  ~Edmund Burke
Читать и не размышлять - это то же самое что есть и не переваривать

We were going shopping when we saw him.
Where were at 12 o'clock? I was at university . I had lessons at that time.
He went to the room and saw the his father was reading a newspaper.
Were you translating an article or getting ready for a test for 2 hours? I was getting ready for a test.
When I stepped up to him he were sunbathing.
We were talking about him when he came in.
Were you having breakfast when I rang you?
I didn't make notes when he was reading a lecture.
Were you watching Tv or listening to music at that time I had dinner ?