1. What awful mistakes!

2. 1 Complete the sentences with the Past Simple or Past Continuous form 1 I went to see Maria yesterday evening, but she _____________. 2 They _________ married and went to live in Ecuador. 3 She __________ her husband while she was working in Africa. 4 He twisted his ankle while he _____________ football. 5 I _____________ TV when Gladys came round to see me. 6 What were you ___________ when you saw the bear? was sleeping got met was playing was watching doing

3. 2 Underline the correct option 1 She explained that she had escaped / escaped from the monster. 2 Im tired because I was going / went to bed after midnight. 3 They were hungry because they had / hadn’t eaten anything all day. 4 What were you doing / have you done at ten o’clock yesterday morning? 5 Did she have / She was having a nice time at the party last night?

4. 6 We got to the concert after the music started / had started. 7 We slept / were sleeping when the doorbell rang. 8 I looked for the cat for ages, but she had disappeared / was disappearing. 9 There was a troll that lived / is living under the bridge. 10 He cleaned his teeth, brushed his hair and then left / had left the house.

5. 3 Complete the sentences with although, so, or because. 1 She didn’t answer my question, ___________ I had asked her three times. 2 They forgot to bring any lunch ______ they were very hungry by the time they got home. 3 ___________ the train was late, I still got to the village hall on time. although so Although

6. 4 He looked awful this morning ___________ he hadn’t slept all night. 5 She was best known for her novels, ___________ she wrote beautiful poetry too. 6 Nobody answered the door when I called, _____ I had to go home again. because although so

7. 4 Join the sentences using the conjunction. Use one verb in the Past Perfect 1 We didn’t swim. We forgot to take the towels. BECAUSE 2 The train finally arrived. We got on it. SO 3 She felt homesick. She wasn’t away from home for long. ALTHOUGH 4 Everyone said the autobiography was amazing. Nobody read it. BUT We didn’t swim BECAUSE we had forgotten to take the towels. The train had finally arrived SO we got on it. She felt homesick ALTHOUGH she hadn’t been away from home for long.. Everyone said the autobiography was amazing BUT nobody had read it.

8. 5 We published the book. It became a best-seller. AS SOON AS 6 He spoke. I didn’t realize he wasn’t English. UNTIL 7 I just fell sleep. The phone rang. WHEN 8 I whispered my secret to her. She swore not to tell anyone. AFTER AS SOON AS we had published the book, it became a best-seller. I hadn’t realized he wasn’t English UNTIL he spoke. I had just fallen sleep WHEN the phone rang. I whispered my secret to her AFTER she had sworn not to tell anyone.

9. 5 WRITE the correct option, a, b, or c in the gap As a man and his son (1) ____ going with their donkey to market, they (2) ____ a man who said: ‘Why aren’t you (3) ____ your donkey?’ So the man put the boy (4) ____ the donkey and they continued to walk. But soon they passed a group of men, and one (5) ____ : ‘Look at that lazy boy, who rides while his father has to walk.’ So the man (6) ____ his boy to get off, and got on the donkey himself. 1a wereb wasc been 2a meetb metc were meeting 3a ridingb ridec rode 4a inb onc front 5a saidb sayc saying 6a shoutedb saidc ordered

10. But they (7) ____ gone far when they passed two women. One said to the other, ‘What a (8) ____ father – he makes his poor little son walk.’ So this time the man put the boy in front of him on the donkey. But people in the town said, ‘How awful for the poor donkey to carry both of them!’ So as they were walking across the market bridge, the man decided they (9) ____ carry the donkey. But the donkey kicked the boy, who dropped the donkey, and it fell (10) ____ the bridge and drowned. Moral: Try and please everybody and you please nobody. 7a hadn’tb hasn’tc didn’t 8a awfulb terriblec kind 9a shouldb have toc mustn’t 10 a offb intoc on

11. 6 Complete the sentences with so many, such, such a, or so 1 That was __________ good film. I loved it! 2 There were __________ people in the shop I decided to leave. 3 I didn’t know you had __________ well-known author in the family. 4 I visited Deepak at the weekend. He was ________ surprised to see me! 5 We had __________ good weather on holiday. We were so lucky! 6 His behaviour was absolutely awful. I was ________ upset! such a so many soso such soso

12. 7 Translate 1 Improvvisamente abbiamo visto l’uomo cadere a terra. 2 Andavo in campagna a trovare degli amici. 3 Mia moglie era felice perché mi ero ricordato del nostro anniversario. 4 Eri ansioso al momento di incontrarmi per la prima volta? Suddenly we saw the man fall (falling) to the ground I was going to the countryside to meet some friends My wife was happy because I had remembered our anniversary Were you nervous when you first met me?

13. 5 Ti sei tagliato mentre ti facevi la barba? 6 Ci è piaciuto il film, benché non mi sia piaciuto molto il finale. 7 Ero sorpreso e felice perché avevo vinto la gara. Did you cut yourself while you were shaving? I was amazed and delighted because I had won the race/competition We enjoyed the film, although I didn’t like the ending much.