1 | Twists of fate
PAST PERFECT SIMPLE
1 Look at these sentences. Write 1 by
happened first and 2 by the action that happened
after it.
1 When I got to the station (2), the train had already
left. (1)
2 She'd already left (@ by the time I got to the party. @)
3 The moment I opened the door, ! saw (A) that someone
had broken into the flat. @)
4 1 didn't recognize her at first () because she'd changed
her hairstyle and hair colour. ()
5 Unfortunately, we got to the cinema (4) after t
had started. (@
6 The football match was so bad that half the fans had
left (@) before the game finished. (2)
7 I'd read and replied to 87 emails () by the time I
stopped for lunch. (@)
the action that
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2. Choose the correct verb forms to complete the story.
(On August 1, Martin Wallis and Bob Cram (1) went / had
‘gone to the Accident and Emergency Department of Sutton
Hospital. Mr Wallis (2) broke / had/broken his arm and
burned himself badly. Mr Cram (3) twisted / hadtwisted
his ankle, sprained his wrist and broken his nose.
Apparently, the two men had entered Mr ‘Wallis’ flat earlier
in the day to do some DIY work. Mr Cram turned on the
gas and was looking for some matches when he (4) pul,
‘had put his foot in a bucket of water that the cleaner
(5) left / hadsleft there earlier. He (6) skidded / hadi
skidded across the kitchen and (7) grabbed / had grabbed
at one of the kitchen wall units to stop his fall.
‘Unfortunately, being a rather large man, he pulled all three
wall units off the wall as he fell down.
‘Then Mr Wallis, hearing the commotion, (8) entered / had
enteré the kitchen with a lit cigarette in his mouth. The
gas from the cooker instantly (S)xignited / had ignited. The
explosion threw Mr Wallis across the room and burned all
of his hair off, Luckily, Mr Cram was protected from the
explosion because he (10) was / adibeef# under the wall
units.
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INJURIES
3 complete the dialogues with Init jes from the box.
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oasis @etonateas comarca ONE
‘Az Why can’t you play football?
B: Because! quecced my ankle
bike.
Mum, [ fell off my
as g. You've got a big black
B: I'can see that, darlin
“escise on your leg.
3. A: You're neon!
B: Yes, I cut my finger when T was peeling the
potatoes.
4. A: Tthink he's anceecsegfrom shock.
Bi Yes, he is. He's just received some very bad news.
5 A: She can’t hear you, can she?
Bi No, that car just knocked her down and she's
cxneceious
6 A: You've got scamcies on your arm.
B; Yes, it was that stupid cat!
7 A: Are you playing tennis on Saturday?
B: I'm afraid I can’t. | gosta ne. my wrist.
8 A: How did he get that Accie expe?
B: Oh, he was in a fight.
4 DICTATION
4 62.15 Write the sentences that you hear.
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