Task 6. Look at the pictures. Read and write one word for each gap. There is one example.

Complete the sentences with the past perfect form of the verbs in brackets:

1. Anita said she was very sorry for what she (do)..................

2. When Sam (pay) .........the bill , we left the restaurant and went home .

3. It wasn't surprising that she was tired - she (not sleep).......... for two days.

4. The road was blocked because a lorry (break down).............

5. My mother felt very nervous on the plane because she(not fly)..........before

Hannah had been waiting for a collegue of ___________ father's to collect her from the bus sation for more than an hour, and she was tired ___________ waiting. There was ___________ else there, and it had ___________ raining. A friend of ___________ had lent her an umbrella to take on her trip, but she __________ to be getting wet. Perhaps her fatjer was angry ___________ her, she thought, or had simply ___________ to collect her. Her mobile phone wasn't working and there wasn't ___________ a phone-box in the bus sation. Why did ___________ always go wrong when she travelled by bus? ___________ the bus was crowed and she felt very uncomfortable, or it ___________ stopping and the journey lasted for hours. Suddenly she ___________ a car stopping outside. ___________ was waving at her. It was her father!

1. When Carol called last night I (watched/was watching/have watched/did watch )my favorite TV show.

2. I (was working/worked/have been working/had been working) for this company for more than thirty years and I (have intendedintend/will intend/was intending) to stay here until I retire.

3. Sharon loves to travel. She (is going/goes/will go/has been going) abroad almost every summer. Next year she plans to go to Peru.

4. Thomas is an author who (was writing/has written/wrote/has been writing) since he was a child. Altogether he (has been writing/will be writingwas writinghas written seven novels and three collections of short stories.

5. We were late because we (had/have had/have/will have) some car problems. By the time we got to the train Susan (is waiting/had been waiting/was waiting/will have been waiting) for us for more than two hours.

6. Every day I (have woken/woke/wake/am waking) up at six, eat breakfast at seven and leave for work at eight. However, this morning I got up at 6:30, skipped breakfast and left for work late because I forgot to set the alarm.

7. Right now Jim(has preparedis preparing/did prepareprepares) dinner and Sandra(brings/isbringing/will bring/was bringing) the children to bed. Last night at this time they (were doing/did/have been doing/have done) the same thing.

8. By this time next summer you (will be completing/will have completed/will have been completing/will complete) your studies and found a job. I, on the other hand, (will not have accomplished/have not accomplished/will not being accomplished/will not accomplish) anything. I will still be studying and you (will have worked/will work/will have been working/will be working) in some new high paying job.

9. The students are usually taught by Mr. Bingham. However, this week, they (are teaching/are taughtare being taught/will have taught )by the assistant teacher.

10. Bob (was/has been/is/had been) on the phone for over an hour. I wonder when he’s finished.

11. Mary always (will be taking/will take/is taking/takes) the children to football training at this time.

12. While we (waited/were waiting/have waited/had been waiting) for the bus we (had seen/saw/were seeing/have seen) two children flashing by with their roller skates.

13. When we finally got to the village we (have travelled/had been travelling/have been travelling/were travelling) for over five hours. We were exhausted.

Fill in each blank with one suitable word to complete the following passage.

Jack London the famous American writer, was (1) in San Francisco in 1876. When he was young, he (2) to sell newspapers, work at a hotel and on a ship (3) money. He was a student at a university for only a year. He had to leave it (4) he was too poor to pay for the university. In (5) years 1905 to 1909 Jack London (6) his best stories and novels. These books were about working people (7) came to find gold in Alaska, a cold country in the North.