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2 On the bucket list

GRAMMAR 2 What had happened to make people stop and look?
2.1 Listen to an account of an incident in a holiday village.

1 Read the grammar box. Match the examples (1–6) with the 3 2.2 Write the correct past tenses in the sentences.
tense uses (A–G). Listen again and check.
1 I (walk) along the main street of the village …
explore grammar p144 when I (see) a group of people.
2 I (meet) my friend at the beach … but I
past tenses (stop) to find out what (go) on.

past simple 3 Apparently, some workmen (dig) to get at a

A for finished events in the past damaged pipe but (finish) work for the day
It certainly lived up to all our expectations. and (go) home.
4 It seemed that a curious dog (fall) into the
past continuous hole!
B for an interrupted action in the past 5 Someone (call) the fire brigade, who

I was getting ready to go out when I overheard (come) along with a ladder.
my parents .

C + always for expressing irritation OR for describing past 4 Read the customer complaint to a tourist offi ce. How does
activities in a negative way the customer feel? Why? Choose the correct verb form.
I was always thinking up good excuses for not getting
on with my homework. Customer : I’m phoning to make a complaint about the
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D for failed plans or unfulfilled expectations. We can also use summer holiday I ’ ve booked / booked with you to Majorca

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was going to or was due to. last July. You see, this is what has happened / happened .

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I was going to give it up but then I thought, No, I can I ’ d arrived / was arriving late at the hotel, I am / had
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do this! been travelling for hours and I used to be / was very tired.
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I was due to go off on holiday to Greece. I ’d given / gave the taxi driver the directions to the hotel

from your website but it seems they were wrong and we
past perfect got / have got totally lost. I was furious by the time we

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E for actions, events and situations that happened before 8 had been arriving / arrived at the hotel. Then there was
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another past action no hot food available, only a stale sandwich. I ’m not
I hadn’t realised that until my friend Anna and I used / didn’t use to being treated in this way and I’m very

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binge-watched the series. disappointed. What’s more, the following day, I got / have
got badly sunburnt while I had sat / was sitting by your
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past perfect continuous pool and no one managed / has managed to fi nd any

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F for describing an action that was happening over a period cream I could put on afterwards. I demand my money back!!
of time before another action in the past
We had been watching a documentary about
volcanoes … what gave them the idea of Iceland. 5 Complete these sentences in your own words, using a variety
Watch out! of past tenses.

G We use used to/would for past habits or activities but only 1 I was going to do my homework last night but …

used to for past situations. 2 The bus finally arrived after I …

We used to stay with my Russian grandmother a lot.
3 My friend skyped me while I …
1 I’d been waiting for half an hour before I realised the buses Speak up
were on strike.
2 Actually, I was hoping to leave early but I didn’t manage it 6 Work in pairs. Think about one of the following ideas
in the end. and write down a few notes. Then tell your partner

3 Paul was always leaving his shoes in the middle of the floor. what happened.

4 Every birthday, I used to make a list of places I wanted to visit. 1 something that happened to you that you
5 One evening, while I was looking on the internet, I got would like to complain about

inspired by photos of the Scottish Highlands! 2 something strange or funny that

6 We were going to visit friends in France but my sister was happened to you recently
sick so we had to cancel.
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