Grammar in context 1
Past simple, past continuous and past perfect 1 Match the halves to make sentences.
Complete the sentences with the past simple, past continuous or past perfect form of the verbs given. 1 When he (begin) his journey, he (never be) outside Europe. 2 As she (get on) the train, she (see) her luggage on the platform. 3 While Ed (travel), he (post) videos on his vlog every day. 4 By the time they (land) in New York, they (watch) three films. 5 She (not have) a tent because she (lend) it to her best friend the week before. 5 Complete the article with the words in the box. as • b een • c an • decided • filmed • for • had • h as • have • in • is • w as Grammar challenge TAKEONLYPHOTOS, LEAVEONLY FOOTPRINTS.
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1 Matt was riding his unicycle … 2 Josefina missed her stop … 3 Had he spoken to friends … 4 While Tony was looking for the tickets, …
5 When I heard the phone ring … 6 The sun was shining yesterday … 7 They caught a plane home … 8 Had you planned for months … a as soon as they heard the news. b I answered it.
c before you went on the trip? d when he had an accident. e because she had fallen asleep on the train. f I was looking for our passports. g so I went skateboarding in the park. h before he went on the tour? Choose the correct alternative. 1 Did you already learn/Had you already learnt to ride a unicycle before you left/were leaving school? 2 The roads were/had been dangerous because it had snowed/snowed the night before. 3 She never visited/had never visited Australia before so she was feeling/had felt nervous. 4 They stopped/were stopping him from getting on the plane because he had lost/lost his boarding pass. 5 He wasn’t/hadn’t been tired because he’d had/ he was having a good sleep the night before. 6 He found/was finding the geocache while he climbed/was climbing a tree. Put the words in order to make sentences. 1 first / years / The / he / time / unicycling / he / old / 14 / tried / was / .
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OH, AND DON’T GEOTAG!
Social media – Instagram® in particular – (a) influencing where we go on holiday and what we see and do when we travel. This is good news for the travel industry, for sure, but it creates overtourism around the world. After Justin Bieber (c) a music video in a canyon in Iceland, the location received twice (d) many visitors as usual, so Iceland’s Environmental Agency (e) to close it for months. Daffodil Hill, in Volcano, California, is famous for its fields of yellow and white daffodils and it makes a great profile picture. The Ryan family, who own it, (f) shared their beautiful flowers with the public for free (g) over 80 years. However, in early July 2019, they (h) to close it, when one day thousands of visitors queued for hours to park their cars. The volume of visitors had (i) too high and they needed space to safely accommodate everyone. So, what is the solution? Many experts say the real problem ( j) the geotag feature on Instagram, which shows the site of the photo on a map. When a particular photo goes viral, it (k) result in thousands of people showing up exactly where it (l) taken, an increasingly important role (b) all wanting a selfie with the same view. So, next time you go on a trip, geotag a place that needs visitors!
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2 on / hadn’t / He / tour / a / he / the / ridden / before / unicycle / went / .
3 book / I / train / for / While / waiting / the / I / read / my / was / .
4 switched / the / When / they / on / heard / the / they / news / TV / .
5 the / station / left / already / the / time / By / he / the / had / train / got / to / .
6 sleeping / was / As / tent / dog / a / his / he / outside / dangerous / was / .
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