Fill in with Past Simple or Past Perfect then state which action happened first

UNIT 8

GRAMMAR REVIEW

1. Complete the following:

e.g. By five o'clock yesterday...

By five o'clock yesterday I had translated the article.

1. By the end of the month.... 2.... by 1992. 3.... by 6 o'clock. 4. By the beginning of the year.... 5. By 8 o'clock.... 6. By January.... 7.... by the end of the lesson. IV. Join the sentences together. Do it as in the examples: e.g. We came to the stadium. The football match started. When we came to the stadium the football match had already started.

Fill in with Past Simple or Past Perfect then state which action happened first.

1. When I ….. left ….. (leave) the house, I…. realised ….(realise) that I…… bad forgotten.... (forget) my keys. First action:…. had forgotten…..

2. After I ……………… (finish) digging the garden I ………………(decide) to go for a walk. First action: ………………

3.1 ……………… (lend) Fiona some money only after she ………………(promise) to give it back the next day. First action:

4. They kept arguing about the money their father ………………(leave) them in his will when he ………………(die). First action: ………………

5. Kate ………………(start) studying after John………………(leave). First action; ………………(

6.1………………(buy) Beckie a plant yesterday because she ………………(sing) so well in the concert the night before. First action: ………………

7. When I (see) Julie, I ……………… (realise) that I………………(meet) her before. First action: ………………

3. Underline the correct tense in the story.

It was ten o'clock in the evening. Peter (a) sat/had sat down on his sofa and thought about the day. What a busy day it (b) was!/had been! This was his first night in his own flat. He (c) lived/had lived his entire life in the family home, and now for the first time, he (d) was/had been on his own.

He sat surrounded by boxes that they (e) didn't manage/hadn't managed to unpack during the day. It (f) took/had taken months to get all his things together. His mother (g) was/had been very generous, buying him things like towels and mugs.

He (h) went/had gone into the kitchen and (i) got/had got a beer from the fridge. He suddenly (j) felt/had felt very tired and yawned. No wonder he (k) was/had been tired! He (l) was/had been up since six o'clock in the morning. He (m) decided/had decided to finish his beer and go to bed.

4. Open the brackets and put the verbs into Past Simple, Past Continuous or Past Perfect.

1. By two o'clock the teacher (to examine) all the students. 2. On my way to school I (to remember) that I (to leave) my report at home. 3. All my friends (to be) glad to hear that I (to pass) all the examinations successfully. 4. Poor Oliver (to lie) unconscious on the spot where Sikes (to leave) him. 5. He (to open) his eyes, (to look) around and (to try) to remember what (to happen) to him. 6. All the passengers (to see) at once that the old man (to travel) a great deal in his life. 7. By the time we (to come) to see him, he (to return) home. 8. During the holidays my friend (to visit) the village where he (to live) in his childhood. 9. When they (to enter) the hall, the performance already (to begin). 10. When I came home, my mother (to tell) me that she (to receive) a letter from grandfather. 11. Where you (to work) before you (to go) the university? 12. Не (to study) French before he (to enter) the university. 13. Lanny (to say) that he (to get) his education in Cape Town. 14. The boy (to want) to act the main part in the play because he (to organize) the theatre. 15. Lanny (not to know) who (to attack) him in the darkness. 16. The girl (to be) glad that she (to find) a seat near the window. 17. Suddenly he (to remember) that he (not to ring) her up in the morning. 18. By the time the train (to reach) the city, he (to make) friends with many passengers. 19. When his uncle (to leave), he (to hurry) to the station to book a ticket. 20. She (to think) that Gert and Lanny (to quarrel).

5. Read the story and choose the best verbs to fill the gaps.

lived wanted had lived were decided had lived

had painted used to go ordered caught died

was preparing closed was designed had arrived

In 1858/ the young King Pedro V of Portugal 0............ was preparing............to marry Princess Stefania of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen. He 1....................................................................... to please his young wife and so he 2....................................................................... to decorate the future Queen's apartments in the Royal Palace, the 'Necessidades'. He 3....................................................................... new furniture, lamps, curtains and carpets, mainly from Paris but also from Lisbon. He 4....................................................................... a new, ivory bedroom, overlooking a small garden, for his Queen. The King ordered their initials, P and S, to be painted on the ceiling, with the royal crown made in stucco, which we can still see today. Queen Stefania was delighted when she saw her new palace, and she specially loved the doors to her dressing room, which a famous artist 5..................................................................... with pretty flowers and the date of the wedding, 1858, in the centre. The 'Necessidades' and the palace where she 6....................................................................... in Dusseldorf were similar. They 7....................................................................... both pink, quite small, built in the 18th century, and surrounded by a lovely park. She always...................................................................... for long walks in the park. Tragically, the young queen 9....................................................................... diphtheria almost immediately and, on 17 July, 1859, she 10........................................................................ She was only 22 years old. She 11....................................................................... in Lisbon on 17 May 1859, and she 12....................................................................... in the palace for only two months. King Pedro V's heart13....................................................................... broken, and he died of typhoid in 1861 at the young age of 24. After this double tragedy, the Royal family 14....................................................................... all the windows of the Palace out of respect for the tragic young couple. No one 15....................................................................... there for many years.