Cover of the textbook New Headway Pre-Intermediate - Workbook

The key answer of exercise 5

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 9 - Grammar for the textbook New Headway Pre-Intermediate - Workbook with authors Liz Soars, John Soars and Paul Hancock from Oxford University Press

Question

Look at the pictures. Complete the story using the Past Perfect.

Answer

  1. He'd forgotten to set his alarm the night before and he had woken up really late.
  2. He had missed the train to work, so he had got a taxi.
  3. The taxi had broken down.
  4. He had arrived at work too late for his meeting.
  5. His boss had been very annoyed with him.
  6. He had felt ill in the afternoon, so he had left work early.