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Unlocked and entered form the central sequence.","She opened the envelope and read the note.",[19],{"id":20,"blankNumber":21,"options":22},"019fc2c4-a639-71a9-a3f3-1c25086c858c",1,[23,27],{"id":24,"optionText":25,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":15},"019fc2c4-a639-7115-a3f3-1c2506d09269","After Mara unlocked the gate, she entered the silent garden.",true,{"id":28,"optionText":29,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":21},"019fc2c4-a639-7175-a3f3-1c2507c5ac0b","entering",false,{"id":32,"sentenceTemplate":14,"displayOrder":21,"explanation":33,"exampleSentence":34,"blanks":35},"019fc2c4-a639-72f5-a3f3-1c250b460658","Use the past continuous to set the background scene. 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Checking was interrupted when the lights went out.","I was reading when the alarm sounded.",[50],{"id":51,"blankNumber":21,"options":52},"019fc2c4-a639-7381-a3f3-1c250ce37a23",[53,56],{"id":54,"optionText":55,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":15},"019fc2c4-a639-733d-a3f3-1c250b84fd1e","I was checking the map when the lights went out.",{"id":57,"optionText":58,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":21},"019fc2c4-a639-7361-a3f3-1c250c831923","has",{"id":60,"sentenceTemplate":14,"displayOrder":61,"explanation":62,"exampleSentence":63,"blanks":64},"019fc2c4-a639-7475-a3f3-1c250f43e08c",3,"Use the past perfect for an action completed before a later past event. The necklace was hidden before the police arrived.","The suspect had escaped before the officers entered.",[65],{"id":66,"blankNumber":21,"options":67},"019fc2c4-a639-743d-a3f3-1c250f12a0ea",[68,71],{"id":69,"optionText":70,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":15},"019fc2c4-a639-73f9-a3f3-1c250defea7d","was",{"id":72,"optionText":73,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":21},"019fc2c4-a639-741d-a3f3-1c250e694dc7","The thief had hidden the necklace before the police arrived.",{"id":75,"sentenceTemplate":14,"displayOrder":76,"explanation":77,"exampleSentence":78,"blanks":79},"019fc2c4-a639-754d-a3f3-1c251188fc3c",4,"Use the past perfect continuous for an ongoing earlier action that explains a later state. 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While links what the orchestra and audience were doing at the same time.","While the band was playing, people were dancing.",[110],{"id":111,"blankNumber":21,"options":112},"019fc2c4-a639-768d-a3f3-1c25158b4036",[113,116],{"id":114,"optionText":115,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":15},"019fc2c4-a639-7649-a3f3-1c2513de708b","While the orchestra played, the audience was waiting quietly.",{"id":117,"optionText":118,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":21},"019fc2c4-a639-766d-a3f3-1c2514cb95cb","waited",{"id":120,"sentenceTemplate":14,"displayOrder":121,"explanation":122,"exampleSentence":123,"blanks":124},"019fc2c4-a639-7785-a3f3-1c251883639c",7,"Use the past perfect to explain an earlier cause. 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