week 14

• Engels
• Middelbare school

Exercise 6 (p. 57-58 WB)

Read the sentences and select the past perfect tense. 

1. He’d done well at school with 10GCSEs and three A-levels, and he went off to Southampton University to study history and politics.

1. had done
2. went off
3. study
4. history

2. He was following the fine example of his sister Joanne, who had been to Nottingham University and was doing well in public relations.

1. was following
2. had been
3. was doing
4. relations

3. My wife and I knew that James had smoked some cannabis when he was younger, and was still dabbling in it.

1. knew
2. was
3. had smoked
4. was dabbling

4. In fact, when I was a student at university in the 1970s I had tried it.

1. was
2. student
3. had tried
4. when

5. He was talking weirdly, his thoughts were all over the place, he was having hallucinations, and was totally paranoid.

1. was talking
2. were
3. was having
4. paranoid

6. We found out that James had started smoking cannabis regularly from the age of 15.

1. found
2. had started
3. smoking
4. regularly

7. James was clean of the drugs but he was still terribly paranoid.

1. was
2. but
3. terribly
4. paranoid

8. By Christmas his weight had fallen dramatically.

1. his weight
2. had fallen
3. dramatically
4. by

9. Although he managed to pass his exams, by the summer things were not looking good.

1. managed
2. were looking
3. good
4. although

10. He was getting angry and violent, and we were worried.

1. was getting
2. were
3. violent
4. worried

Exercise 7 (p. 58 WB)

Read the e-mail in your workbook. Choose the correct verb tense for each gap. 

1.

1. talked
2. had talked

2.

1. said
2. had said

3.

1. made
2. had made

4.

1. happened
2. had happened

5.

1. brought
2. had brought

6.

1. heard
2. had heard

7.

1. wrecked
2. had wrecked

8.

1. ripped
2. had ripped

9.

1. told
2. had told

10.

1. did
2. had done

11.

1. tore up
2. had torn up

12.

1. didn’t leave
2. hadn’t left

Exercise 16 (p. 62 WB)

The words only fit in one of the two sentences given.

(drag the correct sentence to the word)

1. variety

A. Most universities offer a great … of subjects you can study. 

B. When you go to that new restaurant, you really must taste the …

2. question 

A. Richard says Charlie biology because he didn’t study hard enough, but I … the truth of that. 

B. We’re not going to … about your homework. You’re just going to do as you’re told. 

3. struggles

A. My youngest brother really … to get through high school. 

B. Cindy ran into the classroom, then … and fell on her face. 

4. prioritize 

A. Your locker is a mess. Do you want me to … it?

B. You can’t do everything at once, you know. You really need to … 

5. average 

A. On … , fifty people a day use the bathroom in this restaurant. 

B. Jimmy wasn’t injured when the mast fell down, but the boat suffered quite a lot of … . 

6. employment 

A. I need to find … . I’m always broke. 

B. I want to go to the Royal Palace to watch the … of the guards. 

7. regardless 

A. …. the cyclist behind him, the driver hit the brakes. 

B. I want Maths, … of my grades. 

8. cope with 

A. What can you … the money you earn in a week. 

B. I don’t know how I’m going to … school, now that I have to play volleyball three times a week. 

9. concerned for 

A. What do you think your after-school job is … ?

B. I’m very … Alice. She doesn’t look good. 

10. familiarity 

A. How do you deal with … issues, like fights with your parents or sibling? 

B. She didn’t like the … with which the postman called her ‘love’.