GRAMMAR IN PROGRESS

EXERCISES ON PAGE 255

EX. 31

1) had pierced, 2) had just broken, 3) had thrown, 4) had hidden, 5) had lost, 6) had already had

EX. 32

1) Noah hadn’t already pierced Milo’s water wings. / Had Noah already pierced Milo’s water wings? / Hadn’t Noah already 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-flop. / Had Eli and Noah hidden Milo’s flip-flop? / Hadn’t Eli and Noah hidden Milo’s flip-flop?

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

EX. 33

1) had watched, went, 2) had phoned, left, 3) arrived, hadn’t started, 4) Had you got, found, had spilt, 5) opened, had, had bought, had put, 6) Had you ever skated, was

EX. 34

1) looked, 2) begun, 3) had had, 4) had died, 5) pained, 6) had played, 7) watched, 8) had never lived, 9) had rested, 10) thought, 11) had been, 12) braved, 13) thought, 14) had locked, 15) told, 16) didn’t want, 17) filled, 18) had never felt, 19) knew, 20) gathered

EXERCISES ON PAGE 257

EX. 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 been playing football? 4) The students had been revising their lesson for hours. 5) They had been quarrelling for a long time when their parents arrived. 6) How long had you been playing music at full volume? 7) The storm had been raging all afternoon. 8) My leg was hurting because I had been walking too long.

EX. 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

EX. 38

1) had started (non si può usare il past perfect continuous perché to start è un verbo che indica un’azione di brevissima durata), 2) had they collected (di solito non si usa il past perfect continuous nelle frasi interrogative con how much), 3) had been cooking (si usa il past perfect continuous per sottolineare la continuità di un’azione passata), 4) had know (non si può usare il past perfect continuous perché to know è un verbo di stato), 5) had just burnt (di solito non si usa il past perfect continuous con just), 6) had been travelling (si usa il past perfect continuous per sottolineare che stanno viaggiando da molto), 7) hadn’t talked (di solito non si usa il past perfect continuous nelle frasi negative), 8) had you been studying (si usa il past perfect continuous per informarsi sulla durata di un’azione passata con domande con how long)

EX. 39

1) Accident wasn’t because the car had braked lots of metres ahead the other car. 2) The house had been burning for hours and the fire had destroyed everything. 3) Kelly hadn’t been afraid of horses, even though she had fallen when she was a child. 4) When we saw the squirrel, it had already climbed up the tree. 5) I had been cultivating tomatoes for months when a violent storm blew away my greenhouses. 6) While I had been come back home, I remembered I had left my phone at school. 7) The workers had been protesting for many days and they had decided to start a general strike. 8) The concert had just started when Dave received a phone call and he went away without telling us anything.

EXERCISES ON PAGE 258, 259

EX. 40

1) has been waiting, 2) likes, 3) has just been leaving, 4) is ringing, 5) hasn’t broken, 6) has struck, 7) fly, 8) always stop

EX. 41

1) don’t have often, want, 2) have you eaten, 3) Do you ever have, have had, don’t play, 4) has taken, has taken, never remember, put, 5) have been cooking, are telling, have put, aren’t coming, 6) have been building, have been closing, always is, 7) aren’t you leaving, are leaving, have you ever been, 8) always does, isn’t doing, has to, 9) are leaving, are are arriving, 10) has played, aren’t you, like, get

EX. 42

1) are talking, 2) love, 3) are going, 4) have you ever had, 5) have organized, 6) have been looking, 7) don’t need, 8) have you told, 9) want, 10) say

EX. 43

1) I have been playing the flute for and I like it very much. 2) Look over there! Something floats on the river! 3) Don’t ask to your father now! I have just told you you can’t go out! 4) She is laughing because her friends have just been telling her a very funny story. 5) A What are you having? B I’m having fruits. I always have fruits for breakfast. 6) A What have you done? Your finger is bleeding! B I have just cut my finger with this penknife. 7) A Have you already given in your report? B No, I have been working on it for days but I haven’t given it yet. 8) A I can’t find my velvet gloves. Have you seen them? B Those torn? I think mum have got rid of them. 9) A How long has Simon painted the kitchen’s ceiling? B He has been painting for one hour and he says he has just a pain in his back! 10) A Why are Jacky barking? B Bruce has been closing it in its enclosure because he wants to play with his friends.

FORMAL LETTER

Dear Mr White,

my name is Anna Vicenzin and I’m an Italian student. I am writing to you because I am going to take an English three weeks’ course in Cambridge to learn the English language. I am a B1 student and I need to improve in conversation.

Can you inform me about the course’s date?

Waiting away from your reply, thank you.

Your sincerely.

Anna Vicenzin