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2 CHECK. Circle the correct answer to complete each statement.

1. When you free solo, you climb without shoes / rope.

2. Alex Honnold’s free solo of Half Dome was / wasn’t successful.

3. Honnold lost his confidence / rope for a moment on his way up Half Dome.

4. No/ Some climbers before Honnold climbed Half Dome in under three hours.

DISCOVER. Complete the exercises to learn about the grammar in this lesson.

A Work with a partner. Read the sentences about the article. Write 7 above the underlined
action or situation that happened first. Write 2 above the one that happened second.
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1. Honnold climbed Half Dome without a rope. Others had climbed it with a rope.

2. He had been confident until he got near the top.

3. This time was different from the last time. The last time he had used a rope.
4. He climbed the fastest. Nobody had ever climbed so quickly.

B_ Look at the sentences in exercise A again. Did the sentences with had + past participle
happen first or second? Discuss your answer with a partner and then your class.

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