[Friends Global] Giải tiếng anh 10 unit 6: Money - 6D. Grammar

1. Read the text. Where is Howells's hard drive? How much is it worth? Did he find it?

Answer:

The hard drive might be in a rubbish dump or in someone's house.

The value has increased to $7.5 million.

He did but he can not find where it is.

2. Look at the examples of the past perfect highlighted in the text in exercise 1. Find all the other examples. Complete rule a in the Learn this! box.

Answer:

1 had

2 hadn't

3. Read rules b and c in the Learn this! box. Explain the difference in meaning between the sentences below.

1 When he threw away the computer, Howells forgot about the bitcoins.

2 When he threw away the computer, Howells had forgotten about the bitcoins.

Answer:

1 "threw away the computer" then "forget the bitcoins"

2 "forgot the bitcoins" before "threw away the computer"

4. Complete the sentences. Use the past perfect form of the verbs in brackets.

Answer:
1 had left - had forgot

2 had closed

3 hadn't gone

4 had gone

5. USE OF ENGLISH Rewrite each pair of sentences as one sentence, using after.

Answer:

2 After I had gone to the hairdresser's, I went to the cosmetics store.

3 After I had left the shop, I paid for the flowers.

4 Jim did some shopping after he had caught the bus home.

6. Complete the text with the phrases below. Use the past perfect.

Answer:

1 had won the lottery                           4  had lost his ticket

2 had bought his ticket                        5 had taken the lottery company

3 hadn't checked the numbers             6 lost

7. SPEAKING Work in pairs. Discuss the explanations for the situation or event using the past perfect. What had happened?

1 The car drove onto the pavement and hit a lamp post.

2 A cleaner found a wallet under the seats in the cinema.

3 The boy opened the envelope, read the letter and started to dance around.

Answer:

1 Before the car hit a lamp post, it had driven onto the pavement.

2 Before a cleaner cleaned the cinema, she had found a wallet under the seats.

3 After the boy had opened the envelope, he read the letter and started to dance around.