Past perfect; used to; Gerunds and 4 Complete the sentences with the gerund or infinitive form of the verbs given. infinitives 1 It’s a lovely day and the sea is calm – let’s go 1 Circle the correct alternative. . (swim) 1 After we went/had been on a school trip together, 2 She decided in more we became close friends. activities at her primary school. (take part) 2 As soon as they made up/had made up with each 3 He spends hours sudoku. other, they fell out again! (play) 3 We had an argument because he criticised/had criticised my work. 4 relationships takes a lot 4 By the end of the first week, she made/had made of time and patience. (build) friends with all her classmates. 5 It’s easy others! (criticise) 5 When they had beaten the other team, they went/ 6 Are you interested in our had gone back to their secondary school. club? (join) 7 I really like new friends. 2 Complete the sentences with the past simple or past perfect form of the verbs given. (make)
1 After I (fall out) with my 5 Circle the correct alternative.
best friend, I (feel) very lonely. In the past, teenagers (1) used to talking/used to talk to their friends on the home phoneafter school. They 2 By the time you (wake loved (2) chat/chatting for hours with their friends, up), I (finish) all my who they (3) were been/had been at school with all homework. day. And it wasn’t strange (4) to hang out/hang out 3 Laura (be) a bit angry with their friends in the afternoon, too. But today, because I (get) a higher teenagers communicate with short texts and instant mark then her. messages instead. Recent research shows that most 4 We (not sleep) well the teens find it easier (5) to use/using their mobile phones night before, so we (go) (6) for text/to text friends than to call them or talk to to bed straight away. them face to face. American psychologist Lori Evans 5 Before he (start) primary thinks that communication (7) didn’t use to be/ school, he (learn) to read used to be as artificial, because communication today and write. mainly happens online.
3 Complete the sentences with used to or didn’t However, other people think that technology can help use to and the verbs given. to build relationships. For example, Evan was a very shy boy, but he used social-networking sites (8) helping/ 1 I (do) voluntary work to help him feel less isolated. He started chatting with when I had more free time. classmates who he (9) didn’t speak/hadn’t spoken to 2 She (feel) angry a lot of before. After just one week, his circle of friends the time, but she’s a lot happier today. (10) had grown/grown and he felt much happier. 3 (you/have) many arguments with your brothers and sisters? 4 We (not see) eye to eye on many things, but we get on a lot better now. 5 (you/hang out) with your friends every day after school?
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