Perfect Aspect Corrections and Gap Fill (C1) | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

I had gone to the shops before I came to the lesson.

Correct and X (both are possible) - "I went to the shops" -- the use of "before" as a linking device shows us the order of events.

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I noticed a window was broken and the door was open. Someone broke in.

X - "...someone had broken in" - this happened before you noticed the door was open.

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By 2050, he _________ (spend) 20 years in prison.

will have spent

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trap

No points!

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star

Double points!

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shark

Other team loses 10 points!

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baam

Lose 10 points!

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boom

Lose 50 points!

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magnet

Take 10 points!

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fairy

Take points!

baam

Lose 20 points!

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Careful where you put your feet. I've broken a bowl and there is glass everywhere.

CORRECT - a recent action

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Her eyes were red and it was clear she had cried.

X - ..."she had been crying" - Perfect Continuous focuses on the action not the completion

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baam

Lose 25 points!

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seesaw

Swap points!

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shark

Other team loses 15 points!

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baam

Lose 25 points!

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Before my son was born, I'd never been thinking I'd enjoy being a mother

X - I'd never thought I'd enjoy. -- think is a state verb

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She __________ (wait) for her appeal to go to court for over a year.

has been waiting

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I was exhausted. I was working since 7a.m.

X - "I had been working" -- the action "work" happened before being exhausted and explains why we are tired. Past simple keeps the events in order

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Which places had you visited by the time you were 20.

CORRECT -- "by the time" is often used with perfect aspect as it includes the time before you were 20

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banana

Go to last place!

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shark

Other team loses 25 points!

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rocket

Go to first place!

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thief

Give points!

This time next year I will have worked here for 10 years.

CORRECT - will have been working - is also possible but focuses on duration not completion

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How do you think everyday life will imporve by the time you are 70.

X - "How do you think everyday life will HAVE IMROVED" -- the time phrase "by the time" includes the period before and the point in time and is used with perfec

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By the time she retires next year, she _______ (work) as a police officer for thirty years.

will have been working

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