GIRL BARRED FROM TOP STORE

Mixed tenses & verb forms

(Taken from Headway Upper-intermediate)

As fashion-conscious Gilly Woodward (1) _________________ (LEAVE) Harrods last Friday, she
(2) _______________ (FEEL) proud of the 120 designer jeans that she (3) __________________ (JUST
BUY). But when Gilly, 31, (4) ___________________ (RETURN) the next day (5) _________________
(DO) some more shopping, she (6) ___________________ (BAR) from entry because she (7)
__________________ (WEAR) the same jeans.
Gilly, now back home in Liverpool, (8) ___________________ (STAY) with friends in London for a
few days. She explained what (9) ___________________ (HAPPEN).
I (10) __________________ (WALK) through the swing door, when suddenly I (11) _________________
(STOP) by a large, uniformed security guard. He (12) ___________________ (POINT) at my knees,
and (13) ___________________ (SAY) that my jeans (14) ____________________ (TEAR) and I couldn't
enter. I (15) __________________ (TRY) to tell him that I (16) ____________________ (BUY) them in
Harrods the day before, and that the torn bits were fashionable. But he (17) _____________________
(NOT LISTEN). He (18) ___________________ (TELL) me (19) __________________ (GET) out. By this
time, a crowd of people (20) ____________________ (GATHER). I (21) ___________________ (LEAVE)
immediately because I (22) _________________________ (NEVER BE) so embarrassed in my life.
A spokesperson from Harrods said that the dress code (23) ________________________
(INTRODUCE) in 1989, and it states: No beachwear, no backpacks, no torn jeans.

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1. left
2. felt
3. had just bought
4. returned
5. to do
6. was barred
7. was wearing
8. had been staying
9. had happened
10. was walking
11. was stopped
12. pointed
13. said
14. were torn
15. tried
16. had bought
17. didn't listen
18. told
19. to get
20. had gathered
21. left
22. had never been
23. had been introduced