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Unit 3 Grammar A Circle the correct word or phrasé | saw / was seeing Maria for the fist time at Ray’ birthday party. Richard watched / was watching TV when the phone rang. When we were on holiday, we went / were going to the café almost every day. Denise practised / was practising the song every day until she could sing it perfectly, ‘The phone was engaged when | called. Who did you talk / were you talking to? ‘Mr Connors owned / was owning two houses and avila in the south of France, | did / was doing my homework as soon as | got home from school. Acar came round the corner and | jumped / was jumping out of the way. When my dad met my mum he worked / was working as a bus driver, | got /was getting up at six oclock every morning last week! ‘My cousin and | played / were playing on the computer when there was a power cut. NNo,that’s not right.| did pass / was passing the test. got 2B. B Complete using the correct form of the verb in brackets. 10 Where . (you / go) when | saw you on the bus lastnight? (you / enjoy) the film? When we shared 3 room. Z08. annoying! When | went to get the tickets, realised When | was young, we Elvis. When you rang las night nn the phone. ae The old MAN nen We (always /take) my things. It was so (not /have) any money. ~(go) to France every year on holiday (became) famous forthe song Ble Suede Shoes. (work) in the garden so I did't hear {hear from Davina lastnight. She says hello. (appear) to be very tted and he slowly sat down (throw) a surprise party for my brother last Saturday, C Circle the correct word or phrase. Dear Lise Thank for your ltr.) mete ha ust left for ectl when | saw the postnan and he (@) gave / had gen 2 re. was realy fury! (3) ead J had read dtrg mathe ard (8) made /had made laugh almost (5) got had got n trouble Anyway Fm excites because | (6) had / had had my fret jo lesson yostnéay. | (7) was 1 had been late forthe losonbecauve when (8) got /had got ther | suddenly resioed (9) ft fad etry jad sit at Noel 50 | (10) wart had gone the way home ard when (11) got had got back che lemon (12) ready began / had already begun, fi The nstrsctor wae realy rice, cough, nd (13) learned / had eared how co do wore bac throw, Cana tnt cma! \What about you and your tacnondc? The lcm | (14) apo ha epoken to you you ; (13) tated had aed aro. gving up What (16) you aecde/ had you decided? { | hi tha’ afr nom My mu an | ar oie shopyng shorty, 2d beter poot thi i ‘Speak 20 you son j Love, : Charorze Pastime: pest simple ast continous, past perfect simple, past perfect continu, woul, used to /be/get used to Unit 3 ‘D Complete using the past perfect simple or past perfect continuous of the verbs in the box. You may need to use a negative form, ‘eat » stay » wait « know « write . see « listen « get « have « run By the time he died, Beethoven... We chose the Hotel Rio because we We us When he got married. Johnson. ‘moment came. 8 Vivian... use the Internet. 9 Holly. ION nnn ‘making a funny noise. E Choose the correct answer. 1 Mybrother nd Ivan swimming almost every day last summer. A went 8 hadbeen going © were going D had gone 2 Wem when someone knocked at the door. A talked 8 had talked C weretalking D were talked 3 When the robbery happened, the SCURRY QUBTE enn A slept 8 wassleeping C had slept D wasslept 4 Jack nn chess before so showed him what to do. A hadrit been playing 8 didn't play C wasn't playing D hadn't played rine symphonies. . there before, 1 2 3 . for over an hour when the tain finally arrived. 41 was completely out of breath because 5 6 7 the film before, so| knew how it ended. Chris for about two years. ready for the race for six months and finally the big computer lessons for very long so she wasit sure how to ‘oysters before, so she wasntt sure what to do with them. v= tO my new CD fora few minutes when the CD player started | wasn't sure how Belinda would react because |... herlong, A didn’t know B wasn't knowing hadn't been knowing D hadn't known Jam mu atthe factory long when he was made a manager. ‘A hadn't been working B_ wasnt working C didn't work D wasnt worked | wanted to say goodbye to Jerry, but he A ras already left B already left C had already been leaving D had already left When we got to the airport. realised |... my passport at home! A wasleft B hadleft C teft D had been leaving Unit 3 Grammar F Circle the incorrect words or phrases and rewrite them correctly. | had paint on my shoes because Id painted my bedroom all morning, | missed the start ofthe fl because buy popcorn, lewas obvious that Bill has worked because he was very tired when I saw him. We had been tidying the garden fr hours and i was needing a rest ‘When the bus was artving. we missed it because we were talking. During the Christmas holiday, was eating too much and watching too much TVt Julian was learning all about computer games by the time he was six My grandfather was owning a hotel by the beach until he sold itlast year G Circle the correct word or phrase, 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 a H Complete each second sentence When she was a girl, my mum would / used to live ina village. [really can't be / get used to having anew baby brother. People would / are used to die of diseases in the past that we can cure today. ‘There would / used to be a cinema on this comer, but they knocked it down. It was strange at fist, but 'm used to play / playing the bagpipes now. Didn't you use to / be used to have blonde hair? Christopher was being / getting used to the idea of joining the army. People never would / used te be so worried about crime inthis area, the word given, so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence. Write between two and five words in each gan. People walked more fifty years ago than they do now. would Fifty years ago, ‘than they do now. (My parents wouldnt let me stay out late when |wasyoung. used Yo let me stay out ate when Iwas young, Did you know that Carol played basketballforher country? to Did you know that Col =.= v= basketball forher county? ‘Sending messages around the world instantly isno longer unusual, got We... messages around the world instantly. When he wasa teacher, my dad often used to get home quite late, would When he was a teacher, my dad : Do you think you could learn to live without your mobile phone? used. Do you think you could... - without your mobile phone? quite late. Past ima: pat simple, pact condnucus, past perfect sila past perfect continuous, woud, used to / be/get used to Unit 3 7 Inthe past, people wouldn't goas far away on holiday as they do today, use In the past, people nme as far away on holiday as ‘they do today. 8 Thistown has alot more cinemas than it had in the past. used This town -~ $9 many cinemas. I Find the extra word in each fine, Childhood Childhood would used to be quite different from what it is today. Young, people didn't use not to have so much leisure time.Today's children may ‘complain about their schoolwork, but our great-grandparents would t0 90. ‘out to work ata very young age. They had often been left school by the time they were fourteen and were found a job. This meant that they ‘have had litle free time for hobbies o leisure activities, especially when they had been working hard all day. Of course, they got themselves used ‘to working long hours eventually, but it would meant that they had to ‘grow up very quickly. Today, we are got used to having some free time to do things we enjoy. 2 luxury people in the past rarely were had. ——SFSeSFSSSSSSSSSFsFEFeF Seevausuns J) Write one word in each gap. The night before Jane lay awake. She had (2) nn preparing forthe next day (2) emsenonee 210NG time and now she couldn't sleep. Her team (3) ronmnn« playing the local champions at water polo in the final and Jane was the captain. She (4) feeling the pressure. She turned over and remembered how she (5) w----mnm learned to swim, Her father had aught her, They (6) sn 90 t0 the local pool every day after school and her father ‘to shew her what to do. She hadn't liked the water at first, but she soon nsw Used {0 It She leamed quickly and joined the water polo team. She had ~ their youngest member! ‘She quickly got used to scoring goals and (10) .cranm under pressure, but tomorrow was. different. It was the biggest match of her life. She closed her eyes again and tried to get to sleep. 1 ay. used to have problems sleeping,’ she thought to herself. ‘But then again, I didn’t (12)... -~ to be the captain of the team, She watched the clock change slowly and knew ‘that it was going to be a long night:

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