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Narrative tenses

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    Narrative tenses
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  • There was no one to help us. We arrived at the hotel after midnight and ...a. the receptionist went home b. the receptionist had already gone home
    b
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  • I couldn't go to my friend's party because.....
    I had forgotten where she lived
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  • I was going to buy you a present, but....
    I realised that I didn't want to
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  • You see a police car arriving at Susan's house. A few minutes later police officers bring Susan out of the building and put her into a police car. WHAT HAD SUSAN DONE?
    ?
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  • By the time the lesson _____ (finish), Susan _____ (talk) for one hour nonstop.
    had been talking
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  • After six months in Tallinn, Susan ____ (open) a karaoke bar, even though she ____ (not run) her own business before.
    After six months in Tallinn, Susan opened a karaoke bar, even though she hadn't run her own business before.
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  • Correct the mistake: By the time our food arrived, we waited half an hour.
    ......we had been waiting half an hour
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  • I met/ was meeting her when we were/ had been at school together.
    I met her when we were at school together.
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  • When the helicopter finally ____ (find) us, we ____ (sit) in the lifeboat for hours, and we ____ (eat) all our food.
    When the helicopter finally found us, we had been sitting in the lifeboat for hours, and we had eaten all our food.
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  • When we ____ (get) to the party, everyone ____ already _____ (dance) and ____ (drink)
    When we got to the party, everyone was already dancing and drinking.
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  • Correct the mistake: When she ate her sandwich, she went to bed.
    When she had eaten her sandwich, she went to bed. (OR She ate her sandwich, then went to bed)
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  • I ____ (have) breakfast and ____ (listen) to the news when the phone ___ (ring).
    I was having breakfast and listening to the news when the phone rang.
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