Page 28 - Advanced English Grammar in Use

UNIT
EXERCISES

9.1 Underline the correct answer. (A)
1 Alice felt very pleased with herself. She had found I found what she was looking for.
2 'Where are we?' had asked I asked Martha.
3 By the time I got back to the bathroom, the bath had overflowed I overflowed.
4 She walked into the station only to find that the train had left I left.
5 I was just about to leave when I had remembered I remembered my briefcase.
6 My sister told me that Joe had died I died.
7 He had looked I looked at his watch again and began to walk even faster.
8 In a surprise move, the Prime Minister had resigned I resigned last night.
9.2 These things happened in the order given in brackets (e.g. in 1, most people went home and,
sometime after that, I got to the party). Write sentences using this information beginning with the
words given. Use either the past simple or the past perfect. (A)
1 (most people went home /1 got to the party) By the time...
2 (Glen opened the book / some pages fell out) WHen...
3 (the fox disappeared/ we went back to look for it) When...
4 (she picked up her bag/ the handle broke) When...

9.3 Expand one of these sets of notes using the past perfect to begin each sentence. (C)
She / not expect / see David again I / hope for / relaxing day I / mean / to call / parents
He / think about / fly / to Rome She / want to / leave / meeting early
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2 , but I couldn't find a phone box.
3 , so she was delighted when they met at the conference.
4 , but she felt that she ought to stay to find out what was decided.
5 , but instead my cousin and her five children arrived unexpectedly.

9.4 Use these pairs of verbs to complete the sentences. Choose the past perfect where possible;
otherwise, use the past simple. (D)
turn/caught come/start eat/pick check/go type/give collapse/phone

1 After Michael the letter, he it to Kay to sign.
2 When she into the hall, everyone cheering.
3 When Jenny that the children were asleep, she out to the concert.
4 As soon as I the ignition key, the engine fire.
5 When Norma , I for an ambulance.
6 After they all the food, they up their bags and left.

9.5 Here is an extract from a newspaper article about a missing boy (Roy) and his father (Neil).
Decide why the past perfect was used in each case. (B)

...Neil said that Roy, who used to enjoy with Neil; Neil believed Roy had stayed
riding with him on his bike, followed him behind. It was only some hours later, when
as he set off. He told the child to go back Neil returned, that they realised Roy had
to his mother, and rode away. Meanwhile, vanished....
Roy's mother thought that Roy had gone

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