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t tion pronouns
Indefinite
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Policeman: Hello operator. I thought I heard something inside the
factory. I think there’s someone inside.
Operator: Message received. Can you see anyone or hear
anything? Are the lights on anywhere?
Policeman: Yes, I can see everything inside the factory. The top secret
robots are safe – no one has taken them and nothing is
missing.
Operator: Have you checked everywhere in the building? A robber
could be hiding somewhere.
Policeman: No, there’s nowhere to … no, wait, one of the robots is
moving!
Operator: OK, I’ll alert everyone here. We’re sending two police cars.
Just stay there and tell us everything that happens.
Remember! We use indefinite pronouns to talk about people, things and places we don’t specifically name.
Practice
4 I haven’t packed everyone /everything I need for the school trip yet.
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everyone
1 I had a huge birthday party and I invited _____________________ in my class.
2 The tablet is so small you can take it _____________________.
3 My keys must be _____________________ in the house.
4 This game is easy, _____________________ can learn to play.
5 The closet is too full, you can’t put _____________________ you have in there!
6 The pirates searched _____________________ for the hidden treasure.
7 When I looked through the microscope I saw _____________________ strange.
8 It wasn’t my fault. There was _____________________ I could do to stop it.
9 _____________________ knows exactly how many stars there are in the sky.
10 Did you buy _____________________ while you were out shopping?
11 I saw _____________________ going into the museum.
12 There is _____________________ to buy eggs. All the shops are closed.
1 It’s something kept in a pencil case that everyone uses to write. a pen
___________________________
2 This is someone in your family who is older than your parents. ___________________________
3 It’s somewhere very hot and dry located in the North of Africa. ___________________________
4 You can travel everywhere in the universe in it. ___________________________
5 This is something you use to communicate with anyone and take everywhere. ___________________________
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Past Perfect
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We use the past perfect when we want to talk about an earlier time in the past
than the time of the narrative.
7:50am 8:30am
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I had forgotten to set my alarm so I missed the bus.
To make the past perfect of the verb, we use had + past participle.
I had forgotten
He/she had arrived
They had eaten
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What a day!
already, so I didn’t have time for breakfast. I rushed out of the house to aw_gb6.2_05]]
catch my school bus, but when I got to the bus stop I
(3) ____________________ (miss) it. When I finally arrived at school the lessons (4) ____________________ (start)
and my teacher was not happy with me. After break we had Maths. I opened my school bag to take out
my notebook, but I (5) ____________________ (leave) it at home along with my P.E. kit. It was volleyball day in
When I arrived home from school I went to do my homework on the computer, but I found that a glass of
water (7) ____________________ (fall) on top of it. I tried to turn it on, but the water
(8) ____________________ (damage) the computer. Luckily, when my mum arrived home she was able to
3 Complete the sentences. Write the past simple or past perfect form of the verbs
in brackets.
had studied visited
1 She ____________________ (study) English for three years before she ____________________ (visit) Scotland.
2 My team ____________________ (win) ten games before we ____________________ (play) in the championship.
3 He ____________________ (understand) the film better because he ____________________ (read) the book.
4 We ____________________ (prepare) for weeks before we ____________________ (do) our final presentation.
5 Mary ____________________ (come) to my house yesterday around 7pm, but I wasn’t there.
I ____________________ (go) to my guitar lesson.
6 Tim ____________________ (not hear) the CD before I ____________________ (give) it to him.
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Remember!
The past continuous is used for a continued While I was going to school, it
action that happens before/after the narrative. started to rain.
The past perfect is used when there are two events When I arrived at school, the class
in the past, one at an earlier time than the narrative. had begun.
Practice
1 While I watched / was watching / had watched the television, the telephone rang.
2 I broke / was breaking / had broken my leg while I was playing football.
3 He had / was having / had had a shower and then got dressed.
4 I was late, so when I arrived at the cinema the film started / was starting / had started.
5 As the plane took / was taking / had taken off the lights went out.
6 At the airport we checked in and then went / were going / had gone to departures.
7 When she got to the airport she realised that she left / was leaving / had left her passport at home.
8 They read / was reading / were reading when the train arrived.
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went
Last year I (1) _________________________ (go) on holiday to Italy with my
family. We (2) _________________________ (travel) to the airport by bus. While
we (3) _________________________ (check) in, I saw a famous footballer. He
was getting on the plane too! I knew who he was because I
(4) _________________________ (see) him on TV.
The flight attendant (5) _________________________ (look) at our boarding
passes and passports before we got on the plane. As the plane
(6) _________________________ (take) off I felt very excited. It was my first
international flight. When we arrived in Rome, dad
(7) _________________________ (find) a trolley for our luggage. Then we
(8) _________________________ (take) a taxi to our hotel. In my room I opened my suitcase, but my clothes
(9) _________________________ (to be) missing! Somebody in the airport
(10) _________________________ (take) my suitcase by mistake.
3 Complete the sentences using the verbs in the box. Use the past narrative tenses.
4 Write about one of your most memorable moments. Use the past narrative tenses.
1 What happened?
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2 What were you doing when it happened?
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________
3 Where and when did it happen?
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________
4 What had you done earlier that day?
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________
5 What happened at the end?
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Passive
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Present Passive
Coffee is grown in South America.
Cars are made in factories.
The museum is visited by thousands of people every day.
Past Passive
Manga was created in Japan.
The telephone was invented by Alexander Graham Bell.
The pyramids were built by the Egyptians a long time ago
Remember! We use the passive when we don’t need to know who did the action
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were built
The pyramids of Egypt (1) _______________________ over 5,000
years ago as a place to bury kings and pharaohs. The largest
one – the Pyramid of Giza – (2) _______________________ from 2.3 [Add AW Egyptian pyramid –
million blocks of rock. How were these huge blocks carried and maybe show ancient Egyptians
built? Thousands of blocks of rock (3) _______________________
carrying stones to build one
and then ramps (4) _______________________ to move the rocks
around. It is believed that about 20,000 workers built the Pyramid
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of Giza and that it took around 23 years!
The Pharaohs’ tombs were placed in the pyramids. The walls
(5) _______________________ paintings and treasure (6) _______________________ there when the pharaohs
died. In 1922 , when King Tutankhamun’s tomb (7) _______________________, there were more than 5,000
pieces of treasure inside.
4 Make questions in the present and past passive using the words in the box.
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Presentation
Director: Hello, Gina. I’m just phoning to see if you’re all ready
to start filming tomorrow.
Actress: Hi Steve. Yes, I am. Yesterday I had my hair cut and
restyled.
Director: Oh you’ll look great. Well, we had a special costume
made for you as well.
Actress: Yes, I know, I had it fitted last week and I love it.
Director: Tomorrow before the actual filming there will be a
photo shoot. You can have your photo taken in
costume. Then we’ll have it sent out with the film
trailers to promote the new film.
Actress: Right. Sounds good.
Director: And don’t be late Gina. They had the limo repaired
last week and it’s coming for you at 6am to take you
to the location.
Actress: Great! See you then.
Remember! Use have with the past participle to form the causative. We use the
causative have actions which are done for the subject rather than by the subject.
Practice
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baked
1 We had a special cake _______________________ for Tom’s party.
2 She’s going to have a new dress _______________________ for the party.
3 We had our faces _______________________ before we went to the football match.
4 My dad’s car broke down so he had it _______________________ at the garage.
5 If I were rich I would have a house _______________________ with ten bedrooms.
6 The newspaper had the politician _______________________ by its best investigative journalist.
7 I have my teeth _______________________ at the dentist twice a year.
8 My friend Ana had her hair _______________________ last week. It looks great!
9 My bedroom looks great now. My parents had it _______________________.
10 I’m going to buy a new laptop online. I’ll have it _______________________ to my house.
3 Write about the changes to the school. Use had and hadn’t had.
4 _______________________________________________
5 _______________________________________________
6 _______________________________________________
4 What would you have done to improve your school? Write four sentences.
1 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________
3 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________
4 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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He wanted to
Is this your first know if this was
time backpacking? my first time
backpacking.
Practice
1 Read and circle.
Do you like your new school? 1 She asked me if I like / liked my new school.
Where did you use to go to school? 2 She wanted to know where I use / used / to go to school.
Can you speak another language? 3 She asked me if I could /can speak another language.
What are your hobbies? 4 She asked me what my hobbies are / were.
Are you going to join any clubs? 5 She asked me if I was / am going to join any clubs.
Will you go on the class trip? 6 She asked me if I would / will go on the class trip.
What’s your favourite subject? 7 She asked me what my favourite subject was / were.
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2 Circle the mistake in each sentence. Then write the correct word.
1 He asked me what my name is . was
___________________
2 He asked me do I came from Earth. ___________________
3 He asked me if I can fly. ___________________
4 He asked me if I have siblings. ___________________
5 He asked me if I speak English. ___________________
6 He asked me when my birthday is. ___________________
7 He asked me if I can programme a computer. ___________________
8 He asked me if I understand his message. ___________________
3 Write two more questions the alien asked. Then report the questions.
1 ______________________
2 He asked me _________
________________________
________________________
________________________
________________________
________________________
_______________________.
_______________________?
3 ______________________
________________________ 4 He wanted to know
________________________ ________________________
________________________ ________________________
_______________________? ________________________.
4 Imagine that you witnessed a robbery on your way to school. Report the questions
that the police officer asked you.
1 Did you witness the crime?
He asked me if I witnessed the crime.
_______________________________________________________________________
2 Did you call the police department?
_______________________________________________________________________
3 Can you identify the suspect?
_______________________________________________________________________
4 Do you know what time it happened?
_______________________________________________________________________
5 Do you have any other information?
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Jordan: Hey Eric, can your little brother come to the theme park
with us on Saturday?
Eric: No, my parents refused to let him go.
Jordan: Why?
Eric: Well, he promised to tidy up his bedroom before football
practice. I offered to help him with the vacuuming, but
he refused to do any of his chores. Instead, he went to
the garden to play outside. While he was playing in the
garden, he kicked a ball through one of the living room
windows!
Jordan: What did your parents say?
Eric: I suggested telling the truth, but at first he denied breaking the window. That made the situation
worse since they knew it was him. In the end, he promised to do his chores.
Remember! Some reporting verbs are followed by the infinitive and others are followed by the gerund.
Practice
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2 Complete each of the sentences with a reporting verb from the box.
promised
1 I ________________________ to finish my homework before watching TV.
2 It was really windy in the car so I ________________________ closing the window.
3 My brother ________________________ eating all the chocolate, but I knew it was him!
4 It was raining so dad ________________________ to take us to school by car.
5 I ________________________ to eat the toast because it was burnt to a crisp.
6 The nurse ________________________ doing more exercise.
3 Report what the people said using a reporting verb from the box.
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First Conditional
Ana: Hi Paul. What are you doing this afternoon?
Paul: Well, if it doesn’t rain, I’ll go to the beach. I’ll probably
spend the whole afternoon there if the weather is good.
Ana: And what will you do if it rains?
Paul: If it rains, I’ll go to the cinema.
Second Conditional Sally: What would you do if you had a lot of money Josh?
Josh: Well, if I had a lot of money I would travel round the world.
Sally: And where would you go?
Josh: I think I would go to a tropical island. I would love to
go wildlife spotting.
Sally: That would be exciting.
Josh: What would you do if you won the lottery, Sally?
Sally: I wouldn’t spend all the money right away. I would give
some away. If I had a lot of money I would travel too.
Remember!
First conditional will + present tense used for possible future situations
Practice
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3 Read and complete. Use the first or second conditional of the verbs in the box.
W b V
From: Katy Subject: holiday weekend
Hi there!
I’m making plans for the holiday weekend, but I can’t decide what to do. If the weather is nice,
will go
I (1) ___________________ to the beach with my cousins. But if it rains, I (2) _________________ my
grandparents in the county. If I visit my grandparents, I (3) ___________________ help my grandma bake a
pie with the apples from her garden.
If we had a longer holiday, our family (4) ___________________ to Mexico. If we went to Mexico, we
(5) ___________________ a tour of the ancient pyramids and explore the Mayan ruins. If we
(6) ___________________ in a hotel near the beach, we could do lots of adventure sports like sea kayaking
or scuba diving.
What are you going to do for the holiday weekend? Where will you go if the weather
(7) ___________________ nice? Where would you go if you (8) ___________________ a longer holiday?
Have fun!
Katy
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Tom: What are you going to do this weekend, Sue?
Sue: We’re going to have a goodbye party on Sunday for my
sister, Lucy. She’s leaving to university. I’m going to decorate
the house.
Tom: Cool!
Sue: Are you going to come to the party, Tom?
Tom: Yes, of course! I think it’ll be fun!
Tom: I’ll go shopping tomorrow and buy her a present. I think I’ll
give her some oil paints. She’s going to study Art, isn’t she?
Sue: Oh yes, she’ll love that. I’m sure she’ll be pleasantly surprised!
Remember!
to talk about future plans + to be + going to + infinitive We’re going to have a party.
Practice
2 I’ve studied a lot so I’m sure I’m going to / I’ll pass the test.
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3 Read about Luke and Ellie. Complete the gaps using going to or will.
’m going to
Hi, I’m Luke and I’m 12 years old. Next year (1) I _________________________ change
schools because in September (2) I _________________________ start secondary school.
I think it (3) _________________________ be fun. It won’t be as boring as primary school
because (4) we _________________________ study a lot of different subjects. But I expect
(5) we _________________________ have a lot more homework.
Hi, I’m Ellie, Luke’s sister. I’m only 16 years old, but I have a lot of plans for the future.
When I’m 18 (6) I _________________________ go to university.
(7) I _________________________ study Science since Biology is my favourite subject.
I think (8) I _________________________ going to be a doctor in the future. But before
I go to university, (9) I _________________________ take a gap year to travel and go
backpacking with my best friend, Megan. (10) We _________________________ visit tons
of interesting places together.