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C. Put the verbs in the brackets into the right tense forms (active or passive).

1. It was the poorest room he had ever seen. 2. No sooner had she come to the station than a fast London train arrived. 3. The work had been finished by afternoon and I sat quietly in my chair thinking of the days that had passed. 4. I had already gone into the bed and fallen asleep when my mother knocked at the door and asked me to get up. 5. The library had closed by the time I got there. 6. The inspector is not in town. He has been sent on a special mission to the mining district. 7. The concert was a great success. When the pianist finished his part, the audience applauded the orchestra for a long time. 8. The construction of a new McDonalds is starting in several days and will have been finished by the end of the year. 9. We’ll start work only after all the instructions have been studied closely. 10. The second draft resolution was not discussed yesterday. It had been withdrawn long before the beginning of the meeting. 11. I suppose that when my letter reaches you I will have already returned from my voyage. 12. We had been walking for a few hours before we realized that we had lost our way. 13. Friends who tell us the truth are often less appreciated than those who flatter us. 14. The minute the bell rang the students jumped from their seats. 15. At the publishing house I was told that the book would have been published by the end of the year. 16. The witch can’t see well in the dark, so she does not drive at night. 17. You can’t use the refrigerator as it is being fixed at the moment. 18. Have you any idea what she was doing when I called her yesterday? 19. Maize is used by many peoples of the world to make bread. 20. The US Civil War began in 1861 and ended in 1865, but not before many thousands of men had met their deaths.

 

D. Focus on Complex Object and Complex Subject constructions. Put the verbs in the brackets into the appropriate form (infinitive or participle). Be very careful with the forms of infinitives.

1. He knew himself to be more intelligent than his chief. 2. I’ve heard people who have been on the tour say it isn’t very well organized. 3. The dragon was meant to have been killed but these plans fell through. 4. I feel the past and the future pressing so hard on either side that there’s no room for the present at all. 5. The old king looked in at his wife, found her sleeping and closed the door. 6. It appears to have been accepted that the death was accidental. 7. I wanted the dwarf to come home with me, but he wouldn’t. 8. People could often be heard talking about the virtues of clean air. 9. Her great grandfather was one of those Victorian gentlemen who appear to have been living comfortably on doing nothing. 10. The ogre turned out to have visited the palace before. 11. A father is generally supposed to like his daughters best. 12. The ogre took his glass and watched the princess pour some wine for herself.

 

E. Focus on phrasal verbs. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the phrasal verbs below:



go in for / fall behind / catch up (with) / keep up (with) / drop out

 

Sam decided to go in for the race as soon as he saw the notice. It was a 10-kilometre race to raise money for the local hospital. He tried to remember the last time he had entered a race.

It was about two years ago. He felt fit and ready to run. He started in the middle of the field, but after about five kilometres he started to fall behind the leading group. He felt good, when, suddenly, the pain in his right knee started. He couldn't keep up any longer. Little by little, he was falling behind, further and further. Finally, he had to drop out .

As soon as he stopped running, he collapsed. He was taken to hospital and it took two operations and six months before he could run again. He wanted to go in for this race to help the doctors and nurses who had helped him.

The big day arrived.

Sam started near the front. He kept up with the leaders for the first six kilometres. Then he started going faster. No one could catch up with him. The others fell behind and he won the race five minutes ahead of the field.

Some people had dropped out again, but enough runners finished to raise a total of £25,000 for the hospital.


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