Share C1 Summer Camp Narrative tenses and reflective language
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__________, I should have realised that he was trying to warn me about the risks.
In retrospect
I didn't realise until several months afterwards that the documents had been forged. __________________________ I discovered the truth.
It was only later that
__________________________, I can see that rejecting the offer was a mistake, although I was convinced I was doing the right thing at the time.
In retrospect
At the time, I thought the project had failed because of poor planning. __________________________ was how little funding had actually been available.
What I hadn't understood was
By the time the police arrived, the thieves __________________________. (Use the verb escape)
Had already escaped
We __________________________ for nearly two hours when someone finally came to explain the delay.
Had been waiting
She __________________________ leave the office when her manager asked to speak to her privately.
Was about to
1. Although everyone expected the negotiations to fail, they __________________________ be surprisingly successful. (Phrasal verb)
Turned out to be
Before moving abroad, I __________________________ living anywhere other than my hometown.
Couldn't have imagined
They __________________________ on the same project for over a year before they met in person.
Had been working
__________________________ was that he had already apologised several times through other people.
What I hadn't understood was
1. __________________________ I learned that the job had actually been offered to me first.
It was only later that
__________________________, the solution seems obvious, but none of us thought of it at the time.
In retrospect
Had I __________________________ how complicated the process would be, I might not have agreed to it.
Understood/been aware of
Not until I read his autobiography __________________________ why he had made that decision.
Did I understand
Understanding with the benefit of later knowledge
retrospect
