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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.",1,[11,45,75,106,125,156,187,218,247,278],{"id":12,"sentenceTemplate":13,"displayOrder":14,"explanation":15,"exampleSentence":16,"blanks":17},"019d4906-b5a8-74f3-a998-6940ae2907a4","I __1__ down the street when I __2__ my old teacher from primary school.",0,"Use the past continuous for the longer background action (walking) and the past simple for the shorter interrupting action (spotted). The time marker 'when' signals the interruption of one action by another.","She was reading a book when her phone rang.",[18,33],{"id":19,"blankNumber":9,"options":20},"019d4906-b5a6-7149-b5ff-145ded501bb9",[21,25,29],{"id":22,"optionText":23,"isCorrect":24,"displayOrder":14},"019d4906-b5a5-7d08-8609-f694ad62246d","was walking",true,{"id":26,"optionText":27,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":9},"019d4906-b5a5-7da0-8609-f694ae5d392a","walked",false,{"id":30,"optionText":31,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":32},"019d4906-b5a5-7e08-8609-f694aeecaffc","had walked",2,{"id":34,"blankNumber":32,"options":35},"019d4906-b5a6-724d-b5ff-145def3c09f9",[36,39,42],{"id":37,"optionText":38,"isCorrect":24,"displayOrder":14},"019d4906-b5a6-71d1-b5ff-145dee0588a5","spotted",{"id":40,"optionText":41,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":9},"019d4906-b5a6-7205-b5ff-145dee3b8ad2","was spotting",{"id":43,"optionText":44,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":32},"019d4906-b5a6-722d-b5ff-145dee6e916a","had spotted",{"id":46,"sentenceTemplate":47,"displayOrder":9,"explanation":48,"exampleSentence":49,"blanks":50},"019d4906-b5a8-7757-a998-6940b21ef4ab","The stranger __1__ at the same cafe for over an hour before I __2__ up the courage to say hello.","Use the past perfect continuous for an action that continued for a duration before another past action. The phrase 'for over an hour' emphasizes the duration, and 'before' shows the sequence of events with the past simple.","They had been waiting for two hours before the train finally arrived.",[51,63],{"id":52,"blankNumber":9,"options":53},"019d4906-b5a8-766b-a998-6940afb1f0b1",[54,57,60],{"id":55,"optionText":56,"isCorrect":24,"displayOrder":14},"019d4906-b5a8-75e3-a998-6940ae2a0bb1","had been sitting",{"id":58,"optionText":59,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":9},"019d4906-b5a8-761f-a998-6940aedd08a7","was sitting",{"id":61,"optionText":62,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":32},"019d4906-b5a8-7647-a998-6940af60c409","sat",{"id":64,"blankNumber":32,"options":65},"019d4906-b5a8-770f-a998-6940b1d39b72",[66,69,72],{"id":67,"optionText":68,"isCorrect":24,"displayOrder":14},"019d4906-b5a8-76af-a998-6940b0892c98","worked",{"id":70,"optionText":71,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":9},"019d4906-b5a8-76d3-a998-6940b169d900","had worked",{"id":73,"optionText":74,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":32},"019d4906-b5a8-76f3-a998-6940b1764795","was working",{"id":76,"sentenceTemplate":77,"displayOrder":78,"explanation":79,"exampleSentence":80,"blanks":81},"019d4906-b5a8-7d8f-a998-6940c1a6f363","By the time I __1__ who she was, she __2__ for several minutes about our shared past.",5,"Use the past simple after 'by the time' for the later action (realized) and the past perfect continuous for the action that had been in progress before that moment (had been talking). The duration phrase 'for several minutes' emphasizes the continuous nature.","By the time we arrived, they had been waiting for half an hour.",[82,94],{"id":83,"blankNumber":9,"options":84},"019d4906-b5a8-7cc7-a998-6940bf3b3a04",[85,88,91],{"id":86,"optionText":87,"isCorrect":24,"displayOrder":14},"019d4906-b5a8-7c57-a998-6940bd4cb44f","realized",{"id":89,"optionText":90,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":9},"019d4906-b5a8-7c87-a998-6940be0c5b08","had realized",{"id":92,"optionText":93,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":32},"019d4906-b5a8-7ca7-a998-6940bef12fc7","was realizing",{"id":95,"blankNumber":32,"options":96},"019d4906-b5a8-7d57-a998-6940c11633e4",[97,100,103],{"id":98,"optionText":99,"isCorrect":24,"displayOrder":14},"019d4906-b5a8-7cfb-a998-6940bf7a4363","had been talking",{"id":101,"optionText":102,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":9},"019d4906-b5a8-7d1b-a998-6940bfeb6016","was talking",{"id":104,"optionText":105,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":32},"019d4906-b5a8-7d3b-a998-6940c0a33ba0","talked",{"id":107,"sentenceTemplate":108,"displayOrder":109,"explanation":110,"exampleSentence":111,"blanks":112},"019d4906-b5a8-7e7b-a998-6940c4887329","I __1__ when I heard a familiar voice calling my name from across the street.",6,"Use the past continuous with 'about to' to show an action that was on the point of happening when something else interrupted it. The structure 'was about to' indicates immediate future in the past context.","They were about to start the meeting when the fire alarm went off.",[113],{"id":114,"blankNumber":9,"options":115},"019d4906-b5a8-7e43-a998-6940c4556ba1",[116,119,122],{"id":117,"optionText":118,"isCorrect":24,"displayOrder":14},"019d4906-b5a8-7de3-a998-6940c26f3c25","was about to leave",{"id":120,"optionText":121,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":9},"019d4906-b5a8-7e07-a998-6940c2e23036","left",{"id":123,"optionText":124,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":32},"019d4906-b5a8-7e27-a998-6940c3824d1e","had left",{"id":126,"sentenceTemplate":127,"displayOrder":128,"explanation":129,"exampleSentence":130,"blanks":131},"019d4906-b5a9-71df-b1f7-b540db6b8af0","We __1__ each other for nearly twenty years, so the meeting __2__ quite emotional.",8,"Use the past perfect for the earlier period of not seeing each other (hadn't seen) and the past simple for the description of the meeting itself (was). The time phrase 'for nearly twenty years' shows the duration before the meeting.","He hadn't visited his hometown for ten years, so the changes were surprising.",[132,144],{"id":133,"blankNumber":9,"options":134},"019d4906-b5a9-7113-b1f7-b540d9d89a0b",[135,138,141],{"id":136,"optionText":137,"isCorrect":24,"displayOrder":14},"019d4906-b5a9-70b3-b1f7-b540d91860d5","hadn't seen",{"id":139,"optionText":140,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":9},"019d4906-b5a9-70d7-b1f7-b540d981ce26","didn't see",{"id":142,"optionText":143,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":32},"019d4906-b5a9-70f7-b1f7-b540d99ec0a9","weren't seeing",{"id":145,"blankNumber":32,"options":146},"019d4906-b5a9-71a3-b1f7-b540db1fe0f8",[147,150,153],{"id":148,"optionText":149,"isCorrect":24,"displayOrder":14},"019d4906-b5a9-7147-b1f7-b540da1d66a8","was",{"id":151,"optionText":152,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":9},"019d4906-b5a9-7167-b1f7-b540da2de7b2","had been",{"id":154,"optionText":155,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":32},"019d4906-b5a9-7187-b1f7-b540da34a313","was being",{"id":157,"sentenceTemplate":158,"displayOrder":159,"explanation":160,"exampleSentence":161,"blanks":162},"019d4906-b5a9-7353-b1f7-b540de37551f","She __1__ me that she __2__ to contact me for months before we accidentally met.",9,"Use the past simple for the main reporting verb (told) and the past perfect continuous for the action that had been ongoing before the meeting (had been planning). The phrase 'for months before' clearly shows the earlier continuous action.","He mentioned that he had been thinking about changing jobs for weeks.",[163,175],{"id":164,"blankNumber":9,"options":165},"019d4906-b5a9-728f-b1f7-b540dd5a0e56",[166,169,172],{"id":167,"optionText":168,"isCorrect":24,"displayOrder":14},"019d4906-b5a9-7233-b1f7-b540dbbb5cad","told",{"id":170,"optionText":171,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":9},"019d4906-b5a9-7257-b1f7-b540dc9afd7e","was telling",{"id":173,"optionText":174,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":32},"019d4906-b5a9-7273-b1f7-b540dd0b3800","had told",{"id":176,"blankNumber":32,"options":177},"019d4906-b5a9-731f-b1f7-b540ddfdaf30",[178,181,184],{"id":179,"optionText":180,"isCorrect":24,"displayOrder":14},"019d4906-b5a9-72c3-b1f7-b540dd6aea80","had been planning",{"id":182,"optionText":183,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":9},"019d4906-b5a9-72e3-b1f7-b540dd8862ac","was planning",{"id":185,"optionText":186,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":32},"019d4906-b5a9-7303-b1f7-b540ddf467a6","planned",{"id":188,"sentenceTemplate":189,"displayOrder":190,"explanation":191,"exampleSentence":192,"blanks":193},"019d4906-b5a9-7507-b1f7-b540e28f7be6","As I __1__ to introduce myself, I __2__ that he already knew my name.",10,"Use the past continuous for the action in progress (was starting) and the past simple for the sudden realization (noticed). The conjunction 'as' introduces the background action that was happening when the realization occurred.","As I was leaving, I remembered that I had forgotten my keys.",[194,206],{"id":195,"blankNumber":9,"options":196},"019d4906-b5a9-7413-b1f7-b540e0a19171",[197,200,203],{"id":198,"optionText":199,"isCorrect":24,"displayOrder":14},"019d4906-b5a9-73ab-b1f7-b540df05b604","was starting",{"id":201,"optionText":202,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":9},"019d4906-b5a9-73cb-b1f7-b540df12242c","started",{"id":204,"optionText":205,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":32},"019d4906-b5a9-73eb-b1f7-b540dfedf955","had started",{"id":207,"blankNumber":32,"options":208},"019d4906-b5a9-74c7-b1f7-b540e22a4f34",[209,212,215],{"id":210,"optionText":211,"isCorrect":24,"displayOrder":14},"019d4906-b5a9-7447-b1f7-b540e0d8aea6","noticed",{"id":213,"optionText":214,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":9},"019d4906-b5a9-7477-b1f7-b540e1512376","was noticing",{"id":216,"optionText":217,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":32},"019d4906-b5a9-7497-b1f7-b540e184f194","had noticed",{"id":219,"sentenceTemplate":220,"displayOrder":221,"explanation":222,"exampleSentence":223,"blanks":224},"019d4906-b5a9-7683-b1f7-b540e5f46e21","They __1__ at the same company before, but neither of them __2__ the connection until that moment.",11,"Use the past perfect for both earlier actions that happened before the moment of meeting. The phrase 'until that moment' shows that both actions happened before the encounter.","She had lived in Paris before, but she had never visited the Eiffel Tower until last year.",[225,235],{"id":226,"blankNumber":9,"options":227},"019d4906-b5a9-75bf-b1f7-b540e44e7d94",[228,230,232],{"id":229,"optionText":71,"isCorrect":24,"displayOrder":14},"019d4906-b5a9-755f-b1f7-b540e386d245",{"id":231,"optionText":68,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":9},"019d4906-b5a9-757f-b1f7-b540e3998baa",{"id":233,"optionText":234,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":32},"019d4906-b5a9-75a3-b1f7-b540e3e678dc","were working",{"id":236,"blankNumber":32,"options":237},"019d4906-b5a9-764f-b1f7-b540e5da2221",[238,241,244],{"id":239,"optionText":240,"isCorrect":24,"displayOrder":14},"019d4906-b5a9-75f3-b1f7-b540e4d27963","had made",{"id":242,"optionText":243,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":9},"019d4906-b5a9-7613-b1f7-b540e5134a84","made",{"id":245,"optionText":246,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":32},"019d4906-b5a9-7633-b1f7-b540e5b2c127","were making",{"id":248,"sentenceTemplate":249,"displayOrder":250,"explanation":251,"exampleSentence":252,"blanks":253},"019d4906-b5a9-7847-b1f7-b540ea2c2da5","The woman __1__ at me strangely because I __2__ her by the wrong name twice already.",12,"Use the past continuous for the ongoing action (was looking) and the past perfect for the earlier repeated action (had called). The word 'already' signals that the calling happened before the looking, and 'because' shows the cause-effect relationship.","He was upset because I had forgotten his birthday.",[254,266],{"id":255,"blankNumber":9,"options":256},"019d4906-b5a9-7737-b1f7-b540e7d83de4",[257,260,263],{"id":258,"optionText":259,"isCorrect":24,"displayOrder":14},"019d4906-b5a9-76d7-b1f7-b540e5fbfab8","was looking",{"id":261,"optionText":262,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":9},"019d4906-b5a9-76fb-b1f7-b540e6ea9715","looked",{"id":264,"optionText":265,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":32},"019d4906-b5a9-771b-b1f7-b540e6fb6f46","had looked",{"id":267,"blankNumber":32,"options":268},"019d4906-b5a9-7803-b1f7-b540e9f94541",[269,272,275],{"id":270,"optionText":271,"isCorrect":24,"displayOrder":14},"019d4906-b5a9-776b-b1f7-b540e840de2f","had called",{"id":273,"optionText":274,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":9},"019d4906-b5a9-778b-b1f7-b540e8819fe3","called",{"id":276,"optionText":277,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":32},"019d4906-b5a9-77cf-b1f7-b540e9236415","was calling",{"id":279,"sentenceTemplate":280,"displayOrder":281,"explanation":282,"exampleSentence":283,"blanks":284},"019d4906-b5a9-7a4f-b1f7-b540ee230c27","I __1__ through old photos on my phone when I __2__ a picture of us together from a conference five years earlier.",13,"Use the past continuous for the ongoing activity (was scrolling) and the past simple for the completed discovery (found). The word 'when' connects the background action with the moment of discovery.","She was cleaning the attic when she found her old diary.",[285,297],{"id":286,"blankNumber":9,"options":287},"019d4906-b5a9-7923-b1f7-b540ec8a42eb",[288,291,294],{"id":289,"optionText":290,"isCorrect":24,"displayOrder":14},"019d4906-b5a9-789f-b1f7-b540eac9943c","was scrolling",{"id":292,"optionText":293,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":9},"019d4906-b5a9-78c7-b1f7-b540eae68fd9","scrolled",{"id":295,"optionText":296,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":32},"019d4906-b5a9-78e7-b1f7-b540ebd0f27d","had scrolled",{"id":298,"blankNumber":32,"options":299},"019d4906-b5a9-79ff-b1f7-b540ed844a8d",[300,303,306],{"id":301,"optionText":302,"isCorrect":24,"displayOrder":14},"019d4906-b5a9-7973-b1f7-b540ec8bfa56","found",{"id":304,"optionText":305,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":9},"019d4906-b5a9-79a3-b1f7-b540ec8d65da","was finding",{"id":307,"optionText":308,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":32},"019d4906-b5a9-79d3-b1f7-b540ed1ce1f9","had found",{"title":310,"slug":311,"language":312},"Narrative tenses","narrative-tenses","en"]