1. Adele was born in London in 1988.

2. She started playing music when she was three.

3. She loved music.

4. She became famous when one of her friends posted one of her songs on Myspace.

5. Her first album was a real success.

6. She won many awards in the US and the UK.

7. She was offered the opportunity to write and sing a James Bond theme song.

8. She won an award for this song.

1. If you'd been [you had been] more careful you wouldn't have lost your wallet.

2. I'd rather you didn't talk about our future plans at the next meeting.

3. I wish people were more respectful of the environment.

4. It's time we started reacting.

5. I wish I hadn't hurt my girlfriend so much!

1. I'd rather you came tomorrow.

2. I wish you'd [you had] listened to my advice, you would have succeeded.

3. If only you'd [you had] worked harder.

4. It's time you saved some money.

5. It's high time you had a healthy diet and stopped eating junk food.

1. On January 28, 1986, I was at Cape Canaveral, Florida.

2. I was standing with hundreds of other people a few miles from the launch pads. We saw the lift-off of the spacecraft as it left Earth.

3. 73 seconds later, Challenger was suddenly enveloped in a red, orange and white fireball.

4. Suddenly the space shuttle Challenger broke apart in the sky, shortly after the lift-off.

5. The US space shuttle exploded after lift-off and killed seven crew members.

1. On March 12, 1930, a group of Indian protesters began to march from Ahmedabad, India, to the sea coast, about 390 kilometres away. They were led by Gandhi.

2. They intended to illegally produce their own salt from the seawater. Gandhi was fighting for Indian independence.

3. On May 5, the British authorities decided to put an end to this rebellion.

4. They arrested him and severely beat many of the salt marchers. While unarmed protesters were protesting peacefully, British troops attacked them with batons.

5. These powerful images drew the world's attention towards the Indian independence movement.

1. Journalist: ‘Where were you on Nov. 22, 1963, when JFK was assassinated? What were you doing?”

2. Linda: ‘The assassination happened on a Friday. It was early afternoon. I was sitting on the sofa in the living room. I was watching TV while my mother was ironing. I was playing with my little brother, when all of a sudden I heard my mother scream. Then I heard her cry.”

3. Mark: ‘I was returning to my office from lunch, when I first heard on the street that something had happened to President Kennedy. I raced back to my office where my colleagues were standing around a TV set. When Kennedy's death was announced we were stunned.'

4. Sandy: ‘I was taking a maths test. The principal turned on his speakers so all rooms in the school could listen to radio reports. We stared at our teacher, who was visibly upset. She was crying.'

1. Since his girlfriend left him, Romeo has been sleeping very little, has been eating little, has been working hard, hasn't seen anybody.

2. For weeks now, he's been listening to a lot of music and has been writing letters he tears up afterwards.

3. Since she moved his life has been very sad.

4. He's been missing her a lot since she decided to break up.

1. ‘You're out of breath? What's happened?'

‘I've been running all the way from the underground station.'

2. I'm sorry I'm going to be late because I've been held up in a traffic jam for a long time.

3. We're sorry but your flight has been cancelled.

4. I've just missed my bus and I'll have to wait twenty minutes for the next one.

5. I've been trying to contact you since this morning to let you know but your line was busy all the time.

1. Riley and Jane have been on a diet for a month now.

2. They've lost weight. What have they been doing?

3. They've been exercising every day.

4. They've been eating lots of vegetables.

5. They've cut down on meat and sugar.

6. They've been eating fruit every day.

7. They've been baking wholemeal bread.

8. They've been drinking a lot of water.

9. They've stopped drinking soft drinks.

1. ‘Since she graduated Jessica is more mature, she isn't so shy. She has changed a lot.'

2. ‘Has she?'

3. ‘Yes. She's really changed since the last time you saw her. She's (she has) already found a part-time job in a restaurant.'

4. ‘Has she already started?'

5. ‘Yes, of course, she's been a waitress in this restaurant for three months.'