Unit 3 revision (past tenses, regrets, phrasal verbs) | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

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Choose the correct alternative. By the time Nigel was arriving/arrived at the party, everyone ate/had eaten and was dancing/danced.

By the time Nigel arrived at the party, everyone had eaten and was dancing.

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Choose the correct alternative. The boys had been playing/played in the garden for hours and when I went/was going to check on them, they had kicked/were kicking a football around and laughing/laughed.

The boys had been playing in the garden for hours and when I went to check on them, they were kicking a football around and laughing

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Choose the correct alt. Mary was thinking/had been thinking about going to Hawaii to visit her sister, so when she had lost/lost her job, she immediately called/had called her sister to let her know and then was booking/booked her flight.

Mary had been thinking about going to Hawaii to visit her sister, so when she lost her job, she immediately called her sister to let her know and then booked...

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Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. I really wish they ___ me about that job. I just want to know if I’ve got it or not! (call)

would call

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Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. If only he ___ us the truth! I wonder why he didn’t? (tell)

had told

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Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. I wish I ___ more about the range of creative jobs that exist when I was at school. I’m sure I’d be doing something else now if I had. (know)

had known

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Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. If only it ___ possible for us to take a year off work. I’d love to travel around the world and take a break from it all. (be)

was/were

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Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. I wish your mother ___ us when she’s planning on visiting instead of just turning up on our doorstep unannounced. (tell)

would tell

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Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. If only we ___ a bigger garden. Then we would be able to grow all the fruit and vegetables we wanted! (have)

had

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Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. I wish my students ___ there texting under their desks during class. If they carry on doing this, I’m going to have to confiscate their phones. (not/sit)

wouldn't sit

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Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. If only I was ___ to work early today. Then I would be able to get to the concert in time. The problem is that I have a meeting at 4pm. (leave)

able to leave

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Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. I wish I ___ never ___ to help you move house. I had no idea you had so many books! (offer)

had offered

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Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. If only I ___ that job in France. Now I have to decide if I want to start a new life there or not. (not/offer)

hadn't been offered

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Choose the correct alternative. Gavin admitted it was the initial two weeks that were the hardest when he gave ___ smoking. a) up b) over c) in d) by

a) up

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Choose the correct alternative. Tomás has got such a talent for languages! He only has to spend a few months in a country to pick ___ enough of the language to speak fluently to native speakers. a) out b) up c) off d) on

b) up

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Choose the correct alternative. We were all devastated when Fabrizia’s grandmother passed ___ as she had always been at the heart of the family. We miss her very much. a) out b) by c) away d) up

c) away

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