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Name: _______________

Recupero
Unit 3 Class: _______________
Date: _______________

Grammar
Narrative tenses
1 Match the sentence halves.
→ a While she was walking along the road,…
1 Jane was feeling tired when she had finished her homework, so…
2 Danilo had forgotten it was Luisa’s birthday, so…
3 Martha was getting angry with her sister because…
4 The police arrested the man who had broken the window as…
5 Matt was being very careful because…
6 They were finding it difficult to get into town because…
7 As she was walking home, Lucy stopped and turned back because…
a she found a glove that someone had dropped.
b he had already broken one glass while he was washing up.
c a tree had come down, so the police were stopping traffic.
d he sent her a message while he was going back home on the bus.
e they had agreed to meet at six and she still hadn’t arrived at half-past.
f she realised she had left her phone on her desk.
g she decided to go to bed.
h he was running away.

Past perfect continuous


2 Complete the sentences with the Past perfect continuous form of the
verb in brackets.
→ Ed hadn’t been waiting (not wait) long when the train arrived.
1 They were tired because they __________________________ (travel) for a long
time.
2 Paola was extremely hot because she __________________________ (run) for
longer than usual.
3 I __________________________ (live) in Spain for many years, so I spoke the
language pretty well.
4 The teacher was really angry, because the students __________________________
(not do) their homework for weeks.

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5 They __________________________ (wait) for their meal for an hour when they
decided to walk out of the restaurant.
6 Lucy was lucky her boss didn’t call the police when he found out that she
__________________________ (steal) money.
7 The private detective __________________________ (follow) him for days before
he made his first mistake.

Expressions of time
3 Choose the correct expression of time to link these past actions and
events.
→ We hadn’t realised it was a serious accident until/after we saw the
ambulance.
1 Paul was just getting on the bus when/until his father drove into the road.
2 She asked to speak to the manager while/after the waiter had been rude to
her.
3 It had got very late as soon as/by the time the dessert arrived.
4 How long had you been waiting before/while the film finally started?
5 Toby went home while/as soon as he heard the news.
6 We had been looking for a flat for months when/as soon as we heard there
was one in King Street.
7 Mara had a shower while/until her friends were decorating the cake.

Modals of deduction: present


4 Complete the dialogue with must, can’t or may (not)/might (not).
Kim I’ve been looking for Craig all over the college.
Mick He → might be in his room.
Kim He 1
__ be – the door’s locked.
Mick Have you tried the library? He 2
__ be in there.
Kim No, he 3
__ be, because it’s closed this morning.
Mick Have you tried the swimming pool?
Kim He 4
__ be there either. It’s closed on Tuesdays.
Mick He 5
__ be somewhere! Why are you looking for him?

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Kim We have a lesson with Professor Blake this afternoon. You know what he’s
like, he 6
__ remember.
Mick Look! Who’s that walking past the dining hall? Isn’t that Craig?
Kim That’s his jacket, so it 7
__ be him!

Modals of deduction: past


5 Rewrite the sentences using must have, can’t have, might (not)/may
(not) have + past participle.
→ I’m certain that she’s late because she missed the bus.
She must have missed the bus.
1 I know that Mary fell off her bike.
Mary __________________________________________________ .
2 I’m not sure, but it’s possible that Smith has won the election.
Smith __________________________________________________ .
3 I’m certain I locked the front door.
I __________________________________________________ .
4 You didn’t fail your exam – it’s impossible.
You __________________________________________________ .
5 I’m sure we remembered to send him a birthday card.
We __________________________________________________ .
6 Perhaps they arrived on time if they hurried.
They __________________________________________________ .
7 It’s possible that she didn’t have her phone with her.
She __________________________________________________ .

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Vocabulary
Writers and writing
6 Use the clues to complete the crossword.
Clues Down
→ A person who writes for a newspaper journalist.
1 Someone who writes poetry __.
2 This person writes about events from the past __.
Clues Across
3 Charles Dickens was a __.
4 Shakespeare is best known as a __.
5 Someone who writes about other people’s lives __.
6 This person tells jokes and funny stories __.

2
J
3
O
U
4
R
N
5
A
L
6
I
S
T

Adjectives with -ing and -ed


7 Complete the sentences by translating the words in brackets.
→ That book is really, really interesting (interessante).
1 Camilla was __ (annoiata), so she went home early.
2 The film had quite a __ (sorprendente) ending.
3 I tried to make the game work but it was really __ (frustrante).
4 They were __ (sorpresi) it was so cheap.
5 I’m sorry Miss James left. She was a much __ (amata) teacher.
6 Henry thought Hamlet was quite __ (noioso).
7 I couldn’t understand the exercise so I was quite __ (frustrata/o).

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Phrasal verbs with up


8 Complete the sentences using up and the correct form of a verb
below.

→speak come
Can you endThe people
speak up? give at turn
the back put
can’t hear you.
1 Izzy wanted to ______ ice skating but her mum said she couldn’t.
2 Ruth ______ at school on a brand new moped.
3 Tom ______ with some really good ideas about a theme for the party.
4 Susie’s so rude. I don’t know how Philippa ______ with her behaviour.
5 After about half an hour, Jan finally ______ in the right village.

Collocations with say, speak, talk, tell


9 Complete the mini-dialogues with the correct form of say, speak, talk
or tell.
1 A Anna is particularly good at → telling stories.
B Yes, a lot of people ______ very highly of her.
2 A ______ the truth now, do I look better in the green or the blue?
B It’ll be so dark in there that no one will be able to ______ the
difference.
3 A Manchester United are better than Manchester City? Stop ______
nonsense!
B ______ for yourself!
4 A ______ hi to Max from me.
B OK, I’ll see him later. He’s ______ me into going to a concert with
him.

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