UNIT

Grammar
4
Past perfect Relative pronouns and defining
1 Rewrite the sentences using the relative clauses
past perfect.
3 Rewrite each pair of sentences as one
1 The rain stopped. Then we all sentence with a defining relative clause
went swimming. and suitable relative pronoun.
After the rain had stopped, we all went
1 Cheddar is a village in England.
swimming.
They make a famous cheese there.
2 Everyone arrived at the party. We
Cheddar is a village in England
all started dancing.
where they make a famous cheese.
When
2 Mr Jones is the teacher. He taught us PE
3 The class didn’t do their homework. As a last year.
result the teacher was angry.
3 July is a month. Most UK schools break
because up then.
4 We ate two huge pizzas and a box of
popcorn. Then the film ended.
4 A Tamagotchi is a toy. It was popular in
By the time the 1990s.
5 My uncle had three jobs before he was 21.
Before 5 Mohamed Salah is a footballer. I admire
2 Complete the text with the past perfect or his football skills the most.
past simple form of the verbs in brackets.
6 Art is the school subject. My brother is
A way with numbers most interested in this subject.
Katherine Johnson was born in 1918 in the USA. She had a talent for maths. By the time she 1was(be) ten, sh
2(start) high school. And by the age of 18, she 3(finish) college with a degree in maths and French. When sh
(die) in 2020 at the age of 101.
Grammar round-up
4 Complete the text.
A: Before they became famous, some
celebrities 1 had some surprising
and unusual jobs. Take Johnny Depp, for
example. 2 he was trying to
become famous, he sold pens – over
the phone! Hugh Jackman also had
some surprising jobs. 3 the
time he became famous, he 4
worked as a
clown and as a PE teacher!
B: The person 5 had the
funniest job was probably Brad Pift!
He 6 dress up as a chicken
7 advertise a fast-food
restaurant! 8 in this job
obviously 9 affect his chances
of becoming an actor – he’s been a
successful actor 10 1987!
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