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Unit
Exercises 15

15.1 Read the situations and write sentences using the words in brackets.
1 There was a picture lying on the floor.
(It / fall / off the wall) It had fallen off the wall.
2 The people sitting next to you on the plane were nervous. It was their first flight.
(They / not / fly / before) They hadn’t flown before.
3 You went back to your home town recently after many years. It wasn’t the same as before.
(It / change / a lot) It
4 Somebody sang a song. You didn’t know it.
(I / not / hear / it / before) I
5 I invited Rachel to the party, but she couldn’t come.
(She / arrange / to do something else)
6 You went to the cinema last night. You got to the cinema late.
(The film / already / start)
7 Last year we went to Mexico. It was our first time there.
(We / not / be / there / before) We
8 I met Daniel last week. It was good to see him again after such a long time.
(I / not / see / him for five years)
9 I offered my friends something to eat, but they weren’t hungry.
(They / just / have / lunch)
10 Sam played tennis yesterday. He wasn’t very good at it because it was his first game ever.
(He / never / play / before)
15.2 Use the sentences on the left to complete the paragraphs on the right. These sentences are in the
order in which they happened – so (a) happened before (b), (b) before (c) etc. But your paragraph
begins with the underlined sentence, so sometimes you need the past perfect.
1 (a) Somebody broke into the office during ⎫ We arrived at work in the morning and found
the night. ⎪ that somebody had broken into the office
⎬
(b) We arrived at work in the morning. ⎪ during the night. So we called the police.
(c) We called the police. ⎭
2 (a) Laura went out this morning. ⎫ I went to Laura’s house this morning and rang
⎪
(b) I rang her doorbell. ⎬ her doorbell, but no answer.
⎭
(c) There was no answer. ⎪ out.
3 (a) Joe came back from holiday a few ⎫ I met Joe a few days ago. just
days ago. ⎪ holiday.
⎬
(b) I met him the same day. ⎪ very well.
(c) He looked very well. ⎭
4 (a) James sent Amy lots of emails. ⎫ Yesterday James
(b) She never replied to them. ⎪ from Amy. surprised.
⎬
(c) Yesterday he got a phone call from her. ⎪ lots of emails,
(d) He was surprised. ⎭ but .

15.3 Put the verb into the correct form, past perfect (I had done) or past simple (I did).
1 Paul wasn’t at the party when I arrived. He’d gone (He / go) home.
2 I felt very tired when I got home, so (I / go) straight to bed.
3 The house was very quiet when I got home. Everybody (go) to bed.
4 Mark travels a lot. When I first met him, (he / already / travel)
round the world.
5 Sorry I’m late. The car (break) down on my way here.
6 We were driving along the road when (we / see) a car which
(break) down, so (we / stop) to help.

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