02/11/2020

-          Activities on p. 255 – 257 – 258 – 259

PAG 255 N 31

1 had pierced

2 had just broken

3 had thrown

4 had hidden

5 had lost

6 had already had

PAG 255 N 32

1 Noah hadn’t pierced Milo’s water wings. / Had Noah pierced Milo’s water wings? / Hadn’t Noah pierced Milo’s water wings?

2 They hadn’t just broken the beach umbrella! / Had they just broken the beach umbrella? / Hadn’t they just broken the beach umbrella?

3 They hadn’t thrown Poppy’s towel into the water. / Had they thrown Poppy’s towel into the water? / Hadn’t they thrown Poppy’s towel into the water?

4 Eli and Noah hadn’t hidden Milo’s flip – flops. / Had Eli and Noah hidden Milo’s flip – flops? / Hadn’t Eli and Noah hidden Milo’s flip – flops?

5 Milo hadn’t lost his umbrella mask. / Had Milo lost his umbrella mask? / Hadn’t Milo lost his umbrella mask?

6 Milo hadn’t already had all his brothers’ sandwiches! / Had Milo already had all his brothers’ sandwiches? / Hadn’t Milo already had all his brothers’ sandwiches?

PAG 255 N 33

1a watched 1b had gone

2a phoned 2b had left

3a had arrived 3b didn’t start

4a did you get  4b found  4c had spilled

5a had opened 5b had 5c had bought  5d had put

6a Had you ever skated  6b had been

PAG 255 N 34

1 had looked

2 began

3 had

4 had died

5 pained

6 had played

7 Had watched

8 had never lived

9 rested

10 thought

11 had been

12 had braved

13 thought

14 had locked

15 had told

16 didn’t want

17 filled

18 had never felt

19 knew

20 gathered

PAG 257 N 36

1 Anthony had been eating hamburgers for months.

2 I had been trying to get the tickets for the concert for weeks.

3 How long had they playing football?

4 The students had been revising their lesson for hours.

5

6 how long had you been playing music at full volume?

7 storm had been raging all the afternoon.

8 I had been hurting my leg because I was walking too long.

PAG 257 N 37

1 had been suffering

2 had been swimming

3 had been wandering

4 had been climbing

5 had been fasting

6 had been taking

7 had been keeping

8 had been eating

PAG 257 N 38

1 had started

2 had they collected

3 had been cooking

4 had been knowing

5 had just burnt

6 had been travelling

7 hadn’t talked

8 had you been studying?

PAG 257 N 39

1 There wasn’t an accident because the car had braked metres ahead the other car.

2 The house had been burning for hours and the fire had destroyed everything.

3 Kelly wasn’t afraid of horses even though she had fallen off a horse as a child.

4 When we had seen the squirrel, it had already climbed up the tree.

5 I have been grown tomatoes for months when a violent storm blew away my greenhouses.

6 While I was going home, I remembered I had left my mobile phone at school.

7 the workers had been protesting for several days and had decided to start a general strike.

8 The show had just started when Dave got a call and left without saying anything.

PAG 258 N 40

1 has been waiting

2 has liked

3 has just left

4 is ringing

5 hasn’t been breaking

6 has struck

7 fly

8 always stop

PAG 259 N 41

1 hasn’t often had  - want

2 have you eaten

3 have you ever had – have had – haven’t played

4 have taken – have taken – don’t never remember – put

5 have cooked – are telling – put – don’t come

6 are building – have closed – is always

7 you aren’t leaving – are leaving – Have you ever been

8 always does – doesn’t do – is having to

9 are leaving – have been – have arrived  

10 have been playing – haven’t you been – don’t like – get

PAG 259 N 42

1 are talking

2 love

3 went

4 had you ever thrown

5 throw

6 had been looking

7 don’t need

8 did you ask

9 have

10 think

PAG 259 N 43

1 I have been playing the flute for six years and I really like it.

2 Look over there! Something is floating on the river!

3 Don’t ask your father now! I have just told you that you can’t go out!

4 She is laughing because her friends have always told her a very funny story.

5 What are you eating? I’m eating fruit. I have always eaten fruit for breakfast.

6 What are you doing? Your finger is bleeding!

I have just cut my finger with this penknife.

7 Have you already given in your report? No, I have been working on it for days but I haven't delivered it yet.

8 I can't find my velvet gloves. You saw them? -Those torn? I think mum got rid of it

9 How long has Simon been painting the ceiling in the kitchen? He's been painting it for an hour and says he already has had severe back pain

10 Why is Jacky barking? Bruce has locked him up in his enclosure because he wants to play football with his friends.

-          Write a formal letter

Dear travel agency,

I am an Italian student and I would like to take a few weeks course in Cambridge to learn English better. I am a level B1 but I need to improve myself in conversation.

How many weeks it lasts?

Cheers,

Adriana Stumpo