To be в настоящем и прошедшем времени

Внaстоящем: i-am you-are he, she, it - is we, you, they-are в прошедшем: i, he, she, it-was they, you, we-were

At present the british royal family is headed by queen elizabeth. when the queen was born on the 21st of april 1926, her grandfather, king george v, was on the throne and her uncle was his heir. the death of her grandfather and the abdication of her uncle brought her father to the throne as king george vi.as a child she studied constitutional history and law as well as art and music. in addition she learned to ride and acquired her enthusiasm for horses. as she grew older she began to take part in public life, making her first broadcast at the age of 14.the marriage of the young princess elizabeth to philip, duke of edinburgh took place in november 1947. she came to the throne after her father's death in 1952 and was crowned in westminster abbey in june 1953.among queen elizabeth's many duties are the regular visits she makes to foreign countries, and especially those of the commonwealth, whose interests and welfare are very important to her. the queen has allowed the bbc to make a documentary film about the every day of the royal family. she also started the tradition of the "walkabout", an informal feature of an otherwise formal royal visit, when she walks among the public crowds and stops to talk to some people.the annual christmas broadcast made by the queen on radio and television has become a traditional and popular feature of the season, and there were widespread celebrations and special programmes of events in 1977 to mark her silver jubilee. the queen's husband, duke of edinburgh, was born in 1926 and served in the royal navy. he takes a great deal of interest in industry, in the achievements of young people (he founded duke of edinburgh's award scheme in 1956) and in saving raise wild animals from extinction.

1. the war has been raging for 9 month now.  2. hae you written down his e-mail address?   3. how long have you been working for this company?   4. i hhave been queueing for half an hour so far.  5. have you been to the supermarket?   6. i haven't bought a new dress since christmass.  7. i have not heard from him for ages.  8. i have been waiting for you.  9. we have not had such a snowy winter since my daughter was born.  10. a lot of things have changed since you left  11. it has been snowing since yesterday morning  12. i have been trying to catch a taxi for an hour now  13. have you  passed your driving test yet?   14.  have you booked the plane tickets?   15. has his plane landed yet?   16. we have stayed at this hotel several times.