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Unit 4

A. Correct the information given [12 marks] (5 minutes)

Example: Misaaki made (owed) her teacher an apology.

1. My neighbor is kind of shy, but he made me for a favor anyway.
   
2. Mr. Ferreira was happy to deny a gift from his Portuguese class at the end of the year.
   
3. Kato did me a nice compliment. – he said I was kind and generous.
   

B. Make these sentences into the past perfect. [30 marks] ( 5 minutes)

1. I could not get in because I ................................. my keys.(forget)
   
2. Ann was not at home. Where ................. she ................ ?(go)
   
3. The telephone was not working because we ................... the bill.(paid)
   
4. The woman ............. (tell) me that she .................. in China a few years before. (work)
   
5. Everything in the garden was brown because it ............. (rain).
   
6. The bathroon was full of water. What ............ ? (happen)
   
7. I knew I ............ that man somewhere before! (see)
   
8. We were surprised to see Mark, because we ................. (heard) from him till now.
   
9. After three days, Mark's dog Bruno came back home. Where ...................(be)?
   
10. There was nothing left in the fridge. I could see that Kang Rok ........... the shopping (do).
    

C. Word Match – Remember the words from this class in Unit 4

[42 marks ] (5 minutes)

1. Coincidence a. very surprised.
   
2. Disaster b. destroy by gunfire or debunked
   
3. Emergency c. watching without participating
   
4. lucky break d. exactly as stated or written
   
5. Misfortune e. forbidden
   
6. Mystery f. a great success
   
7. Predicament g. something unexplained or puzzling
   
8. Triumph h. difficult situation with an easy solution
   
   
9. off limits i. bear or resist
   
   
10. literally j. an unexpected event that brings good
    
    
11. Withstand k. an event that causes a lot of suffering or damage
    
    
12. look on l. a sudden event requiring quick attention
    
    
13. shoot down m. an unlucky event
    
14. Astounded n. unexpected that seemed to connected
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    D. Grammar from Unit 4 that was available on the blog site for study:
    [ Section Total 40 marks] ( 5 minutes )
    The Past Perfect – Telling a Story [20 marks]
    She __________________ [ drive ] her car to school because she _________________ [ miss] the bus.
    

We ______________ [arrive] at the airport too late to say goodbye; their plane ________________ [ already take off ].

1. The foolish young couple __________________ [ know] each other only two weeks when they ___________________ [decide ] to get married.
   
2. Then, just two week after they __________ [ get ] married, they _________ [ want ] to get a divorce.
   

Simple Past and Past Continuous - Talking about what happened [20 marks]

1. We ______________________ [ walk ] across the street when a car ________________________[ appeared ] out of nowhere and almost ________ [ run into ] us.
   
2. We ________________ [ shout ] at the driver, but she ___________ [ not hear ] us.
   
3. She ___________________ [ talk ] on her cell phone while she _____________ [ drive ] .
   
4. She _____________ [ not pay attention ] to us poor pedestrians.
   
5. While we ________ [ recover ] for that near-death experience, we ______ [ see ] another car speeding toward us, so we quickly _______ [ jumped ] onto the sidewalk.
   

Please write a story about something that happened when you were a child, teenager, or an adult. Make it a happy story in 30 words or less. Demonstrate knowledge of using the past tenses in English. [bonus marks + 20 marks]

Answers:

Section A:

1. did a favor
   
2. accept a gift
   
3. gave me a compliment
   

Section B:

1. had forgotten
   
2. had she gone
   
3. hadn't paid
   
4. told me …. had worked
   
5. hadn't rained
   
6. happened or had happened
   
7. had seen
   
8. hadn't heard
   
9. had he been
   
10. hadn't done
    

Section C:

1N 2K 3L 4J 5M 6G 7H 8F 9E 10D 11I 12C 13B 14A

Section D:

1. drove
   
2. had missed
   
3. arrived
   
4. had already taken off
   
5. had known
   
6. decided
   
7. had gotten married
   
8. wanted a divorce
   

Section E:

1. were walking
   
2. appeared
   
3. ran into us
   
4. shouted
   
5. did not hear us
   
6. was talking
   
7. was driving
   
8. was not paying attention
   
9. were recovering
   
10. saw
    
11. jumped
    

Bonus = 20 marks for any attempt at telling a story.