Exercise 17.Read the email. Choose the correct alternative.
Date: 2015-10-07; view: 707.
LANGUAGE USE
Exercise 16. Put the verbs in brackets in Past Simple or Past Perfect.
1. By the age of 30, Crichton ________________ (already/visit) many countries.
2. He wanted to quit Harvard because he _______________ (think) the classes were boring.
3. He separated from his wife before he _______________ (go) to L.A.
4. He went to Los Angeles because he ______________ (decide) to concentrate on writing.
5. After he went to Los Angeles, he _______________ (become) depressed.
6. He remembered that a friend ________________ (invite) him to Thailand.
7. When he arrived in Bangkok, his friend ______________ (meet) him at the airport.
8. Before he went to Bangkok, he ________________ (never /be) outside America or Europe.
9. He ________________ (know) Steven Spielberg for many years by the time he wrote Jurassic Park.
From: Nonna@zapnet.com
To: GHL@zapnet.com
Subject: International student conference
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Hi! Thought you'd like to know that the conference was very successful. The talks (1) were / had been really interesting and all the speakers (2) had prepared / prepared their material very thoroughly. Everyone agreed we should do the same next year.
However, there were some problems with the conference centre. When we (3) arrived / had arrived, we (4) discovered / had discovered that the manager (5) reserved / had reserved the wrong room for us. This meant that we (6) didn't have / hadn't had enough space. Unfortunately, he couldn't let us have the larger room because he (7) gave / had given it to another group, which was even bigger than ours.
He (8) also misunderstood / had also misunderstood the letter explaining what food we (9) wanted / had wanted. In fact, we (10) suspected / had suspected that he (11) lost / had lost it. I don't recommend using that place again!
CU
Nonna
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