Cover of the textbook New Headway Upper-Intermediate - Workbook

The key answer of exercise 5

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 3 - Vocabulary for the textbook New Headway Upper-Intermediate - Workbook with authors Liz Soars, John Soars and Paul Hancock from Oxford University Press

Question

Complete the sentences, using past tenses only and the prompts in brackets.

Answer

  1. Two years ago, while I was working in Paris, my grandfather died.
  2. As soon as I got home, I switched on the TV.
  3. First I had a shower, then I got dressed.
  4. I had always wanted to visit Australia, and I finally went last year.
  5. As he posted the letter he realized he hadn't put on a stamp.
  6. By the time he had finished speaking, most of the audience had fallen asleep.
  7. Once I had told him the truth, I felt better.
  8. Before I bought my first flat, I had seen 30 other properties.