King Arthur/Past Perfect

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Do you know the irregular verbs?:

fall fell fallen
feel felt ./.
find found ./.
found: founded ./.

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.

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.


Part 2

She told him: "After the dragon had broken(break) our houses and fields, there were(be) some years of peace. Then one day he came(come) back and burned|burned(burn) our houses again. After he had eaten(eat) many men he took(take) a young girl and flew(fly) away. She hasn't been seen since then!"

She told him: "After the dragon had broken(break) our houses and fields, there were(be) some years of peace. Then one day he came(come) back and burned/burned (burn) our houses again. After he had eaten(eat) many men he took(take) a young girl and flew(fly) away. She hasn't been seen since then!"


Part 3

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.