Michael Vince_Book

Page 3, exercise 1
Usually, whenever Peter (1) C home from a trip he (2) B his passport in his desk
drawer, but in January, after a trip to Poland, he (3) A his passport in the
pocket of his overcoat. Two weeks later, he (4) C fly to Thailand. While (5) B
packing his bag he (6) C that he (7) A a note of the name of the hotel that his
company (8) D for him. He (9) B for his flight online earlier that morning, but he
(10) C about the hotel details. While he (11) A his office, the doorbell (12) D.
His taxi for the airport (13) D. He (14) C the details of the hotel, (15) A his bags
and (16) A out of the house. He (17) B forward to a few sunny days in Bangkok.
While he (18) C how nice it would be to walk around the city without heavy
winter clothes, he suddenly (19) A that he (20) B his passport in his overcoat.

Page 4, exercise 2
1. I suddenly remembered that I had forgotten my keys.
2. While Diana was watching her favourite television programme, there
was a power cut.
3. Tom used to live in the house at the end of the street.
4. Who was driving the car at the time of the accident?
5. By the time Sheila got back, Chris had gone.
6. David had eaten Japanese food before, so he knew what to order.
7. I was doing some shopping yesterday, when I saw that Dutch friend of
yours.
8. I used to like sweets much more than I do now.
9. What exactly were you doing when I came into your office yesterday?
10.Laura missed the party because no-one had told her about it.
11.Tanya used to be a doctor.

Exercise 3
1. While I was trying to get my car started, a passing car stopped and the
driver offered to help me.
2. The police paid no attention to Jo’s complaint because she had phoned
them so many times before.
 3. Mary wasn’t wearing her glasses at the time, so she didn’t notice what
kind of car the man was driving.
4. Nick laid down on the grass for a while, next to some tourists who were
feeding the ducks.
5. Tony admitted that he had hit the other car, but said that he didn’t
damaged it.
6. Sorry, I wasn’t listening to you. I was thinking about something else.
7. Helen was feeling very tired, and when she finished her work, she fell
asleep.
8. The police got to Tom’s house as fast as they could, but the buglars had
disappeared.
9. I phoned you last night but you didn’t answered. What were you doing?
10.We didn’t go out yesterday because it was raining.

Page 5, exercise 5
The Search for the Lost City
When professor Mallory, the famous archeologist, (1) invited me to take part
in his expedition to find the Lost City of the Himalayas, I (2) did not hesitate to
accept his invitation. Mallory (3) had discovered an ancient map showing the
position of the city, although no European (4) had ever gone to the area
before. In fact, most of Mallory’s colleagues either (5) believed that the city (6)
had never existed or (7) felt that it (8) had vanished long ago and (9) had
become simply a legend. According to the Professor, the builders of the city
(10) had hidden it among the mountains in order to protect its immense riches.
He (11) believed that the descendants of these ancient people (12) still kept
themselves apart from the rest of mankind for the very same reasons. So when
we (13) set off on a cool May morning towards the distant mountains, each of
us (14) was looking forward to exciting discoveries. For a week or more we (15)
climbed higher and higher, following the map, which Mallory (16) studied from
time to time. Then one afternoon, while we (17) were resting at the top of
valley, we (18) noticed that a rider on a house (19) was waving at us from other
side of the valley. A rider whose clothes (20) were shining like gold!

Page 6, exercise 6
 1. After collecting the parcel, Norman realized it was the wrong one.
2. Before living the house, Sue checked that she had her keys.
3. While parking his car, Mark noticed the wing mirror was broken.
4. After cleaning the house, Julia fell asleep on the sofa.
5. Before buying a new television, Brian checked all the prices.
6. While skiing in Switzerland, Alan met his old friend, Ken.
7. After taking two aspirins, Kate felt a lot better.
8. Before going out for the evening, Sheila washed her hair.

Thomson, Martinet
126 The simple past and the past perfect, simple and continuous
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1. He gave me back the book, thanked me for lending it to him and said
that he had enjoyed it very much; but I knew that he had not read it
because most of the pages were still uncut.
2. When he had seen his wife off at the station, he returned home as he
did not have to be at the airport till 9.30. 3. He did not have to pack, for
his wife had already done that for him and his case was ready in the hall.
4. He did not have to check the doors and windows either, for his wife
always did that before she left the house. 5. All he had to do was to
decide whether or not to take his overcoat with him. In the end he
decided not to. 6. At 8.30 he picked up his case, went out of the house
and slammed the door behind him. 7. Then he felt in his pockets for the
key, for his wife had reminded him to double-lock the front door. 8.
When he had searched all his pockets and found no key he remembered
where it was. 9. He had left it in his overcoat pocket. 10. Then he
remembered something else; his passport and tickets were in his
overcoat pocket as well.
11.I arrived in England in the middle of July. I had been told that England
was shrouded in fog all year round, so I was quite surprised to find that it
was merely raining. 12. I asked another passenger, an Englishman, about
the fog and he said that there had not been any since the previous
February. 13. If I wanted fog, he said, I had come at quite the wrong
time. 14. However, he told me that I could buy tinned fog at a shop in
Shaftesbury Avenue. 15. He admitted that he had never bought fog
there himself but assured me that they sold good quality fog and that it
was not expensive. I suppose he was joking.
16.When the old lady returned to her flat she saw at once that burglars
had broken in during her absence, because the front door was open
and everything in the flat was upside down. 17. The burglars
themselves were no longer there, but they probably had only just left
because a cigarette was still burning on an ornamental table. 18.
Probably they had heard the lift coming up and ran down the fire
escape. 19. They had helped themselves to her whisky too but there
was a little left, so she poured herself out a drink. 20. She wondered
if they had found her jewellery and rather hoped that they had. 21.
The jewellery had been given her by her husband, who had died
some years before. 22. Since his death she had not had the heart to
wear it, yet she had not liked to sell it.
23.Now it seemed that fate had taken the matter out of her hands;
and certainly the insurance money would come in handy.
24.I put the £5 note into one of my books; but next day it took me
ages to find it because I had forgetten which book I had put it
into.
25. A woman came in with a baby, who she said had just swallowed a
safety pin.
26. I thought my train left at 14.33, and was very disappointed when
I arrived at 14.30 and learnt that it had just left. 27. I found later
that I had used an out-of-date timetable.
28.He parked his car under a No Parking sign and rushed into the
shop. When he came out of the shop ten minutes later the car
was no longer there. 29. He wondered if someone had stolen it or
if the police had driven it away.
30.It was now 6 p.m.; and Jack was tired because he had been
working hard all day. 31.He was also hungry because he had had
nothing to eat since breakfast. 32. His wife usually brought him
sandwiches at lunch time, but today for some reason she had not
come.
33.He kept looking at her, wondering where he had seen her before.
34.I looked out before I went to bed and saw a man standing on the
opposite pavement watching the house. 35. When I got up the
 following morning he was still there, and I wondered whether he
had stayed there all night or if he had gone away and come back.
36.When I opened the door I saw a man on his knees. 37. He had
clearly been listening to our conversation and I wondered how
much he had heard. 38. When I asked him what he was doing, he
said that he had droped a 50p piece outside the door and was
looking for it. 39. I did not see any sign of the money, but I found
a small notebook and pencil which he had probably dropped
when the door opened suddenly. 40. So he had been taking notes
of our conversation! 41. The notes were written in a foreign
language, so I turned to the stranger and asked him to translate.
42. But he pulled m hat over my eyes and ran off down the
corridor. 43. By the time I had recovered from the shock he had
disappeared round the corner. 44. Curiously enough, when I
moved my foot I found that I had been standing on a 50p piece.
45.Perhaps he was telling the truth after all!