1. PAST TIME (3) FIRST LANGUAGE PRACTICE WITH KEY

FIRST LANGUAGE PRACTICE WITH KEY

1. PAST TIME (3)

4. Decide whether the verb from in italics is suitable or unsuitable. 1 While I had a bath, someone knocked on the door. ___unsuitable. ___ 2 Sally didn’t go to a boxing match before. ________________ 3 Harry tried to repair the car, but he didn’t really know what he was doing. ________________ 4 What did you wear to the end- of term party? ________________ 5 Were you eating spaghetti every day when you lived in Italy? ________________ 6 I didn’t know you had bought a new car. ________________ 7 They all wanted to believe her, but suspected she was lying. ________________ 8 As Peggy walked home, she tried to remember what happened. ________________ 9 ‘What a terrible say!’ thought Lucy. Everything had gone wrong! ________________ 10 Although it rained a lot. I was enjoying my holiday last year. ________________ 5. Put each verb in brackets into a suitable past verb form. The Search for the Lost City When Professor Mallory, the famous archaeologist,(1) ...invited..............(invite) me to take part in his expedition to find the Lost City of the Himalayas, 1(2)..............................(not hesitate) to accept his invitation. Mallory (3)..............................(discover) an ancient map showing the position of the city, although no European (4)...............................(ever go) to the area before. In fact, most of Mallory's colleagues either (5)..............................(believe) that the city(6)..............................(never exist) or (7)..............................(feel) that it(8)..............................(vanish) long ago and (9).............................. (become) simply a legend. According to the Professor, the builders of the city(10)..............................(hide) it among the mountains in order to protect its immense riches. He(11)..............................(believe) that the descendants of these ancient people(12)..............................(still keep) themselves apart from the rest of mankind for the very same reasons. So when we (13)..............................(set off) on a cool May morning towards the distant mountains, each of us (14)..............................(look forward) to exciting discoveries. For a week or more we (15)..............................(climb) higher and higher, following the map, which Mallory(16).............................. (study) from time to time. Then one afternoon, while we(17).............................. (rest) at the top of a valley, we (18).........................(notice) that a rider on a horse(19).......................(wave) at us from the other side of the valley. A rider whose clothes(20)..............................(shine) like gold!

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