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"Choose t he correct wor d.

1 He work s l on g hours and never tak es ti m e off.

a) a m bi t ious b} gen erous c)

2 Th ey of ten go on hol iday t o pla ces I've n ever heard of!

a) orga n ised b) advent u rou s c) am bi t ious

3 Tim get s em ba rrassed qui t e easil y.

a) sen si t ive b} sen sible c) brave

4 My sist er always brings m e back a present from h er h olidays.

a) re liable b) pract ical c) ge n erou s s I thi n k h e pre fers t o t ra vel on his own.

a) det ermin ed b) ind ependent c) confid ent

6 Kat hy will k n ow w h at t i m e the m eet i n g is.

a) pract ical b) ta le nt ed c) organised

7 My boss always ma kes good d eci sion s.

a) sensit ive b) m ean c) sensibl e

8 They won 't gi ve up u n til t h ey find t he a nswer.

a) dete rm i n ed b) reliabl e c) ad ven t u rou s

4 Elvis........................................... (lose) his first job in a

factory because he.. ···········--·····-········-····· (be) only 15.

He..................................... (earn) $30 a week there.

s Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake

-···················· (present) a children's TV programme called the Mickey Mouse Club.

6 Elton J ohn ·····························-············· (not be) called 'Elton John'. In 1971, he...........................................

(change) his name because he wanted to be famous. What........................................ his name

....................................... (be)? Reginald Dwight!

Past Perfect ED

f} f ill in the gaps wi th the verbs in brackets in the

Past Perfect. Use contract ions if possible.

1 Conn or ..b..<J...r:rnnge.d (ar range) t o m eet u p wi t h som e friend s so h e could n 't com e wit h us.

2 I reall y wa nt ed t o see th e conce rt, hut i t

···-·················-·-· (sell out).

3 Simon...............-....................... (not d ri ve) abroad

before, so h e wasn 't ve ry confi d en t.

4 I ······-·········....... (no t h ear) an y of t hei r m usi c before, but I t h ough t t he gig was excelle n t.

s By lhe tim e I arri ved, everyo n e (l eave).

6 I le failed t h e t est beca u se h e (n ot clo) an y rev isi on.

7 Wh en j ade arrived at t h e resta u ra n t, ·he realised

she ·············-·--···············... (go) t here before.

8 Th ey...................... (not k now) eat:h othe r

for long wh en t hey deci ded t o get engaged. •

" a) Read th e fi rst pa rt of Ch arlie's story and choose c h e corrccl word s.

By t he t ime I was 1 8, l 1stopped/

,oi ng on holida y wi t h my parents. The first year l 2stayedl had stayed at home, my parents asked me to pick t he m u p at t he

ai rport. The n ight before c hey

3got back/had got back, I realised

1he house wa.s a mess. I 'didn't tidy up/ hadn' t tidied up for two weeks.

I fi na ll y went to bed abouc 3 a.m. and a few m in u tes later I 5was/ had been fast asleep. I woke up sudden ly a t 7 a.m. I 6arranged/

had arrang ed 10 mee t t hem at c he

a i rporc at 6.30 a.m. a nd I 7didn't set/ hadn't se t t he ala rm! I q u ickly sci

off for Heat h row airport, bu t t here arc four cerminals at H eath row

a) Read t h e second part of the story and pu t the verbs in bracket s i n t he Past Perfect or Past Sim pl e.

\Vhe n I arrived a t Termi nal 1, I was an hour late. When I eventually fou n d my parents a t Term i n al 3, t h ey 1 .b?Jd.spa.t.. (spe nd) t wo hours wait ing for me. They 2 •••• •••• (not be) pleased. They

·····---- (be) on a fligh t for 1 2 hou rs and they were exhausted. Bu t t hi ngs were gelli ng worse... when we '................ (get back) to c he ca r, I realised I 5•• ••••.......... (lost) my car keys somewhe re al t he ai rport. We phoned my elder broc hcr a nd he ca me a nd took m y pa ren ts home.

Abou t t hree hours later, I 6 (get) home. f ortu nately someone 7 (find) m y keys al t he ai rport. The first t hing

ai rport and i t s one of the biggest

•................ (sec) was my fat her repai ri ng a broke n wi ndow. \Vh a t

a i rports i n t he world! I had no idea whi ch term inal t hey 8arrived/

had arrived at! And c h is 9waslhad been

before t he days of mobile phones...

h:1cl happened?

Whe n my parents a nd my brot her 9•••..•••• realised they had n"t got any house keys. They 10brea k a window to get into the houst·!

b) Pu t events a)-0 in t he correct order 1-6.

.. (get) home, they

........... (have to)

a)

b) D Charlie's parents got home. e) D Charlie got home.

c) DCharlie's pa rencs broke a f) DCharlie's brot her a rrived

wi n dow. a t t h e a i rport.

b) Tick three more events that happen i n th e stor y.

a) 0Cha rlie's parents asked hi m to

pick t hem u p a t t he airport.

b) DCha rlie t idied u p c hc house.

c) DCha rlie set his ala rm.

d) DCha rlie's pa ren ts arrived a t t he

airpor1.

e) DCharlie woke u p.

DCha rlie phoned his pa rents.

Review: apostrophes

"Write t he full form of s and 'd i f possible. 11:s ta ken t h ree hours to get here. .h. $...

2 I'd a l ways thought he was sensi ble. had.

3 l lc's been living in London th ree years.......

4 We'd recom mend pract ical clot hes for t he journey................ s I t's published by Cam bridge Universi t y Press.........

6 She'd n ever brcn skii ng before.

7 They'd get home ea rlier if t hey d id n't always d rive.

8 It's c he first t ime S11nons been to Scotland. _

9 I t hought I'd enjoy t he film because I'd lm·ed the book...............

10 Pa u l 's brother's ah\ ays been am bi1 ious.

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