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Choose the correct form of the verbs. (Parkhouse Hotel 5th September)
CONFERENCE REPORT
(Parkhouse Hotel 5th September)
The conference was very successful. The seminars and talks (1) were/had been extremely interesting and it was obvious that all the speakers (2)had prepared / prepared their material very thoroughly. Everyone agreed that this should become an annual event.
There were however a number of administrative problems. When we (3) arrived / had arrived, we (4) discovered / had discovered that the hotel manager (5) reserved / had reserved the wrong room for us and therefore we (6) did not have / had not had enough space. Unfortunately, he could not let us have the larger room because he (7) gave / had given it to another group, even bigger than ours.
He (8) also misunderstood / had also misunderstood the letter explaining what food we (9) required / had required. In fact, we (10) suspected / had suspected that he (11) lost / had lost the letter. We do not recommend using this hotel again.
9. Most of the sentences have one verb in the wrong tense. Correct them or write right.
1. I was pleased to see my old college friends at the conference last week as we didn't see each other since we finished our course,.... as we hadn't seen each other.....
2. We had to wait for hours at the airport because the bad weather had delayed all the flights..RIGHT...
3. Many modern medicines were not invented by western scientists but by tribal people who had been using them for generations before the Europeans arrived.
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4. We missed our train, so by the time we reached the theatre, the play ended and the audience was leaving the theatre.....................................................................................................................
5. At the end of their meal they found they couldn't pay the bill because they didn't bring any money with them..........................................................................................................................
6. The children were thrilled when they unwrapped the electronic toys, but when they
discovered that nobody bought a battery they were very disappointed.
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7. When I came out of the cinema I had found that a thief had taken my car radio.
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8. At first the authorities thought the athlete had been taking drugs, but they soon realised they mixed up the results of the tests.................................................................................................................
9. When the film star came into the restaurant I didn't recognise her because I didn't see any of her films.....................................................................................................................
10. When we reached the city centre we couldn't find a parking space, so we had decided to go by bus the next time...........................................................................................................................
10. Supply the Past Indefinite, the Past Continuous, the Past Perfect, the Past Perfect Continuous of the verbs in brackets.
1. We (talk) for some time when the bell (ring). 2. That day the sun (shine) since morning and the sky (be) blue. 3. I (tell) him what I (do) and he (tell) me what he (do) in the last three months. 4. They (walk) along the street for half an hour before they (see) a cafe. 5. I (have) breakfast when the telephone (ring). 6. How long you (know) Mike before you (get married)? 7. She (cook) dinner when her husband (return) home. 8. She (cook) dinner for half an hour when she (remember) that she (run out) of bread. 9. She (thank) me for what I (do). 10. The children (clean) the front step for more than an hour before their mother (call) them to dinner. 11. The front step (look) very clean after the children (scrub) it. 12. The family (watch) TV when I (come) home.
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