King Arthur/Past Perfect
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Interactive Exercises
Move the words into the gaps:
Before Arthur found the sword in the stone he had lived with Sir Hector and Kay.
After he had found the sword he lived in Camelot.
Arthur and the Dragon
Put in the correct forms of the verbs in brackets. Find sentences that happened earlier (→ had happened).
One Arthur wandered|was wandering(wander) around the forest when he noticed he hadn't eaten(not, eat) anything the whole morning. Then he suddenly saw(see) a little hut under a tree. There was an old woman who had lived(live) there all her life.
After she had given(give) him some bread and ale he thanked(thank) her. Then she told(tell) about a dragon who had kidnapped(kidnap) a young girl a year erlier.
After she had given(give) him some bread and ale he thanked(thank) her. Then she told(tell) about a dragon who had kidnapped(kidnap) a young girl a year erlier.
...
There was no sign of the dragon who had been(be) there earlier.
But last year I (not / work)
really that good then.
7. As I (want /pass) I term.
hard enough for English, that's why my marks (not / be) English exam successfully next year, I (study) I
harder this
During my last summer holidays, my parents (send)
I (learn)
great and I (think) I
to London, I (not / enjoy)
the language course, I (meet) I
me on a language course to London, a lot.
learning English.
lots of young people from all over
12. There I (notice}
13. Now I (have)
14. At the moment I (revise)
15. And I (begin / already)
16. I (think)
to speak
I (have) I
how important it (be)
much more fun learning English than 11 i
English grammar
to read the texts in my English textbooks again,
one unit every week.
I (do)
17. My exam (be)
18. If I (pass)
19. And after my apprenticeship, maybe I (go) 1
20. As you (see / can)
any time to be lost, an apprenticeship in September. back to London to work there for a while, a real London fan already.
