1 Choose the correct words in italics. 2 Match the sentences 1 and 2 with A and B. 3 GRAMMAR IN USE Complete the text. Use the correct form of the verbs in brackets ().

1. Choose the correct words in italics.

• 0 After I brushed my teeth I went to bed.
• 1 I went to the dentist five times last year.
• 2 My computer broke down yesterday.
• 3 Hilary fell on the ice last winter and broke her arm.
• 4 We were relaxing in the garden when we suddenly heard a loud noise.
• 5 Karl didn't hear the doorbell because he was listening to his iPod.
• 6 After I left university, I worked in a bank and then I moved to an insurance company.
• 7 My cousin couldn't visit us in August because she did a summer course.
• 8 I was having a shower when the phone rang.

2. Match the sentences 1 and 2 with A and B.

• 0. 1 When my father arrived, we looked at his photos. → B My father brought the photos with him.
• 0. 2 When my father arrived, we were looking at his photos. → A We started looking at the photos before my father arrived.
• 1. 1 My aunt worked for Mr O'Reilly. → A She was his assistant.
• 1. 2 My aunt was working for Mr O'Reilly when she heard the news. → B She was speaking to a client on the phone.
• 2. 1 I was having a party when she told me the news. → B The party started before she told me the news.
• 2. 2 When she told me the news I had a party. → A I had a party after she told me the news.
• 3. 1 Paul travelled a lot in his last job. → B He was an international salesman.
• 3. 2 Paul was travelling when the accident happened. → A He was on a plane to Rio.

3. GRAMMAR IN USE Complete the text. Use the correct form of the verbs in brackets ().

ON THE NIGHT of 14 April 1912 the cruise ship Titanic (0) was (be) in the middle of its first journey between England and New York. It (1) was travelling (travel) across the north Atlantic, south of Greenland. As usual, a sailor (2) was watching (watch) the sea in front of the ship; he (3) was looking (look) for icebergs. But it was dark and there was no moon, so he couldn't see anything. Suddenly, at exactly 11.40, the ship (4) hit (hit) a huge iceberg. The ship quickly began to sink. At the time of the accident many of the passengers (5) were sleeping (sleep). The sailors (6) told (tell) everybody to leave the ship, but there (7) were not (not be) enough boats for all the people. In the end more than 1,500 people (8) died (die).