A. Choose the correct verb tense for each of the underlined verbs.

Tracey Curtis-Taylor (1) had been dreaming about flying since she was a young girl. Her drive for
adventure started then, too. She (2) had had her first encounter with flying at the age of 16. When she
(3) was living in South Africa, and (4) had been working there for many months, she (5) realized that
she wanted to follow her dream of flying. In 2013, she (6) flew for about 16,000 km (10,000 miles) in an
old airplane over remote parts of Africa by herself. In 2015, she (7) began another solo flight, following
the route of pioneer Amy Johnson, who in 1930 set a record for being the first female to fly solo
between London and Sydney. The route (8) took Tracey halfway around the globe, and it was her most
exciting flight as a pilot so far.

1. a. Simple Past
b. Past Progressive
c. Past Perfect
d. Past Perfect Progressive

2. a. Simple Past

b. Past Progressive

c. Past Perfect

d. Past Perfect Progressive

2. a. Simple Past
b. Past Progressive
c. Past Perfect
d. Past Perfect Progressive

3. a. Simple Past
b. Past Progressive
c. Past Perfect
d. Past Perfect Progressive

4. A. Simple Past
a. Past Progressive
b. Past Perfect
c. Past Perfect Progressive

5. a. Simple Past
b. Past Progressive
c. Past Perfect
d. Past Perfect Progressive
6. a. Simple Past
b. Past Progressive
c. Past Perfect
d. Past Perfect Progressive

7. a. Simple Past
b. Past Progressive
c. Past Perfect
d. Past Perfect Progressive

B. You and a friend had been shipwrecked on a remote island. Put the words in the correct order
to form answers to the questions about how you were rescued.

1.

2.

3.
4.

5.

6.

7.
8.

C. Listen. Fill in the blanks with a synonym from the word bank.

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Tracey Curtis-Taylor had been dreaming about flying since she was a young girl. Her (1) for
adventure started then, too. She had had her first (2) with flying at the age of 16. When
she was living in South Africa, and had been working there for many months, she realized that she
wanted to follow her dream of flying. In 2013, she flew for about 16,000 km (10,000 miles) in an old
airplane over (3) parts of Africa by herself. In 2015, she began another solo flight,
following the (4) of the pioneer Amy Johnson, who in 1930 (5) for being
the first female to fly solo between London and Sydney. The route took Tracey halfway around the
(6) , and it was her most (7) flight as a pilot so far.

D. Fill in the blanks with the correct tense for each verb. The numbers refer to the timeline.

1. Lee Berger (1, dig) for fossils for 17 years when he (4, realize) he
(3, look) in the wrong place.
2. In 2008, he (4, go) back to South Africa and (4, take) a new
route to a place 17 km (10 miles) away from where he (1, dig) originally.
3. As he (3, walk) around, looking for clues, with his nine-year-old son, he (4,
discover) an area that had 125 new cave sites and 14 fossil caves.
4. During the following year, he (5, find) 700 more caves.