GRAMMAR REVIEW FOR UNIT 3 TEST ANSWER KEY

GRAMMAR – NARRATIVE TENSES PAGE 37

PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS: a repeated action in the past happening over a period of time before a particular time in the past. The process is more relevant than the result

Subject                                had been            studying, working, traveling…

WOULD + INFINITIVE:  a repeated or habitual past action, habit in the past

subject + would + infinitive, go take…

PAST PERFECT SIMPLE:  a complete action in the past with a past result (of completing the action) to mention actions that take place before another past action

Subject                                had        I’d, you’d, he’d, she’d, it’d, we’d, they’d                            studied, visited, worked…

PAST CONTINUOUS:  an action in progress at a particular time in the past

Subject                                was/were           watching…

PAST PERFECT PASSIVE:  a single past action happening before a particular time in the past, where we don´t know the agent

Object + had + been + verb3 (past participle)

PAST SIMPLE PASSIVE : a single past action where we are focusing on the object of the verb

Object + was / were + verb3 (past participle)

PAST SIMPLE :  a complete past action

I spoke                 I did not speak  .              Did I speak?

NAME THE TENSES IN THE FOLLOWING TEXT: 

Will had always wanted (_____________________) to do this journey. He would dream (_____________________)about it back at home, but he didn´t know whether he´d get the opportunity (_______________, __________________). He had been feeling bad (_________________________________) but he was hoping (_______________________) it wasn´t serious. Will´s family were told (____________________________) he had been taken (____________________________) to hospital.

 3B I WAS EXPECTING IT TO BE TOUGH

1 GRAMMAR FUTURE IN THE PAST

a .

1 f

2 b

3 h

4 e

5 g

6 a

7 c

8 d

b. correct words

1 was working

2 earning

3 had 

4 had been

5 was doing

6 had just

7 would

8 would take

9 was

10 would spend

11 struck

12 was to start

2 vocabulary LANDSCAPE

a. Match adjectives

1 c

2 e

3 d

4 h

5 a

6 f

7 b

8 g

c underline (email)

1 calm

2 rich

3 coastline

4 face

5 wooded

6 dense

7 empty

8 sand

WORDPOWER

IDIOMS LANDSCAPES

1 Assess the situation

Get the lie of the land

2 get stuck on a particular point and not make progress

Get bogged down

3 a series of events which create worse problems

On a slippery slope

4 be overwhelmed by too much work

Swamped

5 a difficult process

An uphill struggle

6 still having problems

Not out of the woods

7 not early enough

A drop in the ocean