Cover of the textbook New Total English Upper-Intermediate - Students' Book

The key answer of exercise 1

The key to exercise solutions in chapter Review and practice 9 for the textbook New Total English Upper-Intermediate - Students' Book with authors Araminta Crace and Richard Acklam from Pearson Education

Question

Rewrite the pairs of sentences to make one sentence with After + present participle or Having + past participle.

Answer

  1. After travelling / Having travelled for hours to get to the village, she thought she should stay there for at least a couple of days.
  2. After seeing / Having seen his neighbour struggling with a lot of heavy bags, he offered to help her.
  3. After coming / Having come first in her university exams, she was approached by a top firm of lawyers.
  4. After taking / Having taken home an injured cat she had found by the side of the road, she felt she had to keep it.
  5. After seeing / Having seen a young man take a CD without paying, he told the security staff.
  6. After speaking / Having spoken to his father, he told his boss he wanted a raise.
  7. After getting / Having got a long letter from their cousin, they decided to go and see him.