My Great Grandmother Meets Hurricane Cleo
Hurricane Cleo struck the United States in August, 1964. My great grandmother, Ana, was travelling in Miami when the hurricane struck. She (1. said/told) me that she still remembers how scared everyone was.
She (2. said/told) me that the hotel (3. has called/ had called) her room one morning and (4. had said/ had told) her that a big storm (5. is/ was) on its way. They said that all hotel guests (6. have to/ had to) stay in the hotel until the weather forecast (7. tell/said) that it (8. is/was) safe to leave.
She stayed in her room and she turned on the TV, the reports said that a lot of people (9. have been/ had been) injured and that all the roads (10. are/were) flooded. She always (11. says/said) that she still (12. feels/felt) lucky to have survived Hurricane Cleo.
II)-Complete the sentences with the past perfect form of the verbs in brackets.1. Anita said she was very sorry for what she (do)______________.
2. When Sam (pay)_______________ the bill, we felt the restaurant and went home.
3. It wasn’t surprising that she was tired – she (not sleep)__________ for two days.
4. The road was blocked because a lorry (break down) _____________.
5. My mother felt very nervous on the plane because she (not fly) _________ before.
6. ___________ (they/go) home when you arrived?
7. I (hear)___________ the story before, so I didn’t find it very interesting.
8. After she (try on)____________ all the dresses in the shop, she bought the most expensive one.
9. They (not have)___________ breakfast when I got up.
10. The children were very excited because they (not see)____________ a tiger before.
III)-Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.1. After Nick (do)______________ his homework, he (go)____________ to bed last night.
2. Mai (live)__________ in Hai Phong for five years before she (move)___________ to Ha Noi three years ago.
3. Phong (tell)____________ me yesterday that he (learn)___________ French for a year.
4. Ms Hong (work)__________ at our school for twenty years before she (retire) _____________ last June.
5. By the time I (get)__________ to Nick’s house, his party (already/ start) ________________.
6. When we (come)_____________ back to our home village last month, it (change)___________ so much.
7. I couldn’t recognize my cousin because he (grow)____________ a lot.
8. By the time the bus (come)__________ this morning. Duong (wait)___________ for it for half an hour.
IV)-Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.1. Thousands of homes were flooded after Cyclone Kormen (hit)__________ Bangladesh.
2. By the time the storm hit the fishing village, all of the boats (return) __________ to the port.
3. After several weeks without any drops of rain, the region (suffer)___________ from a severe shortage of water for people and animals.
4. Last week the landslide (occur)____________ after it (rain) _______________ heavily for three days in several villages in the mountainous district of Xin Man, Ha Giang Province.
5. Earlier on August 2, the officials (say)_____________ seven people were killed in the northern provinces of Dien Bien, Lai Chau, and Son La after rain (cause) _____________ extensive floods across the region.
6. Mount Fuji in Japan last (erupt)_____________ in 1708, and its eruption (cover) _____________ the surrounding villages with ash.
V)-Complete the sentences with the past perfect form of the verbs in brackets.
11. Anita said she was very sorry for what she (do)______________.
12. When Sam (pay)_______________ the bill, we felt the restaurant and went home.
13. It wasn’t surprising that she was tired – she (not sleep)__________ for two days.
14. The road was blocked because a lorry (break down) _____________.
15. My mother felt very nervous on the plane because she (not fly) _________ before.
16. ___________ (they/go) home when you arrived?
17. I (hear)___________ the story before, so I didn’t find it very interesting.
18. After she (try on)____________ all the dresses in the shop, she bought the most expensive one.
19. They (not have)___________ breakfast when I got up.
20. The children were very excited because they (not see)____________ a tiger before.
