Review of narrative tenses 17
past simple, past continuous, past perfect
LANGUAGE TIP
It’s not necessary to use
the past perfect with
before/after.
I turned the light off before
I went to sleep.
Multiple choice 2
(Part 1)
GRAMMAR FOCUS p.151 EXAM FOCUS p.181
8 Read the text quickly. What problem is the writer describing? 1 Answer the questionnaire and
1 being unable to avoid checking her phone at night compare your answers with a 1
2 receiving unwanted messages during the night partner. Then turn to page 147 to
see if you agree with the results.
3 being expected to work late at night
9 Read the first two paragraphs again. Match the underlined examples (1–8) 2
to the tenses (A–H).
A the past simple for describing past actions or states
B the past simple for a finished event that happened at a specific time
C the past continuous for describing two actions that were in progress at the same time
D the past continuous for describing a repeated action or habit
E the past continuous for describing something that was in progress at a particular time
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F the past perfect for referring to a time before another time in the past
G the past perfect continuous for describing a repeated action that happened before another
event in the past
H would for describing a past habit
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10 Complete the rest of the text with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
Are you an introvert?
Nocturnal smartphone addiction is a national epidemic – and it needs to stop.
For me, it started when my daughter (1) was born in 2013. She (2) was waking several 1 Do you often ignore messages from friends
on your phone?
times in the night to feed and I found it impossible to get back to sleep between feeds.
(3) I’d never experienced sleep problems and I’m ashamed to say that while my baby
2 Do you prefer online relationships to
(4) was feeding, I was messaging friends who were in the same situation. It helped to face-to-face ones? 5
know that I (5) wasn’t alone. (6) I’d also use the time to catch up on my emails.
Sometimes after the baby had woken up again for the next feed, I’d realise that 3 Do you prefer listening to talking?
(7) I’d been surfing aimlessly for two hours.
Now my daughter’s three years old but when I wake in the small hours I automatically 4 Do you dread going to parties where you
reach for my phone. Last night for example, at 3a.m., while my husband and daughter don’t know many people? 6
(8) were sleeping peacefully, I decided to check if anyone had replied to my last tweet.
5 Do you feel uncomfortable speaking in
I can think of only one time when I (9) .............. (learn) important information by checking front of groups of people?
an email in the middle of the night. This was when the hotel I (10) .............. (book) for
a conference the next day (11) .............. (email) me at midnight to cancel because their 6 Do you immediately put in earphones
kitchen (12) .............. (flood). In a panic I (13) .............. (communicate) the news immediately and start listening to music when you’re in 3
to everyone. I (14) .............. (plan) this event for months, so of course I spent the rest of the a public place in case anyone tries to talk
night worrying, needlessly as it turned out, because in the morning the hotel to you?
(15) .............. (call) to say they (16) .............. (manage) to find a nearby hotel for our
conference.
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EXAM TIP
Read the question and options for each A
11 Work in pairs. Do you agree that ‘nocturnal smartphone addiction is a extract carefully before you listen. Don’t
national epidemic – and it needs to stop’? Discuss with a partner and say expect to hear exactly the same words used
why/why not. in the options and the recording – often, B
these will be paraphrases. C
12 Complete the paragraph using the narrative forms in Activity 9. D
Last night I woke up suddenly because my phone was ringing ... . E
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