Unit 7
Basic Grammar
Name Class Date
1 Circle the correct options. 4 Match the questions (1–6) with the reported
1 The festival crowd made / had made a big mess answers (a–f).
so we cleaned it up.
2 I arrived late at the concert and the headliner
finished / had finished playing.
3 The food stalls had sold / hadn’t sold all their food
when I got there so I was hungry.
4 My dog hadn’t saw / hadn’t seen fireworks before
and he was really scared.
5 When we got back to our tent that night, the wind
has blown / had blown it down. 1 Do you like playing at concerts? f
2 Have you played at many festivals? b
2 Match the beginnings (1–5) with the endings 3 Where are you planning to play next? c
(a–e) to make sentences.
4 Did you enjoy playing at last year’s
1 The carnival floats had passed all through a
Sunny Days Festival?
the town b
5 Had you ever played at a festival before
2 The audience decided to leave d d
last year?
3 We chose that campsite because a 6 Do you prefer playing at festivals or on TV? e
4 Everyone loved the party even though c
a He said he had enjoyed playing there.
5 She arrived late to the parade because she e
b He told me he had played at about ten.
a we had stayed there the two previous summers. c He said he was planning to play in California
b when they reached my neighbourhood. next summer.
c we hadn’t put up many decorations. d He said he had never played at a festival before that.
d after the band had played two encores. e He said he preferred playing at festivals.
e hadn’t finished making her costume on time. f He told me that he really liked playing at them.
3 Complete the sentences with the past perfect 5 Complete the reported speech sentences with
form of the verbs in brackets. the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
1 Why did you go to the police station? 1 ‘I love the support act’s songs!’
Someone had stolen (steal) my bike. She said she loved (love) the support
2 Why did the band leave the stage? act’s songs.
Some people in the crowd had thrown 2 ‘The carnival last year was better than this year.’
(throw) things at them. They said the carnival last year had been (be)
3 Why didn’t the band play an encore? much better than this year.
The audience hadn’t liked (not like) their music. 3 ‘I have played at every concert since 2015.’
4 Why didn’t you go to his party? He told me he had played (play) at every
I hadn’t bought (not buy) him a present. concert since 2015.
5 Why didn’t you know how to get to the campsite? 4 ‘We are going to watch the parade in town.’
Because I hadn’t been (not be) there before. We told our parents we were going (go) to
watch the parade in town.
5 ‘I am very proud of you all.’
The headmaster told the students he
was (be) very proud of them.
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