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Tap it, then choose the correction that makes the narrative sequence or focus accurate.",4,"find_and_fix",[12,33,60,86,108,130,153,170,187,202,222],{"id":13,"sentenceTemplate":14,"displayOrder":15,"explanation":16,"exampleSentence":17,"blanks":18,"payload":19},"01a01413-9e9e-7aaf-b66a-d9718a9c38b1","While the archivist was catalogue the letters, the alarm sounded.",0,"The ongoing cataloguing forms the background to the alarm, so use past continuous: 'was cataloguing'.","While the archivist was cataloguing the letters, the alarm sounded.",[],{"words":20,"correct":29,"wrongIndex":9,"corrections":30},[21,22,23,24,25,22,26,22,27,28],"While","the","archivist","was","catalogue","letters,","alarm","sounded.","cataloguing",[29,31,32],"catalogued","catalogues",{"id":34,"sentenceTemplate":35,"displayOrder":36,"explanation":37,"exampleSentence":38,"blanks":39,"payload":40},"01a01413-9e9e-7b37-b66a-d9718b0c719f","When the curator opened the case, she discovered that moisture has damaged the painting months earlier.",1,"The damage happened months before the curator opened the case, so the earlier time shift needs past perfect 'had damaged'.","When the curator opened the case, she discovered that moisture had damaged the painting months earlier.",[],{"words":41,"correct":55,"wrongIndex":56,"corrections":57},[42,22,43,44,22,45,46,47,48,49,50,51,22,52,53,54],"When","curator","opened","case,","she","discovered","that","moisture","has","damaged","painting","months","earlier.","had",10,[55,58,59],"have","having",{"id":61,"sentenceTemplate":62,"displayOrder":63,"explanation":64,"exampleSentence":65,"blanks":66,"payload":67},"01a01413-9e9e-7b9f-b66a-d9718ba775f9","Before the rescue boat arrived, we had been wait in the cold for three hours.",2,"The three-hour duration continued up to the boat's arrival, so use past perfect continuous: 'had been waiting'.","Before the rescue boat arrived, we had been waiting in the cold for three hours.",[],{"words":68,"correct":81,"wrongIndex":82,"corrections":83},[69,22,70,71,72,73,55,74,75,76,22,77,78,79,80],"Before","rescue","boat","arrived,","we","been","wait","in","cold","for","three","hours.","waiting",8,[81,84,85],"waited","waits",{"id":87,"sentenceTemplate":88,"displayOrder":89,"explanation":90,"exampleSentence":91,"blanks":92,"payload":93},"01a01413-9e9e-7bfb-b66a-d9718bc94a17","At university, I use to own a battered motorbike.",3,"Use 'used to' for the past state of owning the motorbike; 'would to' and 'using to' do not fit this pattern.","At university, I used to own a battered motorbike.",[],{"words":94,"correct":104,"wrongIndex":89,"corrections":105},[95,96,97,98,99,100,101,102,103],"At","university,","I","use","to","own","a","battered","motorbike.","used",[104,106,107],"would","using",{"id":109,"sentenceTemplate":110,"displayOrder":9,"explanation":111,"exampleSentence":112,"blanks":113,"payload":114},"01a01413-9e9e-7c4f-b66a-d9718c07bc22","I walk into the hall, push the door open and found the room empty.","The surrounding narrative-present verbs 'walk' and 'push' require the parallel base form 'find'.","I walk into the hall, push the door open and find the room empty.",[],{"words":115,"correct":126,"wrongIndex":56,"corrections":127},[97,116,117,22,118,119,22,120,121,122,123,22,124,125],"walk","into","hall,","push","door","open","and","found","room","empty.","find",[126,128,129],"finding","founded",{"id":131,"sentenceTemplate":132,"displayOrder":133,"explanation":134,"exampleSentence":135,"blanks":136,"payload":137},"01a01413-9e9e-7ca3-b66a-d9718cc432bb","Only after the second interview did Lena saw what had been omitted.",5,"After restrictive fronting with 'only after', inversion uses 'did' plus the base verb 'see'.","Only after the second interview did Lena see what had been omitted.",[],{"words":138,"correct":148,"wrongIndex":149,"corrections":150},[139,140,22,141,142,143,144,145,146,55,74,147],"Only","after","second","interview","did","Lena","saw","what","omitted.","see",7,[148,151,152],"seen","seeing",{"id":154,"sentenceTemplate":155,"displayOrder":156,"explanation":157,"exampleSentence":158,"blanks":159,"payload":160},"01a01413-9e9e-7cfb-b66a-d9718da9b40e","At no point have I suspected the guide before the evidence emerged.",6,"The suspicion is evaluated up to the later past moment when the evidence emerged, so negative inversion takes past perfect: 'At no point had I suspected'.","At no point had I suspected the guide before the evidence emerged.",[],{"words":161,"correct":55,"wrongIndex":89,"corrections":169},[95,162,163,58,97,164,22,165,166,22,167,168],"no","point","suspected","guide","before","evidence","emerged.",[55,59,143],{"id":171,"sentenceTemplate":172,"displayOrder":149,"explanation":173,"exampleSentence":174,"blanks":175,"payload":176},"01a01413-9e9e-7d63-b66a-d9718e2eb568","When the lights failed, the final sculpture was been lowered into position.","The lowering was already in progress when the lights failed, so use the past continuous passive 'was being lowered'.","When the lights failed, the final sculpture was being lowered into position.",[],{"words":177,"correct":184,"wrongIndex":82,"corrections":185},[42,22,178,179,22,180,181,24,74,182,117,183],"lights","failed,","final","sculpture","lowered","position.","being",[184,186,55],"be",{"id":188,"sentenceTemplate":189,"displayOrder":82,"explanation":190,"exampleSentence":191,"blanks":192,"payload":193},"01a01413-9e9e-7db7-b66a-d9718eafe02e","The warning should have being issued before the crowd entered.","A modal perfect passive uses 'modal + have been + past participle': 'should have been issued'.","The warning should have been issued before the crowd entered.",[],{"words":194,"correct":74,"wrongIndex":9,"corrections":201},[195,196,197,58,184,198,166,22,199,200],"The","warning","should","issued","crowd","entered.",[74,186,24],{"id":203,"sentenceTemplate":204,"displayOrder":205,"explanation":206,"exampleSentence":207,"blanks":208,"payload":209},"01a01413-9e9e-7e03-b66a-d9718efa8fd4","At reception, I was tell by the clerk that the last bus had left.",9,"The reporting passive is 'was told'; the 'by the clerk' phrase identifies the agent, so an active -ing form cannot fit.","At reception, I was told by the clerk that the last bus had left.",[],{"words":210,"correct":218,"wrongIndex":9,"corrections":219},[95,211,97,24,212,213,22,214,48,22,215,216,55,217],"reception,","tell","by","clerk","last","bus","left.","told",[218,220,221],"telling","tells",{"id":223,"sentenceTemplate":224,"displayOrder":56,"explanation":225,"exampleSentence":226,"blanks":227,"payload":228},"01a01413-9e9e-7e57-b66a-d9718f46c441","During the night, our campsite got flood after the river burst its banks.","The informal get-passive uses 'get' plus a past participle, so the campsite 'got flooded'.","During the night, our campsite got flooded after the river burst its banks.",[],{"words":229,"correct":240,"wrongIndex":156,"corrections":241},[230,22,231,232,233,234,235,140,22,236,237,238,239],"During","night,","our","campsite","got","flood","river","burst","its","banks.","flooded",[240,242,243],"flooding","floods","\u002Fuploads\u002Fimages\u002Fgpimg_6b9014f4-dfbd-4b36-a16b-161bbe545fe4_hero.webp",{"title":246,"slug":247,"language":248,"level":249},"Narrative tenses for experience, incl. passive","narrative-tenses-for-experience-incl-passive","en","C1"]