Unit 2 Grammar
Past perfect simple vs past simple
1 Write sentences. Use the past perfect simple
and the past simple form in each sentence.
I / tired / because / not sleep / the night before
I was tired because I hadn’t slept the night
before.
1 We / not / go out / because / had / an argument
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2 The evening / amazing / but then / Jaime / lose /
bank card
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3 I / have / nothing to wear / as / I / not do / my
washing
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4 Kit / hope / there / was food / in the fridge /
because / he / not eat
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5 After / Orla / help / her mum / she / play / a
computer game
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Past perfect simple vs past perfect
continuous
2 Complete the sentences with the past perfect
simple or past perfect continuous form of the
verbs in brackets.
1 Maria ________________________ (watch) the
film for ten minutes before she realized it was
the wrong film.
2 I ________________________ (dream) about
Chris Hemsworth when the alarm woke me up.
3 Xavi ________________________ (have) time
for breakfast, so he stopped to buy a croissant
on the way to school.
4 I was sure I _______________________ (book)
tickets for 7 p.m. but the film wasn’t due to start
until 9.
5 Alexandra’s hair was wet because she
________________________ (swim).
6 The reporter ________________________
(describe) the situation in the Middle East when
the camera switched itself off.
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used to & would for past habits
3 Put a tick () if the sentence is correct. If it is
not, correct the error below.
1 I wouldn't use to live in Almeria. ___
2 My favourite actor wouldn't use to have
a beard. ___
3 When I was younger, I would often read my
parents’ newspapers. ___
4 What type of stories would your mum write when
she was a journalist? ___
5 Would you visit your grandparents often when
you were a child? ___
6 Matt would have a blue car. ___
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Consolidate
4 Complete the dialogue with the present perfect
simple or present perfect continuous form of the
verbs in brackets.
Gil Where (1) _______________________ (you /
be)?
Jo Sorry. (2) _______________________ (you /
wait) long?
Gil Yes, I have.
Jo Well, what shall we do now?
Gil How about going to a café on the beach?
Jo Good idea. (3) _______________________
(you / see) the street performer who stands
like a statue for hours? He’s by the pier.
Gil No, he (4) __________________ (never / be)
there when I (5) _____________________
(walk) past.
Jo Well, he (6) _____________________
(perform) there all this week, so let’s go and
see if he’s there today too!
5 Choose the correct options to complete the text.
In the film Passengers, Chris Pratt plays an
engineer who (1) travels / is travelling in space to
a new home on a far away planet. All the
passengers (2) sleep / are sleeping through the
journey, but something (3) goes / is going wrong
and Pratt’s character (4) wakes up / is waking up
early – ninety years early.