Ex. 3 Write a suitable form of the verb in brackets in the sentences below. There can be more than one suitable answer in some cases

1. While we (get) ready for the journey, our parents (wash) the car.

2. After I (read) the instructions, I (try) to answer the questions.

3. When he (arrive) at the airport, he (realize hat he (leave) his passport at home.

4. 'I'm sorry about my homework. I (finish) it, but my computer (break) down!'

5. When I (open) the door to the bedroom, I (see) immediately that someone (be) in the room. All my clothes were on the floor.

6. Finally, at midnight, he (decide) to phone the police. He (wait) for her for over two hours, and he was worried that something (happen).

7. When I was younger, I (play) a lot of football, but I (stop) when I was 16 to study for my exams.

8. When he was at university he (start) revising the night before the exam.

Ex. 4 Which of the following things had you done by your sixteenth (or twentieth) birthday? Use the Past Perfect tense to answer.

Model: By my sixteenth (or twentieth) birthday, I had smoked cigarettes and decided that I was never going to smoke again

smoke a cigarette

learn to drive

go on my first date

get drunk

study calculus

study physics

fall in love

have my first kiss

learn how to support myself

live apart from my parents

learn everything there is to know about life

be on an airplane

learn to speak another language well

get a job

decide what I wanted to do for a living

Ex. 5 Use the required forms. Complete sentences 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 with your own details.

1. She hardly (to sit) down when a very stout gentlemen wearing a very small hat (to flop) into the chair opposite hers.

2. He barely (to disappear) when Dennis (to come) sliding down the stairs.

3. No sooner he (to arrive) in Rome than he (to get) a telegram from home that his father was seriously ill.

4. No sooner …… than he (to rise) to go.

5. Hardly …… when she (to answer) them.

6. Scarcely ….. when he (to begin) to read the letter.

7. Nearly … when he (to reach) his hotel.

8. Barely … when a sudden shouting (to arise).