Answer for exercise 3
The solution for exercise 3 in chapter 3.1 - And the moral is ... of Speakout Upper-Intermediate - Students' Book by Frances Eales and Steve Oakes
Question
- Read the first paragraph of Performance of a lifetime? again and underline examples of the past simple, the past perfect simple, the past continuous and the past perfect continuous.
- Underline the correct verb form in the rules. Use the first paragraph of Performance of a lifetime? to help.
- Work in pairs and look at the numbered verbs in both stories. Discuss how each example fits one of the rules above.
Answer
a)
Many years ago a crowd gathered (past simple) outside the Paris Opera House to see a performance by one of the most famous opera singers of the time. Tickets had sold out (past perfect) weeks before, and opera fans had been looking forward (past perfect continuous) to this epic moment ever since the performance was announced. (past simple - passive). It was (past simple) a gorgeous spring evening, and everyone was wearing (past continuous) their finest clothes in celebration of the event.
b)
- past simple
- past continuous
- past perfect simple
- past perfect continuous
c)
- began = Rule 1
- had never appeared = Rule 3
- was driving = Rule 2
- had been standing = Rule 4
- was shivering = Rule 2
- he'd finished = Rule 3
- drove = Rule 1
- was paying = Rule 2
- remembered = Rule 1
- had said = Rule 3