Unit 2 CONSOLIDATION: PAST TENSES / VOCABULARY
5 Alexandra’s hair was wet because she had been
Past perfect simple vs past simple
1 Write sentences. Use the past perfect simple
and the past simple form in each sentence.
I / tired / because / not sleep / the night before
I was tired because I hadn’t slept the night before.
1 We / not / go out / because / had / an argument
We weren’t going out because we had had an
argument.
2 The evening / amazing / but then / Jaime / lose /
bank card
The evening was amazing, but then had Jaime
lost bank card.
3 I / have / nothing to wear / as / I / not do / my
washing
I have had nothing to wear as I wasn’t done my
washing.
4 Kit / hope / there / was food / in the fridge /
because / he / not eat
Kit was hope there was food in the fridge
because he hadn’t eaten.
5 After / Orla / help / her mum / she / play / a
computer game
After Orla had helped her mum, she was
playing a computer game.
Past perfect simple vs past perfect continuous
2 Complete the sentences with the past perfect
simple or past perfect continuous form of the
verbs in brackets.
1 Maria HAD BEEN WATCHING (watch) the film
for ten minutes before she realized it was the wrong
film.
2 I had dreamt (dream) about Chris Hemsworth
when the alarm woke me up.
3 Xavi HAD HAD (have) time for breakfast, so he
stopped to buy a croissant on the way to school.
4 I was sure I had books (book) tickets for 7 p.m.
but the film wasn’t due to start until 9.
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swum (swim).
6 The reporter had been described (describe) the
situation in the Middle East when the camera
switched itself off.
Consolidate
3 Complete the dialogue with the present
perfect simple or present perfect continuous
form of the verbs in brackets.
Gil Where (1) HAVE YOU BEEN (you / be)?
Jo Sorry. (2) HAVE YOU BEEN WAITING
(you / wait) long?
Gil Yes, I have.
Jo Well, what shall we do now?
Gil How about going to a café on the beach?
Jo Good idea. (3) have you been seen (you
/ see) the street performer who stands like
a statue for hours? He’s by the pier.
Gil No, he (4) had never been (never / be)
there when I (5) have been walked (walk)
past.
Jo Well, he (6) has been perform (perform)
there all this week, so let’s go and see if
he’s there today too!
4 Choose the correct options to complete
the text.
In the film Passengers, Chris Pratt plays an
engineer who (1) travels / is travelling in
space to a new home on a faraway planet. All
the passengers (2) sleep / are sleeping
through the journey, but something (3) goes /
is going wrong and Pratt’s character (4)
wakes up / is waking up early – ninety years
early.
NARRATIVE TENSES. Click on the link. Read
the story “My first car nightmare”. Complete
the text with the correct form of the verbs in
brackets: past simple, past continuous or past
perfect. (on this document, write numbers with
the answers next to them)
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VOCABULARY -ed / -ing adjectives (SB p. 127
Wordlist)

1 Complete the dialogue with the correct form

of the words in bold.

A Have you read John Baker’s latest book?

B Yeah, (1) AMAZING, isn’t it? (amaze)

A I know! I was really (2) shocked by the ending

though. (shock)

B Me too! I don’t expect something so frightening

in one of his books. (frighten)

A That’s right. I was really concerned that it

wouldn’t have a happy ending. (concern)

B I suppose I was quite pleasing that the main

character didn’t die in the end. (please)

A I don’t know. Perhaps that would have made it

more shocking. (shock)

2 Complete the sentences by forming -ed or -

ing adjectives from the words in the box.

intrigue / annoy / frighten / amuse / embarrass /

exhaust

1 It must have been a scary film because everyone

leaving the cinema looked FRIGHTENED.

2 The most amusing thing about the book is that it

is too long. It’s over 1000 pages.

3 It was really embarrassed when Michael’s phone

rang during the film and everyone looked at him.

4 I’m exhausted because I stayed up all night

reading the new Detective Harrison novel.

5 I find her books so intriguing. There are so many

interesting mysteries.

6 The series is really annoyed. It made me laugh

out loud quite a lot.

3. had still felt

4. hadn’t had

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5. didn’t matter
6. knows
7. was always want
8. had been call
9. had told
10. shone
11. was drove
12. had chatted
13. had been seen
14. had flown
15. was trying
16. had been buzzed
17. had disappeared
18. was felt
19. had been stinging
20. had drove
21. crashed

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