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os Exercises Ly (GBD se events mentioned in the magazine article are listed below. Wie the order in which the ‘events are mentioned and then the order in which they occurred (or were thought to occur). Compare the to lists and coneider wy the pact perfec (in ais) wes used How I bought my dream house When ie su the odour | hd jut moved the st hod boon empl) for about a year and wes beginning to need some repairs, but te an ax agar Glee mgt ay snes eT oe cee noigh money Tears that a property developer had bought t and planned to turn it into a hotel. Six months later | had nearly given up hope of finding anywhere to live in the village when | heard that the house was. for sale again. The pror developer had decided to invest his money, in @ new housing pons re edge of the village. | bought the house immediately and I've lived there happily ever since. Carla Bridges Sesame eenetiee meyer vente ere I moved . & im Hearnt The property developer decided theard | | first saw the old house 1 A property developer bought it i I nearly gave up. | put together enough money. Itwas empty BD retin the conc options. tn same coca nly ona i coract, adn othare bth ae nec: {As Jonas was introduced to Mrs Loper, he realised that he had met / met her before. During the previous week, | had been / went to the gym every evening. He denied that he had taken / took the money from the office. [fraught it was Une best fii fee seer / sow in ay if The boy told me that he had lost / lost his train ticket and didn’t know how he would get home. At the conference, scientists reported that they had found / found a cure for malaria, ‘The teacher gusced that came af the children had cheated / cheated in the exam. She said that she had made up / made up her mind who to vote for, and that | couldn't persuade her to change. 9 Thomas explained that he had gone / went home early because he felt il 10 When | asked Maria about jakub, she admitted that she hadh’t heard / didn’t hear from him for ages. 11. The waiter took my plate away before | had finished / finished eating. 72 Julia said she didn’t want any dinner. Apparently, she had eaten / ate already. GBD oar these sts of notes using the past perfect to begin each sentence. @ 1/ expect / operation / painful 4/-hepe Hleave+-by-nine- He/not mean/ insult /her Lara / not intend / become / dentist 1/ not think of / cook rabbit \ had. hoped. to leave by rine. but loverslept and missed the train, 3 she always wanted to be a vet. » but | didn’t feel a thing. ; until Andrei told me how tasty it was. hut Daria was very offended uawns + Additional exercise 3 (page 241) a

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