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6 Robert is still decorating the flat.
decorated Robert __________________________________ the flat yet.
7 She hasn’t finished cooking the meal yet.
still She_______________________________________ the meal.
8 I’ve never met such an interesting person.
ever He’s the most interesting person I ____________________________met.
19 For questions 1-8, choose the correct answer A, B or C.
1 They ___________ for two hours before they finally reached their destination.
A drove B had driven C had been driving
2 Emily ________________ five letters by lunchtime.
A had written B had been writing C wrote
3 The doctor told John to stay in bed until he ___________________.
A have fully recovered B had fully recovered C had been fully recovering
4 Peter ____________________ to read and write before he started school.
A had already learnt B had already been learning C already learnt
5 The baby _________________ for half an hour before it finally fell asleep.
A cried B had cried C had been crying
6 The children ____________________ for an hour when the school bus arrived.
A have waited B had been waiting C waited
7 By the time he was eighteen he ______________ a professional athlete.
A had become B became C have become
8 The burglar __________________ by the time the police arrived.
A have got away B had got away C got away
SPEAKING
20 Read stories about people who have taken individuals or companies to
court. Which story do you find the craziest?
DANCE DAMAGE
A 59-year-old New Jersey woman
sued* a man she danced with at a
wedding six years earlier, claiming that
he had made her fall and break her leg.
Wrong toilet
In San Diego a man sues the city
authorities for $5,4 million because he
was ‘extremely upset’ when he found a
woman using the men’s toilet at a rock
concert.
$2,7 million for burns
A woman in America won $2,7 million in
damages after suffering burns from a
cup of hot coffee which she had bought
from McDonalds.
Teenagers sue school
Two British teenagers are suing their
old school after they failed an important
exam. The boys say that their teachers
did not make them work hard enough
for the exam.
*to sue is to go to a court of law and ask for money from somebody because they
have done something bad to you.
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