Cover of the textbook Outcomes Pre-Intermediate - Student's Book

The key answer of exercise 10

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 11 - Animal magic for the textbook Outcomes Pre-Intermediate - Student's Book with authors Hugh Dellar and Andrew Walkley from National Geographic Learning

Question

Match the two parts of the sentences. Then work in pairs and compare your answers. Discuss why the past simple or past perfect is used in a-h.

Answer

  1. b (pp because the rain happened the night before the time in 1)
  2. g (pp because the wallet had been dropped before he found it)
  3. e (pp because he hadn’t paid his bills in the  time before)
  4. d (ps because the roadworks happened at the same time)
  5. a (pp because they forgot the keys in the  time before)
  6. c (pp because they hadn’t made a speech in the time before)
  7. h (ps because both things happen at the  same time)
  8. f (pp because the dog hadn’t had a walk in the  day before)