12A COMMUNICATIVE Match the sentences @ Fold the sheet. Read the first halves of sentences 1-14. With a partner, think about how the sentences might continue. Use the past perfect. | 1 couldn't find my bike because... [] 2 I didn’t want to go to the cinema because. go 3 Ididn't recognize Jack at first because... oO | 4 couldn't catch the fight | because... Oo 5 I didn't want to call Jane again because... 6 | bought the book because... 7 My phone didn’t work because... Ge) a 8 I couldn't go swimming because... 9 Ihad a big argument with my husband last night because... [] 10 | nearly cried when | came out of the hairdresser's because... [] © Match the sentence halves. | 11 I couldn't sleep becaus oO | 12. | failed the exam because... o | 13. |had problems reading the menu | heesuisse.. m 14 I couldn't eat the fish because... [) n Id already seen the film. Id left my towel at home. Id already rung her three times. somebody had stolen it. hadn't brought my glasses. he'd cut my hair much too short. Id left my passport at home. Id drunk too much coffee. my sister had recommended it. hadn't studied enough. [hadn't seen him for 30 years. he'd forgotten our wedding anniversary. the chef hadn’t cooked it enough. Id forgotten to charge it. © Fold the paper vertically and try to remember the second halves of the sentences. English File 3rd edition Teacher's Book Pre-intermediate Photacopiable © Oxford University Press 2012