15 Unit

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15.1 Read the situations and write sentences from the words in brackets.

1 You went to Jill's house but she wasn't there, (she / go / out) ...She had bee go out.

2 You went back to your home town after many years. It wasn't the same as before.

(it / change / a lot) ..............................................................................................................................................

3 I invited Rachel to the party but she couldn't come.

(she / arrange / to do something else)...........................................................................................................

4 You went to the cinema last night. You arrived at the cinema late.

(the film / already / begin)................................................................................................................................

5 I was very pleased to see Tim again after such a long time. (I / not / see / him for five years)....................................................................................................................

6 I offered Sue something to eat but she wasn't hungry.

(she / just / have / breakfast) ........................................................................................................

15.2 Read the situations and write sentences ending with before. Use the verb given in brackets.

1 The man sitting next to me on the plane was very nervous. It was his first flight. (fly) .He had .never flown before.. OR He hadn't flown before..

2 A woman walked into the room. She was a complete stranger to me.

(see) I....................................................................................................................................................... before.

3 Simon played tennis yesterday. He wasn't very good at it because it was his first game. (play) He ...............................................................................................................................................................

4 Last year we went to Denmark. It was our first time there.

(be) We ..................................................................................................................................................................

15.3 Vse the sentences on the left to complete the paragraphs on the right. These sentences are in the order in which they happened - so (1) happened before (2), (2) before (3) etc. But your paragraph begins with the underlined sentence, so sometimes you need the past perfect.

1 (i) Somebody broke into the office We arrived at work in the morning and during the night. • found that somebody ... had. broken... into

(2) We arrived at work in the morning, the office during the night. So we ...................

(3) We called the police. .................................

2 (l) Ann went out. I tried to phone Ann this morning but............

(2) I tried to phone her this morning. ................................. no answer. She ......................

(3) There was no answer. ............................. out.

3 (l) Jim came back from holiday a few met Jim a few days ago. He ........................ just

days ago. ........................................................................................

(2) I met him the same day. He ...........................................................

(3) He looked very well.

4 (i) Kevin wrote to Sally many times. Yesterday Kevin ....................................................

(2) She never replied to his letters. He ........................... very surprised. He

(3) Yesterday he had a phone call from her. ................................................... many times but she

(4) He was very surprised. ........................................................................................

15.4 Put the verb into the correct form, past perfect (I had done etc.) or past simple (I did etc.).

1 'Was Tom at the party when you arrived?' 'No, he ....bad .gone . (go) home.'

2 I felt very tired when I got home, so I................................................... (go) straight to bed.

3 The house was very quiet when I got home. Everybody .................................................. (go) to bed.

4 Sorry I'm late. The car ................................................... (break) down on my way here.

5 We were driving along the road when we ........................................ (see) a car which.

........................................ (break) down, so we ........................................ (stop) to see if we could help.