48 Adventurers
Character
adjectives
mJ
"Choose t he correct wor d .
1 He work s l on g hours and never tak es ti m e off .
a m bi t ious b} gen erous c)
Th ey of ten go on hol iday t o pla ces I've n ever heard of!
orga n ised b) advent u rou s c) am bi t ious
Tim get s em ba rrassed qui t e easil y.
sen si t ive b} sen sible c) brave
My sist er always brings m e back a present from h er h olidays.
re liable b) pract ical c) ge n erou s s I thi n k h e pre fers t o t ra vel on his own .
a) det ermin ed b) ind ependent c) confid ent
6 Kat hy will k n ow w h at t i m e the m eet i n g is.
pract ical b) ta le nt ed c) organised
7 My boss always ma kes good d eci sion s.
sensit ive b) m ean c) sensibl e
8 They won 't gi ve up u n til t h ey find t he a nswer.
dete rm i n ed b) reliabl e c) ad ven t u rou s
4 Elvis ........................................... (lose) his first job in a
factory
because
he
..
···········--·····-········-·····
(be)
only
15.
He ................... ................. . (earn) $30 a week there.
s Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake
-···················· (present) a children's TV programme called the Mickey Mouse Club.
6 Elton J ohn ·····························-············· (not be) called 'Elton John'. In 1971, he ...........................................
(change)
his
name
because
he
wanted
to
be
famous.
What
........................................
his
name
....................................... (be)? Reginald Dwight!
Past
Perfect
ED
f} f ill in the gaps wi th the verbs in brackets in the
Past Perfect. Use contract ions if possible.
1 Conn or ..b..<J.. .r:rnnge.d (ar range) t o m eet u p wi t h som e friend s so h e could n 't com e wit h us.
2 I reall y wa nt ed t o see th e conce rt , hut i t
···-·················-·-· (sell out ).
3 Simon ...............-....................... (not d ri ve) abroad
before, so h e wasn 't ve ry confi d en t.
4
I ······-·········.......
(no
t
h
ear)
an
y
of
t
hei
r
m
usi
c
before,
but
I
t
h
ough
t
t
he
gig
was
excelle
n
t.
s By lhe tim e I arri ved, everyo n e (l eave) .
6 I le failed t h e t est beca u se h e (n ot clo) an y rev isi on .
7 Wh en j ade arrived at t h e resta u ra n t , ·he realised
she
·············-·--···············... (go)
t
here
before.
8 Th ey ............. .. ....... (not k now ) eat:h othe r
for long wh en t hey deci ded t o get engaged . •
48
" a) Read th e fi rst pa rt of Ch arlie's story and choose c h e corrccl word s.
By t he t ime I was 1 8, l 1stopped/
,oi ng on holida y wi t h my parents. The first year l 2stayedl had stayed at home, my parents asked me to pick t he m u p at t he
ai rport. The n ight before c hey
3got back/had got back , I realised
1he house wa.s a mess . I 'didn't tidy up/ hadn' t tidied up for two weeks.
I fi na ll y went to bed abouc 3 a.m. and a few m in u tes later I 5was/ had been fast asleep. I woke up sudden ly a t 7 a.m . I 6arranged/
had arrang ed 10 mee t t hem at c he
a i rporc at 6.30 a.m . a nd I 7didn't set/ hadn't se t t he ala rm! I q u ickly sci
off for Heat h row airport, bu t t here arc four cerminals at H eath row
Read t h e second part of the story and pu t the verbs in bracket s i n t he Past Perfect or Past Sim pl e.
\Vhe
n
I
arrived
a
t
Termi
nal
1,
I
was
an
hour
late.
When
I
eventually
fou
n
d
my
parents
a
t
Term
i
n
al
3,
t
h
ey
1
.b?Jd.spa.t..
(spe
nd)
t
wo
hours
wait
ing
for
me
.
They
2
•••• ••••
(not
be
)
pleased.
They
·····---- (
be
)
on
a
fligh
t
for
1
2
hou
rs
and
they
were
exhausted
.
Bu
t
t
hi
ngs
were
gelli
ng
worse
...
when
we
'............ ....
(get
back
)
to
c
he
ca
r,
I
realised
I
5••
••••.......... (lost
)
my
car
keys
somewhe
re
al
t
he
ai
rport.
We
phoned
my
elder
broc
hcr
a
nd
he
ca
me
a
nd
took
m
y
pa
ren
ts
home.
Abou t t hree hours later, I 6 (get ) home . f ortu nately someone 7 ( find ) m y keys al t he ai rport. The first t hing
ai rport and i t s one of the biggest
8
I
•.......•................ (sec) was my fat her repai ri ng a broke n wi ndow. \Vh a t
a i rports i n t he world! I had no idea whi ch term inal t hey 8arrived/
had arrived at! And c h is 9waslhad been
before t he days of mobile phones ...
h:1cl happened?
Whe n my parents a nd my brot her 9•••..•••• realised they had n"t got any house keys . They 10 brea k a window to get into the houst·!
Pu t events a)-0 in t he correct order 1-6.
..
(get
)
home,
they
........... (have to)
[D Charlie lost his keys. d) DCharlie met his parents .
b) D Charlie's parents got home. e) D Charlie got home.
c) DCharlie's pa rencs broke a f ) DCharlie's brot her a rrived
wi n dow. a t t h e a i rport.
Tick three more events that happen i n th e stor y.
a) 0Cha rlie's parents asked hi m to
pick t hem u p a t t he airport.
b) DCha rlie t idied u p c hc house .
c) DCha rlie set his ala rm .
d) DCha rlie's pa ren ts arrived a t t he
airpor1.
e) DCharlie woke u p.
DCha rlie phoned his pa rents .
Review: apostrophes
"Write t he full form of s and 'd i f possible . 11:s ta ken t h ree hours to get here . .h. $...
2 I'd a l ways thought he was sensi ble . had .
3 l lc's been living in London th ree years. ..... .
4
We'd
recom
mend
pract
ical
clot
hes
for
t
he
journey.
...............
s
I
t's
published
by
Cam
bridge
Universi
t
y
Press
.
........
She'd n ever brcn skii ng before.
They'd get home ea rlier if t hey d id n't always d rive .
It's c he first t ime S11nons been to Scotland. _
I
t
hought
I'd
enjoy
t
he
film
because
I'd
lm·ed
the
book.
..............Pa u l 's brother's ah\ ays been am bi1 ious.
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