Unit 2

Unit 2 Revision
1 Circle the correct option.
1 Did you read / Had you been reading the whole book?
2 What had you done / did you do when you heard the news?
3 We were walking / had been walking for several hours when we reached / had reached a tiny village in the mountains.
4 It was the most amazing experience I was ever having / had ever had.
5 It’s OK. I didn’t sleep / wasn’t sleeping when you had been coming / came in.
6 Nathalie looked / was looking at her watch, had jumped / jumped into her car and quickly drove / had quickly driven away.
7 I didn’t think / wasn’t thinking that the plot was very convincing. Were / Did you?

2 Complete the sentences with the correct past tense form of the verbs.
1 That screenwriter didn’t get (get) much recognition in his lifetime.
2 When they called, Jamie had been working (work) on the script all day and didn't feel (not feel) like
going out.
3 We had never been (never be) in a real film studio before.
4 As I was crossing (cross) the busy road, I stumbled (stumble) and fell (fall).
5 Had you been waiting (wait) long before help finally arrived (arrive)?
6 The sun was shining (shine) brightly when we left (leave) the house in the morning.

3 Underline the incorrect tense in each sentence and then correct it.
1 As Sylvie was jogging in the park, it suddenly was begining to rain. began
2 They have never been believing that incredible story.
3 Fay had been painting all afternoon and had been pleased with the results.
4 I didn’t go to the cinema for over a year now. had been went
5 Had you being talking long when you lost the connection? been
6 J.K. Rowling’s book had become a bestseller not long after it was published.

4 Rewrite the sentences in the passive form. Use by + agent where appropriate.
1 The teachers always give the children homework over the weekend.
The children are always given homework over the weekend.
2 The owners closed the cinema five years ago and then reopened it last January.
Five years ago the cinema was closed by the owners.
3 The filmmaker’s skills strongly influence the success of a documentary like this.
The success of a documentary has strogled by the filmaker's skills.
4 Journalists have written about the incident in all the newspapers.

5 It’s clear that a professional photographer took all of these photos.

6 In the film someone attacks a young couple on holiday but the police arrest the wrong man.

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Unit 2 Revision
5 Choose the correct option (a, b or c) to complete the sentences.
1 That film by families all over the country at this time of year.
a is watching b watches c is watched
2 The criminals have .
a arrested the police b been arrested c be arrested by the police
3 Has about the change in plans yet?
a been informed Ava b Ava informed c Ava been informed
4 It is mainly through being told again and again that these stories alive.
a are kept b are been kept c have kept
5 I worry that our children to value the written word.
a are not being taught b are not teaching c are being not taught
6 Has that idea ever before?
a being tried b tried c been tried

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