ADVANCED GRAMMAR COURSE

SECOND SEMESTER
COURSE BOOK ASSIGNMENTS
CHAPTER 6
Student’s name: Alezander Castrellon ID: 12-716-502

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A3 - After you read

1. T
2. T
3. F
4. T
5. F
6. F

B2 - Working on verb forms

Simple Past Past Perfect Past Perfect Continuous

1 I flew home.
2 We went to school.
3 They tried hard
4 I held my keys.
5 You had fun.
6 He made a mess.
7 They thought about it.
8 They did nothing.
9 What happened?
1 It got harder.
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I had flown home.
We had gone to school.
They had tried hard.
I had held my keys.
You had had fun.
You had made a mess.
They had thought about it.
They had done nothing.
What had happened?
It had gotten harder.
I had been flying home.
We had been going to school.
They had been trying hard.
I had been holding my keys.
You had been having fun.
You had been making a mess.
They had been thinking about it.
We had been doing nothing.
What had been happening?
It had been getting harder.

B3 – Building sentences

1. Who had been working?

2. Who had taken a walk?
3. She had been working.
4. She had lunch.
5. She had been left.

B4 – A Asking and answering questions

1. A: Before you started this course, had you ever taken any other English courses?
B: Yes, I had. I’d studied English for a year in high school.
No, I hadn’t. I’d never taken any English courses.
2. A: Before you started this course, had you ever studied English grammar?
B: Yes, I had. I had studied English grammar with my friend.
 No. I hadn’t. I’d never studied English grammar.
3. A: Before you started this course, had you ever spoken on the phone in English?
B: Yes, I had. I had spoken on the phone in English with my friend in the US.
No, I hadn’t. I’d never spoken on the phone in English.
4. A: Before you started this course, had you ever written any letters in English?
B: Yes, I had. I had written letters in English during my brainstorming.
No, I hadn’t. I’d never written any letters in English.
5. A: Before you started this course, had you ever seen any English-language movies?
B: Yes, I had. I had seen many movies in English language.
No, I hadn’t. I’d never seen any English-language movies.

B5 – Transforming sentences

1. We had stood outside for a long time.

2. It cannot change because verbs with stative meanings are not usually used with the past perfect
continuous.

3. She had limped for the last mile.

4. It cannot change because verbs with stative meanings are not usually used with the past perfect
continuous.

5. It cannot change because verbs with stative meanings are not usually used with the past perfect
continuous.

6. Had anyone looked for us?

7. They had tried to call for help.

8. What had been happening?

C2 – Expressing order of past events

1. 2-1

(After) The sink overflowed after I had left the water running.

2. 2-1

(Before) Before he graded the exam, he read the answers carefully.

Before he graded the exam, he had read the answer carefully.

3. 1-2

(When) They had been married for five years when they got divorced.

4. 1-2

(After) After the car collided with a truck, someone called the police.
 After the car had collided with a truck, someone called the police.

5. 2-1

(Until) Until the doctor said she was very healthy, she was worried.

Until the doctor said she was very healthy, she had been worried.

6. 1-2

(By the time) By the time she slept for ten hours, I decided to wake her up.

By the time she had slept for ten hours, I decided to wake her up.

C4 – A Describing new experiences

1. They had never diapered a baby before.

They had never bathed a baby before.

They had never touched a baby before.

2. She had never lived on her own before.

She had never slept in a dormitory before.

She had never stayed alone before.

3. He had never used an electronic cash register before.

He had never got a paycheck before.

He had never had to use an electronic machine before.

D2 – Talking about continuing past actions

1. When Elena went back to school, she had been working for two years.

When Elena went back to school in 2008, she had been working since 2006.

2. When Brigitte’s fiancé joined the company, she had been working at C & M for two years.

When Brigitte´s fiancé joined the company in 1999, she had been working at C &M since 1997.

3. When the electricity went off, the chicken had been baking for fifteen minutes.

When the electricity went off at 5:45, the chicken had been baking since 5:30.

4. When the phone woke Lisa up, she had been sleeping for three hours.

When the phone woke Lisa up at 2:00 A.M., she had been sleeping since 11:00 P.M.

5. When Paulo and Celia got married, they had been dating for two years.
 When Paulo and Celia got married in 2000, they had been dating since 1998.

6. When Kate graduated from medical school, she had been studying for six years.

When Kate graduated from medical school, she had been studying since 1996.

7. When Carlos moved to Paris, he had been living in Mexico City for two years.

When Carlos moved to Paris in 2000, he had been living in Mexico City since 1998.

8. When Eric gave his first recital, he had been taking piano lessons for six months.

When Erick gave his first recital in July 2000, he had been taking piano lessons since January of that year.

D3 – A Expressing reasons and results

1. because he had been sleeping poorly.

2. because she had cheated.

3. because she hadn’t liked it.

4. He joined a gym because he had been gaining weight.

D4 – A Expressing contrasts

1. although I hadn’t studied.

2. even though she hadn’t done her homework.

3. Although they had dressed warmly,

4. Even though he had been making a lot of

money,