16 Unit

EXERCISES

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1'6.1 Read the situations and make sentences from the words in brackets.

1 I was very tired when I arrived home.

(I / work / hard all day) ...!..ha4.b.een.workm.g..h.ard..all.day....

2 The two boys came into the house. They had a football and they were both very tired.

(they/play/football)........................................................................................................................................

3 There was nobody in the room but there was a smell of cigarettes.

(somebody / smoke / in the room) ................................................................................................................

4 Ann woke up in the middle of the night. She was frightened and didn't know where she was. (she/ dream) ........................................................................................................................................................

5 When I got home, Mike was sitting in front of the TV. He had just turned it off.

(he/watch/TV) ...............................................................................................................................................

l ".2 Read the situations and complete the sentences.

1 We played tennis yesterday. Half an hour after we began playing, it started to rain. We . had. been playing for ha.lf,an. .hour when . ..¹. started to .ra.i.n....

2 I had arranged to meet Tom in a restaurant. I arrived and waited for him. After 20 minutes I suddenly realised that I was in the wrong restaurant. I............................................................................ for 20 minutes when I.......................................................

3 Sarah got a job in a factory. Five years later the factory closed down.

At the time the factory ............................................................................. Sarah ...........................................

................................. there for five years.

4 I went to a concert last week. The orchestra began playing. After about ten minutes a man in the audience suddenly began shouting. The orchestra .................................................................................................................. when ........................

5 This time make your own sentence:

I began walking along the road. I...............................................................................................................

when..................................................................................................................................................................

16.3 put the verb into the most suitable form, past continuous (I was doing), past perfect (I had done) or past perfect continuous (I had been doing).

1 It was very noisy next door. Our neighbours ...were.hay.infl... (have) a party.

2 We were good friends. We ....had known... (know) each other for a long time.

3 John and I went for a walk. I had difficulty keeping up with him because he ................................................... (walk) so fast.

4 Mary was sitting on the ground. She was out of breath. She ...................................................

(run).

5 When I arrived, everybody was sitting round the table with their mouths full. They „..........„.....................................(eat).

6 When I arrived, everybody was sitting round the table and talking. Their mouths were empty but their stomachs were full. They ................................................... (eat).

7 Jim was on his hands and knees on the floor. He ................................................... (look) for his

contact lens.

8 When I arrived, Kate ................................................... (wait) for me. She was rather annoyed with

me because I was late and she ................................................... (wait) for a very long time.

9 I was sad when I sold my car. I................................................... (have) it for a very long time.

10 We were extremely tired at the end of the journey. We ................................................... (travel)

for more than 24 hours.