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Click on each blank and choose the correct answer from the dropdown.\nSome sentences may have more than one blank, so make sure you complete all of them.",0,[11,45,75,105,136,164,183,214,245,276,307,338],{"id":12,"sentenceTemplate":13,"displayOrder":9,"explanation":14,"exampleSentence":15,"blanks":16},"019d4907-4a9f-7555-bbcc-2cc53c629850","When we __1__ at the airport terminal, we realized that we __2__ our passports at the hotel.","Use past simple for the main completed action (arrived) and past perfect for the earlier action that happened before it (had left). The sequence of events is clear: leaving the passports happened before arriving at the airport.","When I checked my luggage, I discovered that I had forgotten my camera at home.",[17,33],{"id":18,"blankNumber":19,"options":20},"019d4907-4a9c-77bf-a54a-b07356f1141a",1,[21,25,29],{"id":22,"optionText":23,"isCorrect":24,"displayOrder":9},"019d4907-4a9c-738f-a54a-b07356194734","arrived",true,{"id":26,"optionText":27,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":19},"019d4907-4a9c-742f-a54a-b07356338e8d","were arriving",false,{"id":30,"optionText":31,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":32},"019d4907-4a9c-7493-a54a-b073564c7e1c","had arrived",2,{"id":34,"blankNumber":32,"options":35},"019d4907-4a9c-78bb-a54a-b07358e4b252",[36,39,42],{"id":37,"optionText":38,"isCorrect":24,"displayOrder":9},"019d4907-4a9c-783f-a54a-b07357ac3f2c","had left",{"id":40,"optionText":41,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":19},"019d4907-4a9c-7873-a54a-b07357e6109e","left",{"id":43,"optionText":44,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":32},"019d4907-4a9c-7897-a54a-b073587652dc","were leaving",{"id":46,"sentenceTemplate":47,"displayOrder":19,"explanation":48,"exampleSentence":49,"blanks":50},"019d4907-4a9f-77e1-bbcc-2cc540ff0079","The tour guide __1__ us around the ancient ruins while the sun __2__ behind the mountains.","Use past continuous for both actions to show two ongoing activities happening at the same time in the past. The word 'while' signals simultaneous background actions.","The children were playing on the beach while their parents were relaxing under the umbrellas.",[51,63],{"id":52,"blankNumber":19,"options":53},"019d4907-4a9f-76f9-bbcc-2cc53e368c5e",[54,57,60],{"id":55,"optionText":56,"isCorrect":24,"displayOrder":9},"019d4907-4a9f-7669-bbcc-2cc53c76e19e","was showing",{"id":58,"optionText":59,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":19},"019d4907-4a9f-76a9-bbcc-2cc53ccc469e","showed",{"id":61,"optionText":62,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":32},"019d4907-4a9f-76d5-bbcc-2cc53d3cd13a","had shown",{"id":64,"blankNumber":32,"options":65},"019d4907-4a9f-779d-bbcc-2cc540b12acb",[66,69,72],{"id":67,"optionText":68,"isCorrect":24,"displayOrder":9},"019d4907-4a9f-7739-bbcc-2cc53f32376f","was setting",{"id":70,"optionText":71,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":19},"019d4907-4a9f-775d-bbcc-2cc5400aef81","set",{"id":73,"optionText":74,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":32},"019d4907-4a9f-7781-bbcc-2cc54063aaf4","had set",{"id":76,"sentenceTemplate":77,"displayOrder":32,"explanation":78,"exampleSentence":79,"blanks":80},"019d4907-4a9f-7985-bbcc-2cc545ec1cbf","By the time our flight __1__, we __2__ in the departure lounge for over three hours.","Use past simple after 'by the time' for the reference point (departed) and past perfect continuous for the longer action that had been in progress up to that point (had been waiting). The duration 'for over three hours' emphasizes the continuous nature.","By the time the train arrived, we had been standing on the platform for forty minutes.",[81,93],{"id":82,"blankNumber":19,"options":83},"019d4907-4a9f-78a1-bbcc-2cc54362f567",[84,87,90],{"id":85,"optionText":86,"isCorrect":24,"displayOrder":9},"019d4907-4a9f-7841-bbcc-2cc5418e1bdf","departed",{"id":88,"optionText":89,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":19},"019d4907-4a9f-7861-bbcc-2cc542010bcd","was departing",{"id":91,"optionText":92,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":32},"019d4907-4a9f-7881-bbcc-2cc542bb538b","had departed",{"id":94,"blankNumber":32,"options":95},"019d4907-4a9f-7949-bbcc-2cc544ec8e37",[96,99,102],{"id":97,"optionText":98,"isCorrect":24,"displayOrder":9},"019d4907-4a9f-78d5-bbcc-2cc5437bbf3c","had been waiting",{"id":100,"optionText":101,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":19},"019d4907-4a9f-78f5-bbcc-2cc543e17c74","were waiting",{"id":103,"optionText":104,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":32},"019d4907-4a9f-7929-bbcc-2cc5442a9612","waited",{"id":106,"sentenceTemplate":107,"displayOrder":108,"explanation":109,"exampleSentence":110,"blanks":111},"019d4907-4a9f-7b01-bbcc-2cc54a8f1245","I __1__ my travel blog when I suddenly __2__ that I had uploaded the wrong photos from our trip to Rome.",3,"Use past continuous for the ongoing background action (was updating) and past simple for the sudden interrupting action (realized). The word 'suddenly' signals a quick, completed action that interrupted the longer one.","She was packing her suitcase when she suddenly remembered that her passport was still at the office.",[112,124],{"id":113,"blankNumber":19,"options":114},"019d4907-4a9f-7a39-bbcc-2cc547be13dc",[115,118,121],{"id":116,"optionText":117,"isCorrect":24,"displayOrder":9},"019d4907-4a9f-79dd-bbcc-2cc54630fe33","was updating",{"id":119,"optionText":120,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":19},"019d4907-4a9f-79fd-bbcc-2cc546da451f","updated",{"id":122,"optionText":123,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":32},"019d4907-4a9f-7a1d-bbcc-2cc547799918","had updated",{"id":125,"blankNumber":32,"options":126},"019d4907-4a9f-7ac9-bbcc-2cc54a88d713",[127,130,133],{"id":128,"optionText":129,"isCorrect":24,"displayOrder":9},"019d4907-4a9f-7a6d-bbcc-2cc548bd3f14","realized",{"id":131,"optionText":132,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":19},"019d4907-4a9f-7a8d-bbcc-2cc54950b556","was realizing",{"id":134,"optionText":135,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":32},"019d4907-4a9f-7aad-bbcc-2cc54a39e109","had realized",{"id":137,"sentenceTemplate":138,"displayOrder":139,"explanation":140,"exampleSentence":141,"blanks":142},"019d4907-4a9f-7c79-bbcc-2cc54f0c5139","The hotel receptionist told us that the previous guests __1__ only an hour before we __2__.",4,"Use past perfect for the earlier action (had checked out) and past simple for the later action (arrived). The sequence is clear: checking out happened before arriving, with 'before' explicitly marking the order of events.","The museum guide explained that the artifacts had been discovered decades before the building opened.",[143,155],{"id":144,"blankNumber":19,"options":145},"019d4907-4a9f-7bb5-bbcc-2cc54cfc5aae",[146,149,152],{"id":147,"optionText":148,"isCorrect":24,"displayOrder":9},"019d4907-4a9f-7b55-bbcc-2cc54b486d6f","had checked out",{"id":150,"optionText":151,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":19},"019d4907-4a9f-7b79-bbcc-2cc54bf67865","checked out",{"id":153,"optionText":154,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":32},"019d4907-4a9f-7b95-bbcc-2cc54c400d36","were checking out",{"id":156,"blankNumber":32,"options":157},"019d4907-4a9f-7c3d-bbcc-2cc54e863c6c",[158,160,162],{"id":159,"optionText":23,"isCorrect":24,"displayOrder":9},"019d4907-4a9f-7be5-bbcc-2cc54d164528",{"id":161,"optionText":31,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":19},"019d4907-4a9f-7c05-bbcc-2cc54df72fa5",{"id":163,"optionText":27,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":32},"019d4907-4a9f-7c21-bbcc-2cc54e2b171e",{"id":165,"sentenceTemplate":166,"displayOrder":167,"explanation":168,"exampleSentence":169,"blanks":170},"019d4907-4a9f-7f6d-bbcc-2cc55809f558","During our stay in Barcelona, we __1__ the famous Sagrada Familia three times.",6,"Use past simple for both completed actions during a finished past period (during our stay). The specific number 'three times' indicates completed repeated actions, and 'found' expresses a state or opinion formed in the past.","Last summer, I took the ferry to the island twice because I enjoyed the scenery so much.",[171],{"id":172,"blankNumber":19,"options":173},"019d4907-4a9f-7ea9-bbcc-2cc55529a270",[174,177,180],{"id":175,"optionText":176,"isCorrect":24,"displayOrder":9},"019d4907-4a9f-7e4d-bbcc-2cc554635c55","visited",{"id":178,"optionText":179,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":19},"019d4907-4a9f-7e6d-bbcc-2cc554b9c881","were visiting",{"id":181,"optionText":182,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":32},"019d4907-4a9f-7e8d-bbcc-2cc55526b88c","had visited",{"id":184,"sentenceTemplate":185,"displayOrder":186,"explanation":187,"exampleSentence":188,"blanks":189},"019d4907-4aa0-7159-b6e7-46a753160329","After the airline __1__ our luggage for two days, they finally __2__ it to our hotel on the third morning of our vacation.",7,"Use past perfect for the earlier completed action (had lost) that created a situation lasting up to the later past moment, and past simple for the later action (delivered). The duration 'for two days' and the sequence marker 'After' make the earlier action clear.","After we had waited at the gate for an hour, the staff announced the flight cancellation.",[190,202],{"id":191,"blankNumber":19,"options":192},"019d4907-4aa0-7089-b6e7-46a75085eae2",[193,196,199],{"id":194,"optionText":195,"isCorrect":24,"displayOrder":9},"019d4907-4aa0-7021-b6e7-46a74f5fc350","had lost",{"id":197,"optionText":198,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":19},"019d4907-4aa0-704d-b6e7-46a74f7daccf","lost",{"id":200,"optionText":201,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":32},"019d4907-4aa0-706d-b6e7-46a74ff039fe","was losing",{"id":203,"blankNumber":32,"options":204},"019d4907-4aa0-7121-b6e7-46a752b4afed",[205,208,211],{"id":206,"optionText":207,"isCorrect":24,"displayOrder":9},"019d4907-4aa0-70c5-b6e7-46a750f32d66","delivered",{"id":209,"optionText":210,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":19},"019d4907-4aa0-70e9-b6e7-46a750fe2662","were delivering",{"id":212,"optionText":213,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":32},"019d4907-4aa0-7105-b6e7-46a751f92a12","had delivered",{"id":215,"sentenceTemplate":216,"displayOrder":217,"explanation":218,"exampleSentence":219,"blanks":220},"019d4907-4aa0-72d1-b6e7-46a75889633b","The taxi driver __1__ us that the road to the mountain village __2__ due to heavy snowfall the night before.",8,"Use past simple for the main reporting action (informed) and past perfect for the earlier event being reported (had closed). The time reference 'the night before' clearly indicates the road closure happened before the driver's statement.","The guide told us that the museum had opened its new wing just two weeks earlier.",[221,233],{"id":222,"blankNumber":19,"options":223},"019d4907-4aa0-7209-b6e7-46a755407b20",[224,227,230],{"id":225,"optionText":226,"isCorrect":24,"displayOrder":9},"019d4907-4aa0-71ad-b6e7-46a7536ba089","informed",{"id":228,"optionText":229,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":19},"019d4907-4aa0-71cd-b6e7-46a754311f01","was informing",{"id":231,"optionText":232,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":32},"019d4907-4aa0-71ed-b6e7-46a754ed69c9","had informed",{"id":234,"blankNumber":32,"options":235},"019d4907-4aa0-7299-b6e7-46a757e7bde3",[236,239,242],{"id":237,"optionText":238,"isCorrect":24,"displayOrder":9},"019d4907-4aa0-723d-b6e7-46a756117eda","had closed",{"id":240,"optionText":241,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":19},"019d4907-4aa0-7261-b6e7-46a75682431e","closed",{"id":243,"optionText":244,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":32},"019d4907-4aa0-727d-b6e7-46a75780eb14","was closing",{"id":246,"sentenceTemplate":247,"displayOrder":248,"explanation":249,"exampleSentence":250,"blanks":251},"019d4907-4aa0-74bd-b6e7-46a75c2766b5","While my family __1__ souvenirs in the local market, I __2__ photos of the colorful street vendors and their stalls.",9,"Use past continuous for both actions to show two activities happening simultaneously in the past. The conjunction 'while' signals that these ongoing actions occurred at the same time.","While the tourists were exploring the castle, the guide was explaining its history.",[252,264],{"id":253,"blankNumber":19,"options":254},"019d4907-4aa0-73c1-b6e7-46a759de99d0",[255,258,261],{"id":256,"optionText":257,"isCorrect":24,"displayOrder":9},"019d4907-4aa0-7325-b6e7-46a758ba2118","was buying",{"id":259,"optionText":260,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":19},"019d4907-4aa0-7349-b6e7-46a75955ff46","bought",{"id":262,"optionText":263,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":32},"019d4907-4aa0-737d-b6e7-46a759574459","had bought",{"id":265,"blankNumber":32,"options":266},"019d4907-4aa0-746d-b6e7-46a75ba8d234",[267,270,273],{"id":268,"optionText":269,"isCorrect":24,"displayOrder":9},"019d4907-4aa0-7401-b6e7-46a75ace55e0","was taking",{"id":271,"optionText":272,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":19},"019d4907-4aa0-7425-b6e7-46a75b23d100","took",{"id":274,"optionText":275,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":32},"019d4907-4aa0-7445-b6e7-46a75b5626dc","had taken",{"id":277,"sentenceTemplate":278,"displayOrder":279,"explanation":280,"exampleSentence":281,"blanks":282},"019d4907-4aa0-7659-b6e7-46a75fcbad2e","I __1__ to visit Japan for years before I finally __2__ the opportunity to go there last spring.",10,"Use past perfect continuous for the long-term desire that continued up to a past moment (had been wanting) with the duration 'for years,' and past simple for the single completed action at that moment (got). The time marker 'last spring' confirms the completed action.","She had been planning her trip to Italy for months before she finally booked the tickets.",[283,295],{"id":284,"blankNumber":19,"options":285},"019d4907-4aa0-758d-b6e7-46a75dbf50fe",[286,289,292],{"id":287,"optionText":288,"isCorrect":24,"displayOrder":9},"019d4907-4aa0-7519-b6e7-46a75cd42d71","had been wanting",{"id":290,"optionText":291,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":19},"019d4907-4aa0-754d-b6e7-46a75d49059a","was wanting",{"id":293,"optionText":294,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":32},"019d4907-4aa0-756d-b6e7-46a75d9a236d","wanted",{"id":296,"blankNumber":32,"options":297},"019d4907-4aa0-7621-b6e7-46a75f7d3d53",[298,301,304],{"id":299,"optionText":300,"isCorrect":24,"displayOrder":9},"019d4907-4aa0-75c1-b6e7-46a75e9c06d9","got",{"id":302,"optionText":303,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":19},"019d4907-4aa0-75e1-b6e7-46a75ec3207a","was getting",{"id":305,"optionText":306,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":32},"019d4907-4aa0-7605-b6e7-46a75f62bdeb","had got",{"id":308,"sentenceTemplate":309,"displayOrder":310,"explanation":311,"exampleSentence":312,"blanks":313},"019d4907-4aa0-77d9-b6e7-46a7646053bf","As we __1__ through the narrow streets of the old town at sunset, we __2__ a small traditional restaurant that wasn't in any guidebook.",11,"Use past continuous for the ongoing background action (were wandering) and past simple for the single completed discovery (discovered). The conjunction 'as' introduces the longer action during which the shorter action occurred.","As I was walking along the beach, I found a beautiful seashell half-buried in the sand.",[314,326],{"id":315,"blankNumber":19,"options":316},"019d4907-4aa0-770d-b6e7-46a761d4b77c",[317,320,323],{"id":318,"optionText":319,"isCorrect":24,"displayOrder":9},"019d4907-4aa0-76ad-b6e7-46a75fed36fd","were wandering",{"id":321,"optionText":322,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":19},"019d4907-4aa0-76d1-b6e7-46a760dddfba","wandered",{"id":324,"optionText":325,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":32},"019d4907-4aa0-76f1-b6e7-46a7614d2b6c","had wandered",{"id":327,"blankNumber":32,"options":328},"019d4907-4aa0-779d-b6e7-46a764111037",[329,332,335],{"id":330,"optionText":331,"isCorrect":24,"displayOrder":9},"019d4907-4aa0-7741-b6e7-46a76263fb43","discovered",{"id":333,"optionText":334,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":19},"019d4907-4aa0-7761-b6e7-46a762ee4a23","were discovering",{"id":336,"optionText":337,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":32},"019d4907-4aa0-7781-b6e7-46a7634f4adc","had discovered",{"id":339,"sentenceTemplate":340,"displayOrder":341,"explanation":342,"exampleSentence":343,"blanks":344},"019d4907-4aa0-795d-b6e7-46a767be9d13","The cruise ship __1__ at five different Mediterranean ports before it __2__ the final destination in Venice.",12,"Use past perfect for the earlier completed actions (had stopped at five ports) and past simple for the later action (reached Venice). The word 'before' clearly establishes the sequence, showing the stops happened prior to reaching the final destination.","The tour bus had visited three cities before it arrived at our hotel in Prague.",[345,357],{"id":346,"blankNumber":19,"options":347},"019d4907-4aa0-789d-b6e7-46a7665aa862",[348,351,354],{"id":349,"optionText":350,"isCorrect":24,"displayOrder":9},"019d4907-4aa0-7831-b6e7-46a764dfb870","had stopped",{"id":352,"optionText":353,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":19},"019d4907-4aa0-785d-b6e7-46a76548b950","stopped",{"id":355,"optionText":356,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":32},"019d4907-4aa0-7881-b6e7-46a7657f2e8a","was stopping",{"id":358,"blankNumber":32,"options":359},"019d4907-4aa0-7925-b6e7-46a767b340ff",[360,363,366],{"id":361,"optionText":362,"isCorrect":24,"displayOrder":9},"019d4907-4aa0-78cd-b6e7-46a7668114ce","reached",{"id":364,"optionText":365,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":19},"019d4907-4aa0-78ed-b6e7-46a766bcbebb","had reached",{"id":367,"optionText":368,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":32},"019d4907-4aa0-7909-b6e7-46a7676e847d","was reaching",{"title":370,"slug":371,"language":372},"Narrative tenses","narrative-tenses","en"]