GRAMMAR
1 Choose the correct answer
1 We use the past perfect tense show that an action happened before / after something else in the past, eg:
By the time he was five he had learnt to speak three languages.
2 We use the past perfect when the order of past events is / isn't clear.
3 The meaning of these sentences is the same / different:
The girl switched off the TV when her phone rang
The girl had switched off the TV when the phone rang
4 The past perfect continuous tense is formed with had + past participle / had been + present participle.
5 Sentence A / B shows a repeated and continuous action.
A By the time we got home we had walked for three hours.
B By the time we got home we had been walking for three hours.
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VOCABULARY
2 Write the words in the box next to the phrases that mean the same.
abroad comic delighted entertain explore
injure over and over serial stepfather voyage
1 find out more about
2 in / to a foreign country
3 a long journey (by sea)
4 repeatedly
5 to hurt or damage a part of your body
6 a picture story
7 to keep people amused
8 very, very pleased
9 my mother's new husband
10 a long story on radio or TV broadcast in separate parts
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FUNCTION
3 Read the notes about J.R.R. Tolkien, the author of The Lord of The Rings. Underline the correct form of the verb in sentences 1-7.
J.R.R. Tolkien, the Author of The Lord of The Rings
1892: Born in Bloemfontein, South Africa
1895: Moved to England
1895: Father died
1904 Mother died
1908: Met his future wife, Edith Bratt
1915: Graduated from Oxford University
1916: Married Edith Bratt
1916: Fought in 1st World War; returned home through illness
1920-1959: Tutor at Oxford and Leeds universities, writer, father, inventor of languages
1937: Published `The Hobbit'
1954-55 Published `The Lord of the Rings'
1973: Died
1977-1980 Son published other books of his father's
1 J RR Tolkein was born/ had been born / is born in 1892.
2 He had been/ was / was being three years old when his father died.
3 By the time he was 12, both his parents died/ have died / had died.
4 He knew / had been knowing / had known Edith for eight years before he was marrying/ married/ had married her.
5 He was fighting / fought / had been fighting in the 1st World War for less than a year because he became / was becoming / had become ill.
6 He wrote / had written / has written for many years before he was publishing / published / had published The Lord of The Rings.
7 After his death, his son published other books he had been writing / was writing / had written.
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Total : _____ / 25 points
Lesson test Inspiration 4 unit 2, lesson 3
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