Exercise 4. Read and suggest as a reason for what you hear that the person had been working very hard or too hard or that the person hadn`t been working hard enough. Model: T: Jim looked awful.
St: He had been working too hard. T: His experiments were very successful.
ST: He had been working very hard. T: His invention was no good.
St: He had not been working hard enough. 1. Sid and Henry finished the work ahead of time last week.
2. Sam was so tired, he couldn`t go to see his friend off.
3. Pete has been very strange lately. He does not seem to be interested in anything any more.
4. Ruth was too tired to make the trip with us.
5. They say Basil has made a wonderful invention.
6. The pilots and stewardesses looked awfully tired after the journey.
7. Ted took it for granted that he would get a prize, but he didn`t.
8. I don`t know where I put the time-table. I`ve become so absent-minded.
9. Tim`s teacher says he has made very good progress in English.
10. Ben`s knowledge of the subject doesn`t seem to be good enough. I`m afraid he won`t pass
the exam.
