EXERCISE 8
Find and correct 9 mistakes in the sentences:
1 Luna was looking forward to Kudjo’s coming as she has great news- the parents had finally agreed to go to the country to look for the pup and take care of it.
2 The car didn’t start because Luna’s dad forgot to switch off the lights and the battery went flat. If he remembered to do it, they wouldn’t have had to take a taxi.
3 The taxi was very slow and they came to the country in the late evening. If they had driven their car, they would come much earlier.
4 As soon as they arrived, Kudjo and Luna ran around the house but didn’t see the pup anywhere. It was very dark as the sun was setting. If it weren’t so dark, the pup would have been seen in a tree.
5 Frustrated, the dogs got into the house and ran upstairs to the attic. If they would come a minute later, it would have been too late.
6 The poor little pup was hanging upside down in the corner and a fat neighbour’s cat tried to catch it.
7 The cat would have caught and eaten the bat if Kudjo wouldn’t have barked so loudly that the cat vanished out of sight immediately.
8 Luna took the pup and they went downstairs, where Luna’s parents waited for them.
EXERCISE 9
Choose the correct option:
1 The little bat ***** with hunger and fear when Luna’s parents were poring over it.
a trembled
b was trembling
c has been trembling
2 They decided that if the pup ***** older they ***** to take care of it. But the bat was too young and needed its family.
a were / would agree
b had been / would have agreed
c is / will agree
3 It is clear that they need to find the pup’s family as soon as possible. If they ***** it before long, it ***** die.
a won’t do / may
b didn’t do / will
c don’t do / may
4 Kudjo and Luna took the pup and ran to the village, where there were some abandoned houses. If bats ***** far, they ***** in one of them.
a wouldn’t have flown / would have roosted
b hadn’t flown / would have roosted
c didn’t fly / would roost
5 It had become as black as pitch, but luckily, the dogs had a torch. If they ***** it, they ***** nothing around.
a didn’t take / would see
b wouldn’t take / would have seen
c hadn’t taken / would have seen
6 The pup didn’t make any sounds and refused to eat a bug, which Luna ***** for it.
a had found
b founded
c has found