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Unit
Exercises 68

68.1 Choose from Box A and Box B to make sentences. Use -ing.
A 1 Kate was in the kitchen. B She was trying not to make a noise.
2 Amy was sitting in an armchair. She looked at the sights and took pictures.
3 Nicola opened the door carefully. She said she would be back in an hour.
4 Sarah went out. She was reading a book.
5 Lisa worked in Rome for two years. She was making coffee.
6 Anna walked around the town. She was teaching English.

1 Kate was in the kitchen making coffee.
2 Amy was sitting in an armchair
3 Nicola
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68.2 Put the words in the right order.
1 Joe (knee / football / his / hurt / playing) Joe hurt his knee playing football.
2 I (in the rain / wet / got / very / walking)
I
3 Laura (to work / had / driving / an accident)
Laura
4 My friend (off / slipped / a bus / getting / and fell)
My friend
5 Emily (trying / her back / a heavy box / to lift / hurt)
Emily
6 Two people were (to put out / by smoke / the fire / overcome / trying)
Two people were

68.3 Complete the sentences. Use Having + a suitable verb.
1 Having finished her work, Katherine left the office and went home.
2 our tickets, we went into the theatre and took our seats.
3 the problem, I think we’ll be able to find a solution.
4 he was hungry, Joe now says he doesn’t want to eat anything.
5 his job recently, James is now unemployed.
6 most of his life in London, Sam has now gone to live in a small village
in the country.

68.4 Make one sentence from two. Begin with -ing or Not -ing. Sometimes you need to begin with
Having … . Don’t forget the comma (,).
1 I felt tired. So I went to bed early.
Feeling tired, I went to bed early.
2 I thought they might be hungry. So I offered them something to eat.
I offered them something to eat.
3 Robert is a vegetarian. So he doesn’t eat any kind of meat.
Robert doesn’t eat any kind of meat.
4 I didn’t have a phone. So I had no way of contacting anyone.
I had no way of contacting anyone.
5 Sarah has travelled a lot. So she knows a lot about other countries.
Sarah knows a lot about other countries.
6 I wasn’t able to speak the local language. So I had trouble communicating.
I had trouble communicating.
7 We had spent nearly all our money. So we couldn’t afford to stay at a hotel.
we couldn’t afford to stay at a hotel.

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