COURSE: TEENS 6

COACHING CLASS 3
NAME:
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TENSES

TENSES: Put the verbs in brackets in the correct tense.

Chef Paul Stevens was in the kitchen of the restaurant where he works, when he

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________________ (bite) on the hand by a giant spider. His first reaction was

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_____________ (get) its picture on his mobile phone to show his friends. However, when he

started to feel ill, he 3_____________ (take) to hospital. The doctors were unsuccessful in

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________________ (make) a diagnosis and sent him home. When Paul felt worse, he was

rushed back to hospital. Luckily, he still had his mobile with the photograph. This time, doctors

sent it to Bristol zoo where they 5______________ (identify) his attacker as a Brazilian

Wandering Spider – one of the world’s most poisonous arachnids. Its venom

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_________________ (kill) 225 mice. In humans it can provoke an irregular heartbeat and high

blood pressure. In some instances, it can even result in death. Happily, since the invention of an

antidote, nobody 7_________________ (die).

In this particular case, at first, nobody 8__________________ (can/explain) the arachnids

appearance in an English restaurant. However, they then realised there was nothing mysterious

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about it - _______________ (hide) away in a box of bananas, where it

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__________________ (travel) all the way from the Brazilian jungle.

TENSES: Put the verbs in brackets in the correct tense.

A few years ago, I spent my holiday on the Greek island of Santorini. I was so worried about

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____________________(travel) alone that I became quiet nervous. However, about five

minutes after the ferry 2___________________(leave) I met such a nice American couple that I

stayed with them for the whole holiday. When docking, we 3________________(push) onto a

bus that was filled with such a lot of people that we felt as if we couldn’t breathe, so we were

not shocked 4_________________(see) that at the bus station many people

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________________(wait) to offer us accommodation. We decided 6________________(ignore)

them, because we thought that if we walked along the main road we 7________________(find)

somewhere to stay ourselves. After an hour or so we started to think that not accepting any of

the offers of accommodation had not been such a good idea. We asked an old man who

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__________________(sit) at a café if he knew of anywhere we could stay. He led us to a lovely

little apartment on the edge of a cliff. It was such a gorgeous flat and the view was so good that

we took it immediately. We 9__________________(bring) only a few things with us, and it took

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us such a short time to unpack that in less than thirty minutes we _________________(swim)

on a famous black sand beach. We had such a nice time together that we became friends. We

still keep in touch and send each other letters and Christmas cards. This year Scott and Arianne

are coming to Scotland to spend Christmas with me. It will be great to see them again.

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 Key word transformations: Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to
the first sentence. Use up to five words including the word you are given.

1. Tim hadn’t studied a lot. However, he was able to pass the test. MANAGED
Even though he hadn’t studied a lot, Tim ………………………………………….……………………………………………….. test.
2. I haven’t seen singing like that since I was on holiday in Spain. LAST
The ……………………………………………………………………………………………… singing like that I was on holiday in Spain.
3. I took up painting five years ago. BEEN
I ……...……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. five years.
4. Sam couldn’t pay for the ticket because he didn’t have the money. ABLE
Sam ………………………………………………………………………………… for the ticket because he didn’t have the money.
5. Dan will certainly arrive late as usual. CERTAIN
Dan ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. late as usual.
6. Jack went home. Then, I arrived at the office. ALREADY
When I arrived at the office, …………........……………………………………….………………..……………………………… home.
7. You’ve been training hard for the last six months. I am sure you’ll win the race. LIKELY
You …………………………………………….………………………………………………… race because you’ve been training a lot.
8. Mike has never flown a plane before. FIRST
This ………………………………………………………………………………………………….………………………. Mike has flown a plane.
9. The teacher told Sandra to leave the books at home because they were going to watch a film. HAVE

Sandra ……………………………………………… take the books to class because they were watching a film.

10. Jessie could play the piano very well when she was three years old. OF

Jessie was ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… when she was three years old.

KEY WORD TRANSFORMATIONS: Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar
meaning to the first sentence. Use up to five words including the word you are given. Do not
change the word given.
1) I finished all my homework. Then I was told there were no classes the next day.

ALREADY

By the time they told me there were no classes the following day, _______________

my homework.

2) It wasn’t necessary for you to buy all those presents. NEED

You ___________________________________________________ all those presents.

3) I got the job of my dreams. SUCCEEDED

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I _________________________________________________________of my dreams.

4) Fortunately, I could get tickets for Ed Sheeran’s concert. MANAGED

Fortunately, I ______________________________________ for Ed Sheeran’s concert.

5) It is probable that she will lose weight because she is doing a lot of exercise. LIKELY

She __________________________________________ because she is doing a lot of exercise.

6) Jared has never driven a car before. TIME

This is _________________________________________________ ever driven a car.

7) Mary’s mother said she could go to the party. ALLOWED

Mary ______________________________________________________ to the party.

8) When Sandra was three, she wasn’t able to count up to 100. NOT

When Sandra was three, she _________________________________________________ 100.

9) Mindy’s baby is going to be born in September. HAVING

Mindy ____________________________________________________________ in September

10) Amber could play the flute by the age of six. OF

Amber ________________________________________________the flute by the age of six.

TENSES: Put the verbs in brackets in the correct tense.

It all ______________ (start) the week before we went on our first date. Michelle had a friend
who ______________ (be) my best friend Jack’s cousin, Tina. We had a plan: we
___________________ (meet) at the entrance of the cinema, take the tickets and go in all
together. After that, the idea was to go to a pizza house and have a slice or two before
___________ (go) back home. Easy as that. Nobody could _____________(tell) that Jack’s
cousin was going to get sick just a couple of days before the movie. It turned out ________
(be) bad: she had a terrible bug and she had ____________(stay) in bed for at least a week.

I couldn’t ____________ (believe) my luck. I spent a day or two thinking about Michelle and
how our date got completely sabotaged by that bug. Tina should ______________ (know)
better and taken greater care of herself. Never mind that, the fact was that I didn’t manage
________________ (go) to the movies with Michelle. Suddenly, I _________ (have) the best

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idea ever. I could ask out Michelle by myself, we could go to the cinema together, no Jack, no
Tina, no bug. If she really __________(like) me, she ___________ (say) yes.

Three years ________________ (pass) since the day she agreed _______________(go) to the
cinema with me. I always ____________ (think) that if I ________________ (not/have) the
courage ______________ (ask) her out back then, we ____________________ (never/ fall) in
love the way we did. So, in the end, I should ____________ (say) that I was really lucky Tina
got that bug.

Tenses: Fill the blanks with a suitable form of the verb in brackets.

Ever since I was a little boy, I have been dreaming of 1_____________________ (become) a
palaeontologist. When I 2_____________________ (be) ten years old, I had a fantastic history
teacher, Mrs. Hawkins, who 3_____________________ (teach) me a lot about ancient Egypt.
While we 4_______________________ (deal) with this topic, I started
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_____________________ (be) more and more interested.
I knew I had 6____________________ (study) a lot to become a palaeontologist, so ever since
then, I 7____________________ (read) everything I can about mommies and pyramids,
pharaohs and ancient gods. Throughout these years, I have been able 8____________________
(master) hieroglyphs and most of the drawings and paintings that can 9____________________
(find) inside pyramids. This is not an easy task to accomplish, but after a long time, I
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____________________ (become) quite an expert.
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Twenty years have passed now; things ____________________ (be) quite different from
when I was a kid. I never had the chance to become a palaeontologist, but my love for Egypt
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____________________ (never end). Two years ago, I managed ____________________
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(go) to Cairo with my wife. We ____________________ (tell) that it was very difficult
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____________________ (get) into some pyramids because they ____________________
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(be) very old buildings, but we succeeded in ____________________ (enter) them. I was
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very excited about ____________________ (be) there, but I know if I
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____________________ (study) more and devoted more time to my passion, I
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____________________ (become) an important palaeontologist.