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Empower B1+ U3A - Narrative tenses

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    Past Simple vs. Past Perfect
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  • When I ___ (get) to the airport I discovered I ___ (forget) my passport.
    got / had forgotten
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  • I ___ (go) to the library, then I ___ (buy) some milk.
    went / bought
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  • It ___ (not rain) all summer, so the grass ___ (to be) completely dead.
    hadn't rained / was
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  • The ground ___ (to be) completely white because it ___ (snow) during the night.
    was / had snowed
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  • The flat ___ (to be) a mess. John ___ (have) a party.
    was / had had
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  • In the shopping centre, I ___ (meet) a friend who I (not see) for ages.
    met / hadn't seen
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  • The robber ___ (break) into the house because we ___ (not close) the window.
    broke / hadn't closed
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  • We ___ (loose) the match because we ___ (not practise) before.
    lost / hadn't practised
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  • At school, Jim quickly ___ (copy) the homework that he (not do).
    copied / hadn't done
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  • We ___ (eat) at a restaurant last night because I (not buy) anything for dinner earlier.
    ate / hadn't bought (hadn't bought)
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  • When we ___ (return), it was cold in the house because Kevin (not close) the windows.
    returned / hadn't closed (had not closed)
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  • Bob ___ (do) his homework so we was ___ (allow) to play video games.
    had done / allowed
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  • ___ you ___ (eat) anything before you ___ (go) to the theatre?
    Had you eaten / went
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  • Before he ___ (move) to Glasgow, he ___ (live) in London.
    moved / had lived
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  • They ___ (book) a hotel room before they ___ (go) to Dublin?
    had booked / went
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  • They ___ (have) dinner before they ___ (come) to the party.
    had had / came
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