CAE Talking About the Past | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

English 15 Public

Ready for Advanced p20

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I _____________ (never/kiss) anyone until I _____________ (meet) you.

(had) never kissed + met

15

That’s the third time I _____________ (have) to tell you to stop shouting!

have had

10

It looks as if he _____________ (cry) again. His eyes are all red and puffy.

has been crying

10

I used to get so annoyed with him. He _____________ (always/lose) things.

was always losing

15

She _____________ (eat) a particularly large meal and she suddenly started to feel sick.

ate/was eating/had eaten

15

Marjorie _____________ (leave) when Paul _____________ (arrive).

left + arrived; had left + arrived; was leaving + arrived/was arriving

20

You know that book you _____________ (tell) me about last week? Well, I _____________ (buy) it. Look.

told/were telling + bought/have bought

15

I hated that school. If I _____________ (not do) my homework, they used to punish me. If I _____________ (do) it, they’d tell me to do it again.

didn't do/hadn't done + did (do)/had done

10

When I was a teenager I used to know/would know/ knew the words to all The Beatles songs.

used to know/knew

10

It’s years since I’ve ridden/I haven’t ridden/I rode a bike. I’m not sure if I could do it now.

I've ridden/I rode

10

I’d like to have travelled/have liked to travel/have liked to have travelled more when I was younger.

all 3 are possible

15

I remember that concert. It was the first time I’ve seen/ I’d seen/I was seeing the band play live.

I'd seen

10

I’d rather my parents didn’t make/wouldn’t have made/hadn’t made me go to piano lessons when I was little.

hadn't made

15

She was going to work/thinking to work/to have worked in her mother’s business, but decided instead to continue her studies.

going to work/to have worked (thinking of/about working)

15

After he’d done/Having done/Being done it once, he was happy to give another presentation.

after he'd done/having done

10