8. Put the verbs in brackets into Past Simple or Past Perfect.
Last Monday Angie 1) ……got up…… (get up) for work as usual and
2) …………….(go) to the kitchen to have some breakfast. But when she
3) …………….(open) the fridge, she 4) …………….(find) that her flatmate Lucy
5) …………….(drink) all the milk - not a good start to the day! So she
6) ……………..(have) a quick cup of black coffee, 7) ……………..(get) dressed and 8) ……………..(go) out to the car. There she 9) ……………..(find) that she
10) ……………..(forget) to put the cover on the car the night before and there
11) ……………..(be) thick frost all over the windscreen. She
12) ……………..(scrape) it all off and 13) ……………..(get) into the car. However, when she 14) ……………..(turn) the key, nothing 15) ……………..(happen)! Someone 16) ……………..(leave) the headlights on and the battery
17) ……………..(go) flat. She 18) ……………..(be) furious as Lucy
19) …………..(use) the car last and it 20)……………..(be) her who
21) ……………..(forget) to switch off the lights. Angie 22) ……………..(head) for the bus stop to wait in the freezing cold.
9. Read the story and then answer the questions about it. Notice that sometimes you need to use the past simple, and sometimes the past perfect.
When
he was 34, Mickey Rourke quit acting to become a boxer. He had become
very aggressive and self-destructive because he had had a violent
step-father who had made him feel worthless. When he was a young
actor, he had been very successful, and had had a very big house and
a glamorous wife. He had gradually lost all his friends and his wife,
and ended up in one room, lifting weights all day long. During the
five and a half years he was boxing professionally, his face had been
very badly damaged and he had to have plastic surgery. He realised
that he had to get control of his life again, and he decided to ask
for some help from a psychotherapist. It was very hard for him to do
this as, in the culture he grew up in, men didn't show any weakness.
He says that when he started acting again, his acting was better
because of his life experience, as he had understood the problems
other people can have. When he heard the director had offered him a
part in a new Hollywood film, Sin City, he was very pleased and
excited.
Example: What did Mickey do when he was 34?
…………He quit acting to become a boxer...........................................................
1 Why had Mickey become so self-destructive?
……………………………………………………………………………………
2 What had his step-father done to him when he was a child?
……………………………………………………………………………………
3 What had his life been like when he was a young actor?
……………………………………………………………………………………
4 What had he done before he ended up in one room?
……………………………………………………………………………………
5 What had happened to his face when he was a professional boxer?
……………………………………………………………………………………
6 What did he do to get control of his life again?
……………………………………………………………………………………
7 Why had he waited so long to ask for help?
……………………………………………………………………………………
8 Why was he a better actor when he started again?
……………………………………………………………………………………
9 How did he feel when they offered him a part in a new film?
…………………………………………………………………………………….