She ______(put) it in the wrong coat pocket. Feeling very relieved she ______(hand) it to the clerk and ______(finish)checking in.
At the check in desk the clerk ______(ask) her if she ______(want) a smoking or non-smoking seat.
On February 1 last year Jenny ______(go) to Taiwan on business.
She ______(ask) for non-smoking as she ______(give up) smoking two years earlier.
She ______(look) in her coat pockets and in her hand bag but she ______(cannot/ find) it. She ______(leave) it at home !
She ______(try/call) her husband on her mobile phone but he ______(already leave) for work.
She ______(decide) to look in her luggage, and as she ______(pull out) her other coat, her passport ______(fall) out !
The clerk then ______(ask) for her passport.
She ______(leave) home at eight o'clock and ______(get) to the airport just before nine.
Tense exercise
On February 1 last year Jenny ______(go) to Taiwan on business. She ______(book) her ticket a week before at the travel agent. She ______(leave) home at eight o'clock and ______(get) to the airport just before nine.
At the check in desk the clerk ______(ask) her if she ______(want) a smoking or non-smoking seat.
She ______(ask) for non-smoking as she ______(give up) smoking two years earlier. The clerk then ______(ask) for her passport. She ______(look) in her coat pockets and in her hand bag but she ______(cannot/ find) it. She ______(leave) it at home!
She ______(try/call) her husband on her mobile phone but he ______(already leave) for work.
She ______(decide) to look in her luggage, and as she ______(pull out) her other coat, her passport ______(fall) out ! She ______(put) it in the wrong coat pocket.
Feeling very relieved she ______(hand) it to the clerk and ______(finish)checking in.
Complete story
On February 1 last year Jenny went to Taiwan on business.
She had booked her ticket a week before at the travel agent.
She left home at eight o'clock and got to the airport just before nine.
At the check in desk the clerk asked her if she wanted a smoking or non-smoking seat.
She asked for non-smoking as she had given up smoking two years earlier.
The clerk then asked for her passport.
She looked in her coat pockets and in her hand bag but she couldn't find it. She had left it at home !
She tried to call her husband on her mobile phone but he had already left for work.
She decided to look in her luggage, and as she was pulling out her other coat, her passport fell out !
She had put it in the wrong coat pocket. Feeling very relieved she handed it to the clerk and finished checking in.
Grammar analysis
Decide which of the following can be used to describe each of the lines of the story
1 the next action in sequence
2 something that happened at an earlier time - before the story starts
3 the introductory sentence
4 an action that is unfinished before the next action starts
On February 1 last year Jenny went to Taiwan on business.
She had booked her ticket a week before at the travel agent.
She left home at eight o'clock
and got to the airport just before nine.
At the check in desk the clerk asked her if she wanted a smoking or non-smoking seat.
She asked for non-smoking
as she had given smoking two years earlier.
The clerk then asked for her passport.
She looked in her coat pockets and in her hand bag
but she couldn’t find it.
She had left it at home!
She tried to call her husband on her mobile phone
but he had already left for work.
She decided to look in her luggage,
and as she was pulling out her other coat,
her passport fell out!
She had it in the wrong coat pocket.
Feeling very relieved she handed it to the clerk
and finished checking in.