KEY UNIT 5 (PAST SIMPLE AND PAST CONTINUOUS)

1.
1. was talking, knocked
2. was crying, was
3. was having, called
4. was watching, reached
5. collapsed, was ending
6. was listening, arrived
7. wanted, was coming
8. returned, was burning
9. was putting, arrived
10. was apologizing, exploded

2.
1. played – was playing
2. travelled – was travelling
3. climbed – was climbing
4. danced – was dancing
5. took – were taking
6. sailed – were sailing
7. slept – were sleeping

3.
1. While she was talking…
2. … while he was travelling to Africa
3. …while she was dreaming
4. While they were acting
5. …while they were singing
6. While we were eating
7. While I was phoning
8. While we were climbing
KEY TO UNIT 12 PAST PERFECT
1.
1. Visited, had never been
2. Had seen, decided
3. Met, had lived
4. Had dreamt, arrived
5. Had talked, changed
6. Were, had not written
7. Looked, had seen
8. Found, had already given
9. Returned, had decided
10. had hoped, fell

2.
1. Had helped
2. Had fallen
3. Had met
4. Hated
5. Had tried
6. Met
7. Had nearly died
8. Had placed
9. Had tracked
10. Had attached
11. Did not explode
12. Became
13. Gave
14. Had stolen

3.
1. Dickens sympathized with poor children because he had had to work in a factory as a
child.
2. Be the end of 1853, Dickens had written his 10th novel
3. By 1860, dickens had become the most popular writer in the world
4. After he had visited America, he wrote Martin Chuzzlewit. (After visiting America…)
5. Before 1841, Dickens had never visited America.
6. He travelled all over the country to read from his books, although his health had
already begun to deteriorate.