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Extra Grammar Exercises

(Unit 1)

LESSON 1

A. Use the cues to complete each information question in the past perfect continuous.
1. How long had you been driving (how long / you / drive) that
car before you gave it to your son?

2. Where had she been studying (where / she / study) before

she moved to Europe?
Which team had they been competing against
3. (which team / they / compete
against) when they won the gold medal?

4. Who had your parents been traveling with (who / your parents / travel
with) at the time they cancelled the flight?

5. Where had he been walking (where / he / walk) the

morning he got lost?
What had you been doing
6. (what / you / do) before you
realized your guests weren’t coming for dinner?

B. Complete each statement with correct verb phrases. (More than one verb phrase may
be correct.)

1. I was walking (walk) to school while it was raining

(rain).
were talking on the phone OR had been talking on the phone
2. They (talk on the phone) when I
got home (get home).
realized learned OR had learned
3. Before I (realize) it, I (learn)
to speak French pretty well.
had stopped
4. Leo (stop) to look at the shoes in the window when his
friends drove (drive) by.
had been studying
5. We (study) marine biology for two years when we
got (get) our degree.
had seen
6. Sara already (see) the
movie, so she didn’t want (not want) to go with us.

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LESSON 2

A. Complete the statement with the simple past tense or the present perfect.

1. My friends gave (give) me a party for my birthday last weekend.

have seen
2. We already (see) that movie three times.
has offered
3. My university never (offer) a major in marine
biology.

4. She still hasn’t decided (not decide) on a career.

5. Have you ever traveled (travel) outside of your country?

haven’t gone
6. They (not go) to any concerts recently.

7. Did you watch (watch) the game last night?

8. Our friends have already hiked (hike) the Inca Trail twice.

B. Correct the errors by changing the verb phrases.

1. Have they ever been eating at the Thai House Restaurant?
 Have they ever eaten . . .

2. No one has been rejected by the Taste Institute last semester.

 No one was rejected . . .
3. We have never been applying to a graphic design program, but we intend to soon.
 We have never applied . . .

4. Some of my relatives haven’t been going on summer vacation yet.

Some of my relatives haven’t gone . . .

5. How many times have you been visiting the Metropolitan Museum?
 How many times have you visited . . .
6. They have decided to take up medicine as a career five years ago.
 They decided . . .

7. So far they have been showing the documentary about African animals three times.
 So far they have shown . . .
8. She’s been understanding French well since she took private lessons last year.
 She’s (OR She has) understood . . .

Summit 2, Third Edition Unit 1

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