Question

Fill in the gaps in the text with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets.
Dear sarah,
Thank you for your letter which i (o) received last week. It was really good to hear from you. You said you had seen Alston, recently but you didn't say how he was. Please, let me know and give Him. my best regards.
I have been In Novgorod for three month and I'm enjoying life here very much. I've been working as a manager since I arrived and I find It really Interesting.
I'm living in a small hotel at the moment, but I’m moving to a flat next week. I've asked a friend of mine to share It with me.
I'm learning Russian and l can already understand what people around me are talking about. "But I find It really difficult to speak Russian. I will have finished the course by the end of the year and hope I feel more confident with this language.
You said you were coming to see me this Christmas. I hope you haven't changed your mind. Don't forget to bring some warm clothes as It gets really cold In winter.
If you come I'll show you around. There's an awful lot to see.
Love, Dее

Answer 1

1 had seen (Past perfect, т.к. действие произошло раньше другого действия в прошлом в Past Simple - "не рассказала об этом")
2 have been (Present Perfect, т.к. показана длительность действие, но Present Perfect Continuous не употреблеют, т.к. глагол to be в значении "длительности пребывания")
3 arrived (Past Simple, т.к. данное придаточное предложение является точкой отсчета (since) для главного предложения в Present Perfect Continuous)
4 am moving / am going to move (Present Continuous, т.к. говорим о запланированном действии, которое твердо совершим в ближайшем будущем)
5 will have finished (Future Perfect, т.к. показывает действие, которое начнется в будущем и закончится до определенного момента в будущем "by the end of the year")
6 were coming / were going to come (Past Continuous, т.к. чтобы описать события, которые были запланированы, но не произошли)
7 come (Present Simple, т.к. находится в придаточном условном предложении первого типа, вторая часть - в Future Simple)