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past tenses

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#Narrative Tenses B1

Before I started /have started my present job, I was working / worked for a bank for two years.

Before I started my present job, I had worked…

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They waited / were waiting until everyone had left / was leaving the bank and then broke in / were breaking in.

They waited until everyone had left the bank and then broke in.

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When the helicopter finally (find) us, we (sit) in the lifeboat for hours and (eat) all our food.

When the helicopter finally found us, we had been sitting in the lifeboat for hours and had eaten all our food.

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I met / have met her when we were / had been at school together.

I met her when we were at school together.

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Correct this sentence: As soon as she was seeing the time, she was jumping out of bed

As soon as she saw the time, she jumped out of bed.

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When we got / were getting to the party, everyone danced and drank / was dancing and drinking.

When we got to the party everyone was dancing and drinking.

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Correct this sentence: By the time our food arrived, we waited half an hour

By the time our food arrived, we had been waiting half an hour.

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Correct this sentence: By the time the emergency supplies arrived, thirty people had been dying.

By the time the emergency supplies arrived, thirty people had died.

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When I was / had been sure I finished / had finished everything, I left / had left the office.

When I was sure I had finished everything, I left the office.

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As soon as she (get) home, she (make) herself a sandwich.

As soon as she got home, she made herself a sandwich.

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We (drive) for about ten minutes when we (notice) smoke coming from the engine.

We had driven for about ten minutes when we noticed smoke coming from the engine.

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When we got / were getting to the cinema, the film already started / was starting / had started, so we missed the beginning.

When we got to the cinema, the film had already started

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Correct this sentence: After I graduated, I was living in London for ten years.

After I graduated, I lived in London for ten years

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Correct this sentence: She'd been writing twenty letters, so she was tired.

She’d written twenty letters, so she was tired.

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He was covered in blood and (tear) his jacket. It was clear he (fight) again.

He was covered in blood and had torn his jacket. It was clear he had been fighting again.

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Before I left / had left home, I called / had called the office.

Before I left home, I had called the office.

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