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   , 2026



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 1: The Tenses





WEIRD TEST


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 Good morning, my dear students,   .    ,    .  Lets see if your brain survived the weekend. Quick question: whats the difference between Present Perfect and Past Simple?

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 Piece of cake,   ,    .  Past Simple is for stuff thats done and gone, like I ate pizza yesterday. Present Perfect is when its still relevant, like I have just eaten pizza and Im full.

 Good for you, Max,    ,      .  Those two years in the States really paid off. Andrey, youre up!  , ,      .   -,  Bohemia,  FaiL,   .            ,     .

 Past Simple  completed actions with a specific time,   ,       .  I went to the shop yesterday. Present Perfect  actions with a result now or ongoing impact. I have lost my keys, so I cant get home.

 Great job, boys,      ,   .  Maybe theres hope for you yet. By the way, where is Dasha?

 She is ill,     .

 Well, I would like to inform you that in May there will be National English Olympiad for students, and I must pick up the best candidate to take part in it. Ive been thinking about Andrei, Max and Dasha. Who should I choose?

   .    , ,        . -    ,     .     ,           .

 Please, calm down!       .  We will take a test, all of you, and the one who gets the best score will represent our school in the contest.

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1) Yesterday, I ______ (to go) to the cinema with my friends.

a) go

b) went

c) have gone

d) am going

  b) went. Past Simple, ,   ,    .    ,  , .    -,        ,    .

2) I ______ (to live) in Minsk since I was born.

a) live

b) lived

c) have lived

d) am living

c) have lived,    , ,    Present Perfect     .       . Since   .    ,     ,     .

3) Tomorrow, I ______ (to meet) my friends at the caf.

a) meet

b) will meet

c) am meeting

d) have met

  c) am meeting. Present Continuous     ,    ,  tomorrow.               . Will meet  ,                 .

4) By next summer, I ______ (to finish) school.

a) finish

b) finished

c) will have finished

d) am finishing

c) will have finished,   . Future Perfect  ,      .    by.      ,      ,    .

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5) She ______ (to study) English for three years now.

a) studies

b) studied

c) has been studying

d) is studying

  c) has been studying, . Present Perfect Continuous   ,      .      ,    ,      .                . For  since   .

6) Last night, we ______ (to watch) a movie until midnight.

a) watch

b) watched

c) have watched

d) are watching

b) watched,   ,  . Past Simple,  ,    last night.  ,        ,      .

7) By the time you arrive, I ______ (to finish) my homework.

a) finish

b) finished

c) will have finished

d) am finishing

c) will have finished,      . Future Perfect        .       ,       .

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8) I _______ (read) a magazine when the rain started.

a) read

b) was reading

c) have read

d) am reading

  b) was reading,    . Past Continuous  ,       .   ,      ,     .

9) Right now, I ______ (to write) an email to my friend.

a) write

b) wrote

c) have written

d) am writing

d) am writing,   ,    . Present Continuous   .  ,      ,     .

10) He ______ (to write) his novel before the war.

a) wrote

b) was writing

c) had written

d) had been writing

c) had written,      ,      . Past Perfect  ,        .  ,     ,      .

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 They cant erase what we know,    ,  .

 Yeah,       .  I survived being expelled from an American high school. This is just another level.

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   , ,  ,  ,   .  ,       .    ,          delete.

 Well figure this out,   ,   ,   ,  .        .

 Knowledge is power, Andrey. They can take us anywhere, but they cant take that.

  ,  .      ,      .            ,     . The game he has been involved in for a long time has reached a new level.




 2 Present Continuous and Present Simple





DONT EVEN TRY TO INTERRUPT ME WHILE IM LEARNING ENGLISH


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I learn English every day (Present Simple).

I am learning English now (Present Continuous).

I hate it when someone interrupts me while Im learning English (Present Simple  Present Continuous).

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Subject: Urgent Help Needed in Minsk

Hi Andrew, I hope youre doing okay. Im writing to you because were in big trouble here in Minsk. Something terrible is happening. Control is back, and theyre stronger than ever. They came to our school today and arrested Andrey, Max, and our English teacher Alla Borisovna, just because they know English too well. They say English is a virus and a threat to safety. They even banned it and closed the school! Alex told me everything, and now Im hiding at Andrey parents apartment to stay safe. Im sick, but Im trying to find a solution. Control is everywhere  on the streets, on screens, even listening to our phone calls. They call us Pets and want us to forget English while living under their rules. Its like theyre trying to control our minds. We need your help. You and Aimin fought Control before in New York, so maybe you know something that can help us now. Do you have any idea about what Control is planning? Is there a way to fight them? Any information about safe places or people who can help us will mean a lot. Please write back soon. Were scared, but we wont give up. Andrey always said, Words are weapons, and were ready to use them.

Take care,

Dasha

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 3: Present Perfect  Past Simple





WEVE KNOWN ENGLISH SINCE WE WERE KIDS


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       ,   ,        .       .    ,    ,   . Stately, plump Buck Mulligan came from the stairhead, bearing a bowl of lather on which a mirror and a razor lay crossed       plump  , mirror  , razor  .  ?      . ,   -         .

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 ,    .     .     .   ,   ,   .                   .  ,    .        . Yesterday, I ate nothing,  , Past Simple   . I have been starving since they took me, Present Perfect     .

   ,     .     ,       .  ,         ,   .         ,       .       ,       -         . Spot runs in the park. Spot sees a ball. Spot is happy.    ,    ,     . Present Simple for facts, for routines. Spot runs every day. Too primitive.

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    , ,     . , ,    ,    ,      . I have known Dasha since we were kids, Present Perfect      . ,      ,     Control,       . I saw Alex laugh yesterday, Past Simple, ,   . I have always trusted him, Present Perfect, ,     . ,    , ,  -  .  Control ?     , Past Simple, , ,   .      , Present Perfect,      .   .  -       Control,  ,   . We won last fight, Past Simple. But I have lost my freedom, Present Perfect.   (have)  (lost) .  .  Present   . Control    .          ,   ,     .   ,            ,        . I spoke English in New York, Past Simple. I have kept on speaking it,      , Present Perfect.   ?   .  ,  ,       .          ,           .        ,    . I am thinking in English now.     . I have learned too much to forget.     ,      .   . In New York, we hacked their systems, Past Simple. I have seen their weakness, Present Perfect. Control     ,     .   , ,  .

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 I dodged drones in New York, Past Simple. I have survived worse than this Present Perfect.  -   ,       .  ?   ,   ,   .     :    .    ,    .       ,    . Im Andrey Ivulin. I speak fluent English. I have lost my freedom. But Im going to escape. Present Simple  ,     .      ,      . Present Perfect   ,           ,     .  to be going to    . But Im going to escape    ,      .  ,         .    , Past Simple.   ,  , Present Perfect. Andrey thought about the camps structure. They brought me here, Past Simple. I have seen the Guards routine, Present Perfect.

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     ,   ,      ,       .     ,         .      .  ,  . ! Ive been through a lot since my days as an ideal Pet. Now Im just a human. Neither Guardian, nor Bohemia.

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 I have taught English for ten years,    ,      .

 They cant erase that.   - .  I worked in London for five years. I have spoken English every day since then.

  -   I translated books last year. I have never stopped thinking in English.

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 We are speaking now, and they cant stop us,   ,   .  I learned English in school, and I have spoken it ever since.

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     ,      ,      But we have not given up. I taught you all to use English as a tool. We are still using it. They cant take that away.

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 I lived in Canada, I studied in Oxford, I wrote code in Silicon Valley     Past Simple.  I have kept up my skills. I have always studied hard     Present Perfect,           .

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 Let him shout. Weve heard worse since we were taken here.

           ,    , ,  . Ive worked under worse conditions in startups. This? Just another Monday.    ,   ,      .

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   .   ,     .      ,   ,   . I have taught English for fifteen years,  -   ,     ,  ,   . They locked us here a few days ago, but I havent stopped speaking. And I wont.   ,      ,        .  :    ,      .    ,     ,       .

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 ,   ,    .     .     ,    ,      Control.      Control    !  .          .    ,      ,        We are stronger than they think  I have never given up and I wont do it now.          .

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    .   ,   ,       . When I was young I studied in London,  ,    - . I would walk along the banks of the Thames, and I learned that language is freedom. Ive taught my diligent students all these years, and Ive never regretted it.  ,  .            .

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 Ive worn these glasses for ten years. Theyve seen more than you ever will.  ,     ,    ,  .  ,        .   . Control    ,  ,  .     ,   ,      .  ,     ,   ,      .       ,  ,    .

  ,   , ,    ,   ,     I am watching you.

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 Good luck with that,   .  Ive coded systems that are more complex than your brain. Youll need years to catch up.   ,      .    ,  ,   .

 Weve been here for weeks,     .  Theyve tried to break us, but were still speaking. If they think they can erase our language, theyre wrong. Weve built our lives with these words, and well keep building.

   Ive coded for companies that thought they could control everything. They failed. Control will fail too.

   Ive translated stories of rebellion. This is ours now.    ,     .

        .

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 .      : If they want to test us, well show them what weve learned.

       .        ,   . A cat is sitting on a mat. The cat is happy.       . Ive taught five-year-olds to read better than this,    .

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 But Ive read Shakespeare, and I am not going to forget his poems.     ,    .         .

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    : The cat is happy. But Ive coded systems that make cats fly in games. Your test is nothing.   .  ,   .   - ,    . Ive lived abroad,  -. Your cat cant stop me.

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 4: Past Continuous  Past Simple





WE WERE FIGHTING AT THAT TIME


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 Andrew? Its Dasha. Do you hear me well?   .        .     , , .    .    ,    ,     ,    -.         ,      .

 Dasha! Oh gosh, I got your email. What the hell is going on in Minsk? Control! Are they back? Tell me everything.

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 It started last week in school. They burst into our English class while Alla Borisovna was teaching tenses. These guys in gray uniforms  they tested us, arrested Andrey, Max, and our teacher just because they knew English too well. They call it a virus. Now the whole city is under lockdown. Schools are closed; English is banned. Theyre turning us into Pets. They want us to become mindless gamers who dont question anything.

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 I remember when we fought them here. We hacked their systems last year, but Ive been monitoring how they evolved. Zlobin must be behind this revenge. Camps? Erasing memories? Thats next level. How bad is it on the streets?

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 Some people are scared. Others love it. Free stuff, you know, no school. Theyre distributing flyers, acting like Pets. But most hide their English. Even basic words. I ran from a patrol earlier while they were scanning faces.

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 Andrey hes in a camp now. Max and Alla Borisovna too. We need to free them. Andrew, you and Aimin beat Control before. Perhaps we can come up with some good ideas?

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 Okay, listen. Control relies on fear and surveillance. In New York, we exposed their data leaks. They hated transparency. Camps are probably fortified, but guards rotate. I was digging through old files yesterday, and Ive found patterns: power grids vulnerable to EMPs* (Electro Magnetic Pulse), comms on specific frequencies. But we need insiders.

    .  I have an idea. Underground English courses. For all Pets. Teach secretly. In basements, online with VPNs. Its resistance. Words as weapons, like Andrey says. But we need help. Tech, safe channels. Will you join?

 ,  ,      .

 Hell yes. Ive been waiting for round two. Ill contact Aimin right now. Hes in Tokyo, hacking away. Well send encrypted tools, maybe drones for recon. Tell me more about the camp.

    .    .   :        ,   , ,          .       .      .

 While you were hiding Dasha, Alex, I was pulling strings here. Aimin owes me  well get sat links, bypass their firewalls.     ,  .

 I was streaming at that moment, bro. You are all heroes to me. And for Dasha too. You were playing well. Now it is the second level.   ,         Control         .

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 ,    -   ?     ,     .         ,  ,     .  .  .        ,   .  .       .          .    130-  Bohemia,    ,        .   .   , ,   ,  : You cant turn people into obedient cattle, Zlobin!       , ,       . Andrei. He was fighting for all of them at that exact moment.  ? Theywere watching, were hoping, were praying.   ,  Past Continuous     .     .

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  .  .   .   .   .    ,  ,  they are English even in that hell.    .   .

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 Dasha, Alex, listen,    .    ,       ,      -  .  We were fighting Control in New York while you were watching the stream. I was going crazy when Andrey gave me the third phone.

Now they took Andrey, Max and your teacher. We cant just sit here.         While you were hiding in the penthouse, we were already preparing something. I was hacking their old servers yesterday. There is a weakness in the camps power grid. But we need people on the ground.

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Past Simple is a finished action in the past, guys,    ,    .  I fought. We won. They saved everyone. But Past Continuous is a long action at a certain point. Often it is used along with the Past Simple, or another action, which interrupts the long action in the Past Continuous.  ,     ,  -  . I was playing a videogame when the power went out.

     .  were learning grammar, while the whole world was falling apart.  

 We were learning with Alla Borisovna every day after school,   ,     .  Andrey was always the one who remembered everything quickly. Max was helping him with pronunciation. And now they are in that damn camp. We were fighting together back then. We will fight together again.

        .

 Exactly. Your idea, Dasha, to settle underground English courses for so called Pets is brilliant. So heres the plan. While Control is busy turning everyone into Pets, we organize tuition classes. Real ones. Lets call them TOR. Nope, Tutor. Encrypted 2-Tor. We were building something small last week. Now we make it big. You two coordinate from Minsk. I send tech from New York. Aimin handles things from Tokyo.

    .  We were just talking about Andrey. He saved us once. Now its our turn to save him. We can use the same method he used  teach English through stories. Through resistance. While they are erasing the language in the camp, we will be spreading it everywhere.

   -      .  To fight corporations, we need a stronger corporation. The net of underground tuition centers  this is exactly what we need to create. I completely support this approach. You can rely on me. Im in the game now.             .

 ,   - .  Im in the game now        ,            .    .    ,        , ,   .

 We were hiding for too long,   .  You guys were fighting while we were watching. No more. Its high time we resisted Control, isnt it?

    .

 We were waiting for this moment,   .  Lets do it. Now weve got to get disconnected. Bye-bye!

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 Ready,     ,    .

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 5: Past Perfect  Past Simple





WE HAD PLANNED RESISTANCE BEFORE WE ACTED


        ,   ,     .   ,     ,     .        ,         .          .             Control.       :     .      :      .  ,      ,       . ,     ,     ,         . ,        10%     .             ,         .     .    ,       .

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   .      .    -,      ,    From nothing, you say? I had built this corporation from nothing before anyone believed it could work.

 ,        glottal stop    Yes, sir. You had started with almost nothing. I read all the internal reports during my training.

  .     .  Tell me, my friend, how did someone who speaks English this well end up as a Guard?

 I had been the best student in my school before I ended up here,    .  English was my favorite subject. Our teacher explained everything thoroughly. I had studied it for almost two years before I passed the final exams. I had always admired what you had built long before Control became this powerful.

 ,    .     .        .

 Well, I made a mistake. Maybe several. Now Im getting what I deserve.          .

  .  What is the mistake, sir?

 ,    .  I had decided to install only a three-step security system instead of five. I had thought there would be enough. I had believed that after New York we had already eliminated the main threats. But I was wrong. That boy from Minsk, Andrei Ivulin, had managed to reach the top floor because I had not foreseen such determination. If I had implemented all five levels before the final launch, none of this would have happened.

 ,    .  I understand, sir. Before you came here, you had done so much to create a perfect society. I had always wanted to protect your vision. But what they are doing now, making people forget English, its too much.

       .  :     .     ,      .

 You have learned English well,    .  That is both your strength and your weakness here. They want to erase it from everyone, including you. But you can understand more than anyone else what is going on here.

   ,      Sir, if you need anything, within my possibilities, just let me know. I had never thought I would say this to a prisoner, but your arrest was a terrible mistake.

     ,       be careful, pal. You had learned too much before they enlisted you. And knowledge, once gained, is very hard to erase. But you should try to forget English.

     .              ,        ,  ,  .    .    .   ,     ,      .        .             .

 !    .   !

 Hey, Ivulin,   ,    .  Long time no see.

  -,       .

         Listen, I have a plan. We had been discussing escape routes with some guys before they put us in stricter isolation. Theres a weak spot in the eastern fence near the old storage. Guards change shifts at 3 a.m. If we can get wire cutters or even a sharpened spoon, we can cut through. Then we run to the forest and try to reach the border. Andrew Irwin and Aimin can help us later. Im sure they have already started preparing something, to get us out of here.

   .  No, Max. That wont work. We have already seen their headquarters in New York. Running there would be like jumping into the lions den. They have been expecting this. Besides, they had taken my father in England before I even understood what was happening. Everything is connected. We cant just run. We must fight here, in Minsk.

  .   ,        ,      .    .    .

 So, what do you suggest? Sit here and wait until they break us completely?

 We trick the system,    .  Especially on the next polygraph test. We have been preparing calm answers in advance. We can train to control our reactions and confuse the sensors. If many of us start passing the tests successfully, the whole system will crack. It will be slower, but much safer for those outside.

  .  You seriously want to beat a polygraph? They had been improving that thing every single day. Escaping is a real chance.

 A real chance to die in the forest or end up in their hands again,   .  We had already defeated Zlobin on the 130th floor before the world saw the truth. Now they have become smarter. So, we must become smarter too.

 .       .     .

 We have been planning escape for weeks,    .

 And I have been thinking how to break the system from the inside,   .

   .       .

  .  Fine! At least were still alive. For now.

     .  We survived even worse before. We had come a long way before we got in this camp. Well figure this out too. Just not today.




 6: Present Perfect Continuous and Past Perfect Continuous





WE HAVE BEEN FIGHTING FOR TOO LONG ALREADY


      ,     .       ,    ,     .            .      ,      . I have been teaching English for over twenty years. I have been explaining tenses, modals, conditionals to hundreds of children and now I have been fighting for my language every single day since they arrested me.   .   .        ,  Present Perfect Continuous: We have been learning English for many years, and it has been changing our lives.    .   .  ?     .  We have been resisting since the first day. We have been speaking English quietly in the corners, we have been supporting each other while they have been trying to break us with that terrible music and cold. How long have we been fighting already? Too long, but we have not given up.     .  ,   ,    .  :     ,  .

             . Control had been growing for many years before I made that fatal mistake in New York. I had been building this system carefully, step by step. I had been planning every detail for decades before these boys destroyed everything I had been creating.   .       . I had been underestimating Andrei Ivulin and his friends. Now I have been paying for that mistake for weeks.

   .         . They have been trying to erase my English, like I am a simple Pet. But I have been preparing for my return. I have been waiting for the right moment while Lily has been making her own mistakes.  ,  ,    ,    .    ,      .      ,    .

      -,    ,    .    ,          .   - Control       ,  .  ,  ,        .       ,        .         .    ,      . The cleansing process has been going slower than expected,       - .      .  Many prisoners have been resisting for weeks. We have been using all available methods  sound therapy, food deprivation, social pressure, but the English language has been staying in their minds much longer than expected.    .     ,    . These three have been causing the most problems. The teacher has been actively spreading resistance even inside the camp. The boy Ivulin has been refusing to cooperate. We have been monitoring them closely, but they have been finding ways to communicate.          Blueberry Cobbler.    ,     .  We have been investing too much resources in Minsk already. The operation must be accelerated. I have been waiting for clear results. If the situation doesnt improve within the next two weeks, I will have to take more radical measures.     . Send me the latest psychological profiles of Zlobin and the main prisoners. I need to know exactly how long they have been holding on and what their breaking points might be.      Right away, Miss Ilysh.

                   -.    . We have been building this Bohemia empire for decades,     . We cannot allow one city to destabilize everything we have been creating.

       ,     .        .            ,   .  !       ,  !   ,           .     ,       !

     ,    .   ,       ,  ,  . How long have I been hiding like this?   .  I have been worrying about Andrey, Max and Alla Borisovna every single day since they were taken. I have been feeling guilty because I failed that test and stayed free while they have been suffering in the camp.

 ,        .       ,    .          .    ,     ?     .     ,    . But I have been learning English with them for so long. We have been fighting Control together since Ivulin came to New York. How can I stop now?




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