(Open the brackets and put the verbs in the correct form)
(See also: Mixed Verbs; Key; День смешанных чувств)
(Once Vitya and Boris decided to meet up)
Boris: Hello! Haven’t seen you for ages! I (to miss) you
Vitya: So have I. Guess what? We (to miss) a marvellous concert right now…
Boris: Are we? What’s the concert?
Vitya: The band “Toothpaste” (to appear) on Red Square now, but TV doesn’t work, unfortunately…
Boris: Blimey! It (to appear) we won’t see Red Square today…
Vitya: Yeah, it, definitely, (to feel) exciting there.
(Vitya looked at Boris who (to appear) thoughtful)
Vitya: What are you thinking about?
Boris: I’m not thinking. I’m meditating. I always meditate in a stressful situation.
Vitya: I (to feel) a little tense either. Would you like some coffee?
Boris: Sounds great!
Vitya: By the way, have you heard that Margarita Stepanovna and Peter Arkhipovich (to see) each other?
Boris: Are they? I (to think) they had been married for 40 years already…
Vitya: They had, but then they got divorced.
Boris: Hmm. If they are divorced why don’t they get married again?
Vitya: But they even haven’t had the first date…
Boris: Hmm. Something doesn’t quite add up… By the way, the coffee (to taste) really good.
Vitya: Thank you. My cat likes it as well. Here he is, (to smell) it.
Boris: Not only he (to smell) the coffee but also (to taste) it I would say. He (to be) strange today.
Vitya: My cat (to be) always strange.
Boris: (Lifting the cat) What a heavy cat!
Vitya: Yeah, he (to weigh) a lot.
Boris: How much?
Vitya: Have no idea, really. I never (to weigh) him.
(The mobile is ringing)
Rita: Hello, Vitya!
Vitya: Hello, Rita!
Rita: How are you?
Vitya: Fine. My cat, Boris and I (to have) a really good time together.
Rita: Oh, sounds nice. What are you doing there?
Vitya: We (to have) coffee and (to chat) away.
Rita: Yeah, especially when it comes to your cat!
Vitya: Exactly! And how are you?
Rita: Great. Thanks. I (to have) dinner and (to think) about life. Are you still on for tomorrow?
Vitya: Tomorrow I (to see) with my colleagues. How about the day after tomorrow?
Rita: At the same time?
Vitya: Yeah, at the same.
Rita: Alright. It’s settled then. See you tomorrow at the florist’s… Oh, by the way, thank you for those flowers. They (to smell) really marvellous!
Vitya: You are welcome. My cat likes these flowers too. Here he is, (to smell) them.
Rita: (to smell)?
Vitya: Yeah. Not only he (to smell) the flowers, but he’s also (to taste) one.
Rita: He (to be) strange today.
Vitya: He (to be) always strange…
Rita: What the hell? My washing machine is already switched off, and yet I (to hear) it working…
Vitya: That’s my washing machine.
Rita: Ahh.
Vitya: Guess what? Last night I had a very interesting dream. I dreamt that I was in 2116. And now (to see) images of the future in my head all day long.
Rita: Wow! Sounds fantastic! It’s a good thing that not a washing machine, though.