Question

3 * Read the conversations and choose the correct
options.
1 A: Right, Jones! It's a yellow card for you.
B: Oh Ref! What 'did I do / had I done / was I doing?
A: 1 already blew / had already blown / was already
blowing the whistle three times, Jones, but you
carried on playing!
2 A: Did you see the ice hockey last night, Ben?
Great goal by Grabic, huh?
B: Well, 1 'watched / had watched / was watching
the game when the doorbell rang. I went to
answer it. It was some sales person, and when
I got back, I'missed/had missed / was missing
the goal!
A: No way!
BA:
Arthur, at seventy-six years of age you're the
oldest competitor to finish the marathon today.
Why Sdid you decide / had you decided/
were you deciding to run? ?
B: Oh, well, last year my grandson and I were
watching the race on TV when he asked /
had asked / was asking, 'Granddad, have you
ever done that?' I told him that I hadn't run a
marathon and he said, 'Maybe you should try.'
So, I'did / have done / have been doing it for
my grandson, Timmy. Can I say hello to him?
Hello, Timmy!​

Answer 1

1 A: Right, Jones! It's a yellow card for you.

B: Oh Ref! What had I done?

A: I had already blown the whistle three times, Jones, but you

carried on playing!

2 A: Did you see the ice hockey last night, Ben?

Great goal by Grabic, huh?

B: Well, I was watching the game when the doorbell rang. I went to

answer it. It was some sales person, and when I got back, I had missed

the goal!

A: No way!

A: Arthur, at seventy-six years of age you're the

oldest competitor to finish the marathon today.

Why did you decide to run?

B: Oh, well, last year my grandson and I were

watching the race on TV when he asked, 'Granddad, have you

ever done that?' I told him that I hadn't run a

marathon and he said, 'Maybe you should try.'

So, I did it for my grandson, Timmy. Can I say hello to him?

Hello, Timmy!​