TV journalist: E verything in our report is true. We 3 . Singer: M y latest album is ready. I 4 . Photographer: Mia won’t show up anymore, I’m going home. I 5 . Past or past perfect forms: Linking words Link the following sentences with the words in brackets and change the tenses wherever necessary. 1. Mr Patel read an article in his local paper about a new tourist project. He decided to write a letter to the editor to complain about the plans for a huge hotel just outside the village. (after) 2. He wanted to protest against the plans of the local council. He feared that it would lead to more traffic in his neighbourhood and that it would be bad for the wildlife in the area. (because) 3. He finished the letter. He wanted to take it to the post box straight away. (as soon as) 4. He walked through the park. He suddenly had an idea. (while) 5. He was never a member of a political party or any other political organisation. He suddenly wanted to take action. (although) 6. He reached the post box. He decided that he would join a local action group to get involved. (before) 7. He got home. He looked up the address of a local action group to contact them. (when) Introducing open gap fill: Using tenses Read the conversation about flying. Some words are missing. Complete the text by writing one word for each gap (1–10) in the spaces provided. The first one (0) has been done for you. Claire: H ave you ever … 0 to the US? Thomas: N o, I haven’t. Have you? Claire: Y es, I have. I … 1 to California last year. Thomas: A nd did you like it? Claire: O h yes, I liked it a lot. Everybody was so easy-going. You know I had never … 2 Europe until then and so this big trip was really a first. Thomas: I think I wouldn’t like to … 3 there. Claire: W hy not? Thomas: I don’t like … 4 , especially long distances. Claire: How come? Thomas: M y first flight was a disaster. The weather was so bad – there had … 5 heavy storms for days – and so we had a lot of problems … 6 the flight. Almost everybody was sick. As soon as the plane had touched down and stopped in the parking position, I … 7 from my seat and ran to the door. But I couldn’t get out, of course. The flight attendants calmed me down. It was so embarrassing. I … 8 like it at all. Claire: That was a bit unfortunate. I have never … 9 such a bad experience. Especially long-distance … 10 are normally very smooth. I’d love to go to America again. Don’t you want to come along too, in spite of this bad incident? 0 been ✔ 1 6 2 7 3 8 4 9 5 10 4 5 Tip • Read the whole text very carefully before you start filling the gaps. • When finished, read through the whole text again to see if it really makes sense. T 37 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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