2 SPEAKOUT EXTRA Intermediate

GRAMMAR PRACTICE 2.2 narrative tenses

2.1 present perfect/past simple

1 Underline the correct alternatives to complete the
story.
1 Underline the correct alternatives to complete the I remember it very clearly. It was a cold night and it
conversations. 1
rained/was raining heavily outside. I 2did/was doing
Conversation 1 the washing-up in the kitchen when my daughter
A: How was your holiday last month, Pam?
3
called/was calling through from the living room with
1
Did you go/Have you been anywhere nice? the result: Barack Obama 4became/had become the
first African-American president of the United States.
B: Yes, we 2went/’ve been to Paris for wo weeks. We 5were following/had followed his campaign closely
A: Oh, I 3went/’ve been to Paris. and we were really happy when we 6had heard/heard
B: Really? When 4did you go/have you been? the news. Whether you agreed with his politics or
A: Last summer. We 5went/’ve been there by Eurostar. not, it was a very important event for world politics.
B: That sounds nice. I 6didn’t travel/’ve never travelled
by Eurostar. 2 Match 1–10 with a)–j) to make sentences.
Conversation 2 1 We were having lunch
2 I was late for school because
A: Which film shall we watch tonight then, The
Wanted 2? 3 While Suzanne was collecting the dirty dishes,
4 When she got to her car she realised
B: Nah, 7I saw/’ve seen that.
5 I got out of bed and
A: Really? When 8did you see/have you seen it?
6 Frank met Paula
B: Oh, I don’t know. Ages ago.
7 It was a beautiful day,
A: But it only 9came out/has come out yesterday! 8 I’d never tried sushi
B: Ah, that’s right. I meant I 10already saw/ 9 I sat down in the café
’ve already seen the first one. 10 I felt terrible
2 Complete the sentences with the present perfect or a) she’d lost her keys.
past simple form of the verbs in the brackets. b) when somebody called.
1 Last night I (watch) a really good c) until I went to Japan.
film on TV. d) and ordered a cappuccino.
2 Sara and Dan (know) each other e) because my girlfriend had split up with me.
for years. f) when they were working together at the pizza
3 I (never try) jackfruit. parlour.
4 We (see) Jake last night. He looked g) she dropped a glass on the floor.
really healthy. h) I’d missed my bus.
5 Can you give me five minutes? I i) the sun was shining and the waves were crashing
(just get) home. on the beach.
6 (you call) the dentist yet? j) jumped in the shower.
7 (she hear) from Leo recently?
8 I (live) with my parents until I went
to university.

3 Find and correct the mistakes. There is one mistake

in each question.
1 I’ve never went to China.
2 We’ve watch a lot of films recently.
3 James never visited Scotland.
4 Shahla has yet eaten.
5 Have you never been in a helicopter?
6 Jan isn’t here – she’s been home.
7 We didn’t saw the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
8 How long she has lived in Morocco?

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3 Complete the sentences with the correct form of Consolidation

the verbs in brackets.
1 We (meet) some interesting people 1 Complete the conversation using the prompts in
while we (travel) in Thailand. brackets.
2 As soon as I (get) home A: 1 (ever / tell) you the story about my
I (go) to bed. exam at university?
3 She took her phone out and (see) B: No, what 2 (happen)?
that she (miss) twenty-two calls. A: Well, this happened when I 3 (be)
4 Somebody (steal) my bag while at the end of my first year. We had to take exams
I (have) lunch in a café. in each subject to be able to continue to the next
5 When I (arrive) at the restaurant, year. I was in my maths exam, and
the others (eat). I4 (not / really / study) for it.
6 He (switch) the TV off before he B: Really? Why not?
(go) to bed. A: It was one of the subjects I had to take but didn’t
7 In the meeting, Paulette (realise) really want to continue.
she (forget) her folder. B: Ah, OK.
8 When I (open) the curtains, I saw it
A: So, while I 5 (look) through the
(snow) in the night.
question paper I 6 (realise) that
I7 (not know) any of it. I had no idea
2.3 telling a story how to answer the questions.
B: 8 (dear).
1 Put the underlined words in the correct order to A: Exactly. But then, 9 (all / sudden),
complete the conversations. I 10 (see) another piece of paper
1 A: beginning / in / the, they were all stuck on a under the exam paper. I think the professor
desert island. 11
(leave) it there by mistake.
Anyway, on it were all of the answers to the exam!
B: happened / next / what? B: Wow! What 12 (do)?
A: Well, I know it’s awful, but I used it!
2 A: of / and / a / all / then, / sudden, she stood up
B: I 13 (not / believe).
and started singing!
A: I know. I felt so bad, and I 14
B: funny / that’s / really! (never / cheat) in an exam since then! Anyway, the
funny thing is, 15 (in / end) I went on
to major in maths and do really well! And it makes
3 A: the / end / in, we all just went home.
me think, perhaps my professor didn’t leave the
answers there accidentally …
B: must / joking / you / be.

4 A: when / happened / this I was working on a

cruise ship.

B: do / what / you / did?

5 A: knew / thing / the / I / next, we were hanging

upside down!

B: embarrassing / how!

6 A: long / before, we realised we were in the

wrong room.

B: believe / I / it / don’t!

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