What awful mistakes 1 Complete the sentences with

What awful mistakes!

1 Complete the sentences with the Past Simple or Past Continuous form was sleeping. 1 I went to see Maria yesterday evening, but she _______ got 2 They _____ married and went to live in Ecuador. met 3 She _____ her husband while she was working in Africa. was playing 4 He twisted his ankle while he _______ football. was watching TV when Gladys came round to see me. 5 I _______ doing 6 What were you ______ when you saw the bear?

2 Underline the correct option 1 She explained that she had escaped / escaped from the monster. 2 Im tired because I was going / went to bed after midnight. 3 They were hungry because they had / hadn’t eaten anything all day. 4 What were you doing / have you done at ten o’clock yesterday morning? 5 Did she have / She was having a nice time at the party last night?

6 We got to the concert after the music started / had started. 7 We slept / were sleeping when the doorbell rang. 8 I looked for the cat for ages, but she had disappeared / was disappearing. 9 There was a troll that lived / is living under the bridge. 10 He cleaned his teeth, brushed his hair and then left / had left the house.

3 Complete the sentences with although, so, or because. although 1 She didn’t answer my question, ______ I had asked her three times. so they were very hungry by the 2 They forgot to bring any lunch ______ time they got home. Although the train was late, I still got to the village hall on time. 3 ______

because he hadn’t slept all 4 He looked awful this morning ______ night. although she wrote 5 She was best known for her novels, ______ beautiful poetry too. so I had to go 6 Nobody answered the door when I called, _____ home again.

4 Join the sentences using the conjunction. Use one verb in the Past Perfect 1 We didn’t swim. We forgot to take the towels. BECAUSE We didn’t swim BECAUSE we had forgotten to take the towels. 2 The train finally arrived. We got on it. SO The train had finally arrived SO we got on it. 3 She felt homesick. She wasn’t away from home for long. ALTHOUGH She felt homesick ALTHOUGH she hadn’t been away from home for long. . 4 Everyone said the autobiography was amazing. Nobody read it. BUT Everyone said the autobiography was amazing BUT nobody had read it.

5 We published the book. It became a best-seller. AS SOON AS we had published the book, it became a best-seller. 6 He spoke. I didn’t realize he wasn’t English. UNTIL I hadn’t realized he wasn’t English UNTIL he spoke. 7 I just fell sleep. The phone rang. WHEN I had just fallen sleep WHEN the phone rang. 8 I whispered my secret to her. She swore not to tell anyone. AFTER I whispered my secret to her AFTER she had sworn not to tell anyone.

5 WRITE the correct option, a, b, or c in the gap As a man and his son (1) ____ going with their donkey to market, they (2) ____ a man who said: ‘Why aren’t you (3) ____ your donkey? ’ So the man put the boy (4) ____ the donkey and they continued to walk. But soon they passed a group of men, and one (5) ____ : ‘Look at that lazy boy, who rides while his father has to walk. ’ So the man (6) ____ his boy to get off, and got on the donkey himself. 1 a were b was c been 2 a meet b met c were meeting 3 a riding b ride c rode 4 a in b on c front 5 a said b say c saying 6 a shouted b said c ordered

But they (7) ____ gone far when they passed two women. One said to the other, ‘What a (8) ____ father – he makes his poor little son walk. ’ So this time the man put the boy in front of him on the donkey. But people in the town said, ‘How awful for the poor donkey to carry both of them!’ So as they were walking across the market bridge, the man decided they (9) ____ carry the donkey. But the donkey kicked the boy, who dropped the donkey, and it fell (10) ____ the bridge and drowned. Moral: Try and please everybody and you please nobody. 7 a hadn’t b hasn’t c didn’t 8 a awful b terrible c kind 9 a should b have to c mustn’t 10 a off b into c on

6 Complete the sentences with so many, such a, or so such a 1 That was _____ good film. I loved it! so many people in the shop I decided to leave. 2 There were _____ such a well-known author in the family. 3 I didn’t know you had _____ so 4 I visited Deepak at the weekend. He was ____ surprised to see me! such 5 We had _____ good weather on holiday. We were so lucky! so 6 His behaviour was absolutely awful. I was ____ upset!

7 Translate 1 Improvvisamente abbiamo visto l’uomo cadere a terra. Suddenly we saw the man fall (falling) to the ground 2 Andavo in campagna a trovare degli amici. I was going to the countryside to meet some friends 3 Mia moglie era felice perché mi ero ricordato del nostro anniversario. My wife was happy because I had remembered our anniversary 4 Eri ansioso al momento di incontrarmi per la prima volta? Were you nervous when you first me?

5 Ti sei tagliato mentre ti facevi la barba? Did you cut yourself while you were shaving? 6 Ci è piaciuto il film, benché non mi sia piaciuto molto il finale. We enjoyed the film, although I didn’t like the ending much. 7 Ero sorpreso e felice perché avevo vinto la gara. I was amazed and delighted because I had won the race/competition