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Q Simple past or past perfect? Complete the sentences.

1 When I ...........................him, I ............................that I ............................him before, (see; know; meet)

2 H e .......................... enough money for food because h e ...........................so many clothes, (not have; buy)
3 The m eeting.........................when I ...........................(already start; arrive)

4 The ca r.......................... down because I .......................... to put oil in. (break; forget)
5 I .......................... Mary for the first time thirty years ago. (meet)

6 After our conversation I .......................... everything that she.........................(forget; say)
7 The house was empty. Everybody.........................out. (go)

8 When h e ............................ work h e ...................... out for a walk, (finish; go)
9 When I looked in the fridge, I .........................some cheese that I .........................six weeks before, (find; buy)
10 H e.......................... the door, and then realised that h e .......................... his keys in the house, (close; leave)

Q Grammar in a text. Put in the correct forms of the verbs.

not be / happen have lose not pass spend

Last year ! a good year for Pete and Sonia. Pete i ........................................a car

accident and 2 ........................................ a month in hospital, Sonia 3......................................... her job, the
children 4........................................their school exams, and a lot of other bad things 5................................

be buy change open pass

This year 6 ........................................... much better. Pete 7........................................... his job, and is making

much more money. They 8 ...........................................a new house. Sonia 9 ............................................ a small
restaurant, and it's going very well. And the children io ...........................................all their exams this time.

0 GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY: housework. Put simple past verbs into the story.
Use a dictionary if necessary.

Once upon a time there was a beautiful girl called Cinderella. Her two sisters made her do all the

housework. Every day she ( ! g e t) up early, she (i s w eep ) .......................................................the floors,
she (2 m ake) ........................... the beds, she (3 pol i s h) ........................... the furniture, she

(4 w ash ) ..................................and (5 ir o n ) the clothes, she (6 w ash u p ) all the
dishes and (7 p u t) ...........................them away. She (8 t id y ) ..........................
all the rooms, and she (9 do) ........................... hundreds of other jobs.

Now put present perfect verbs into the conversation.

SISTERS: Well, Cinderella, have you done everything?
10.................................the floors? 11................................. the beds?
12................................the furniture? 13.................................. the
clothes? And 14.................................them? is................................

the dishes? And 16............................... them away?
17............................... all the rooms?
CINDERELLA: No, I is ............................... anything. I'm going to
marry the Prince. Goodbye!

Internet exercise. Read the two texts on page 57. Then use the internet to find out
information about two other people (one living, one dead), and write a few sentences about

their lives. Be careful to use the simple past or the present perfect correctly.

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