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Key to Exercises

14.2 UNIT 16 17.3
2 The weather has been cold recently. 3 I didn’t have / hadn’t got my phone
16.1
3 It was cold last week. 2 They’d been playing football. / 4 I have a cold or I’ve got a cold
4 I didn’t eat any fruit yesterday. 5 OK
They had been playing …
5 I haven’t eaten any fruit today. 3 I’d been looking forward to it. 6 I didn’t have any energy
6 Emily has earned a lot of money 7 OK (or It hasn’t got many shops.)
/ I had been looking forward …
this year. 4 She’d been having a bad dream. / 8 Did you have (Had you is unusual)
7 She didn’t earn so much last year. 9 OK
She had been having …
8 Have you had a holiday recently? 10 he had a beard
5 He’d been watching a film. /
11 OK (or We’ve got plenty of time.)
14.3 He had been watching …
3 I didn’t sleep 6 They’d been waiting a long time. / 12 do you have a shower
4 There was … there were They had been waiting … 17.4
5 worked … he gave 2 has a break
16.2
6 She’s lived / She has lived 2 I’d been waiting / I had been waiting 3 had a party
7 died … I never met 4 have a look
… I realised (that) I was (in …)
8 I’ve never met / I have never met 3 went … had been working or had 5 ’s having / is having a nice time
9 I haven’t seen 6 had a chat
worked
10 Did you go … was 4 had been playing … started 7 Did you have trouble
11 It’s been / It has been … it was 8 had a baby
5 Example answer:
12 have you lived / have you been living I’d been walking for about ten 9 was having a shower
… did you live … did you live 10 haven’t had a holiday / haven’t had a
minutes when a car suddenly
break
14.4 stopped just behind me.
Example answers:
16.3 UNIT 18
2 I haven’t bought anything today. 2 We’d been travelling
3 I didn’t watch TV yesterday. 18.1
3 He was looking
4 I went out with some friends 4 She’d been running 2 used to have/ride
yesterday evening. 3 used to live
5 He was walking
5 I haven’t been to the cinema recently. 6 I’d had it 4 used to be
6 I’ve read a lot of books recently. 5 used to eat/like/love
7 I’d been going 6 used to take
8 I’ve been training
UNIT 15 7 used to be
9 (When I finally arrived,) she was
15.1 waiting … she’d been waiting 8 used to work
3 It had changed a lot. (such a long time) 18.2
4 I hadn’t heard it before. 10 a he was already working 2 used
5 She’d arranged to do something else. / b had already been working 3 used to be
She had arranged … c He’s been working 4 did
6 The film had already started. 5 used to
7 We hadn’t been there before. UNIT 17 6 use
8 I hadn’t seen him for five years. 17.1 7 to
9 They’d just had lunch. / They had 8 be able
2 h
just had … 3 c 9 didn’t
10 He’d never played before. / He had
4 g 18.3
never played …
5 b 2–6
15.2 6 a • She used to be very lazy, but
2 there was … 7 e she works very hard these days.
She’d gone / She had gone 8 f • She didn’t use to like cheese,
3 He’d just come back from / 17.2 but she eats lots of cheese now. or
He had just come back from She used not to like cheese, but …
3 don’t have / haven’t got (haven’t is
… He looked less usual) • She used to play the piano,
4 got a phone call but she hasn’t played the
4 didn’t have
He was 5 doesn’t have / hasn’t got (hasn’t is piano for a long time. / … played it
He’d sent her / He had sent her … for a long time.
less usual)
she’d never replied (to them) / she 6 do you have / have you got (have • She didn’t use to drink tea,
had never replied (to them) but she likes it now. or She used
you is less usual)
15.3 7 didn’t have not to drink tea, but …
• She used to have a dog, but it
2 I went 8 Does he have / Has he got (Has he is
3 had gone less usual) died two years ago.
4 he’d already travelled / he had 9 did you have
already travelled 10 don’t have / haven’t got
5 broke 11 had … didn’t
6 we saw … had broken … we
stopped
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