Vocabulary: idioms (taking risks)

EX.97 Read the sentences about two mountain climbers. Then complete the sentence with the past perfect simple or past perfect continuous form of the verb in brackets.
a The two climbers stopped to rest. They (climb) had been climbing for hours and were exhausted. Things were not looking good.
b They were very cold, because it (snow) ................................. heavily since mid morning, and one of them (hurt)……..his ankle.
c They (look)……..for shelter for the past two hours, because they realized that the weather was going to get worse.
d They (already phone)……..the rescue centre for help.
e They (also leave)……..details of their planned route at the village where they stayed the night.
f They were experienced climbers and they (prepare)…… carefully for their trip.
They knew there was a cave halfway up the mountain.
g They spent a long time searching for the cave before they realized that they (head)……in the wrong direction. Then the snow stopped, and they could see the dark entrance of the cave nearby.
h Luckily they (bring)……warm clothes and plenty of food with them, and they waited safely in the cave.


Ex.98 Text completion.
\In this story about an argument between neighbours, fill in the gaps using the verb in brackets in the past perfect simple or continuous.
Тhе arguments started quite suddenly one Sunday. Everything had been perfectly friendly between the neighbours uр to that point.
Graham .had just got hoтe (get hoтe) when his neighbour, Sally, stopped him оn the path they shared. She was holding uр her muddy hands - she ………….(gardeп) and she looked very angry. 'I was just going to cut back mу rose bushes but someone 2…………….(do) it. Was it уоu?' Graham denied it, but secretly hе felt quite pleased because the bushes 3…………(grow) оver the path. А few days later Graham received а note through his door asking him to cut down one of the trees in his garden because it was blocking Sally's view. Нe wrote her а note refusing. When be got home from work the next day, he discovered that someone 4…….(cut dowп). Не was furious.
А few weeks later, Sally decided to pick some vegetables from her garden. She had seen them the day before and she5 ….(decide) they were ready to eat. But they 6……..(go)!
She was very angry with Graham, but then she and Graham read about someone who
7………... (cut down) bushes and trees. The police 8……………(catch) him while he was cutting down а small tree!

EX.99 Fill in the gaps with the past simple, the past perfect or the past perfect continuous of the verb in brackets.

1 I `d never ridden …………… (never ride) а bike until I…went….(go) to live in Amsterdam.

2 When Martin (соте) into the room, his mother nearly (faint) because she (not see) him for nearly 20 years.
3 We were held uр in а traffic jam so the concert (begin) bу the time we (arrive).
4 How long………(уои applying) for jobs when уоu………..(get) this оnе?
5 ………(уои ever do) аnу carpentry before уоu……….(build) that cupboard?
6 I………(not see) Lisa when I went round last night because she…….(go) to stay with her grandmother.
7 As soon as I……….(sit) down оn the train, I realised that I ......................... (leave) ту passport at home.
8 I…….(drive) for about four hours when I……….(realise) that I was completely lost.
9 When I (go) into the room, everyone…….(stop) talking and………..(look) at те.
10 After he (wash) his clothes, he (hang) them outside to dry.
11 The manager was shocked when he (discover) that Jane was а thief. Up until then, he (believe) that she was completely honest.