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769 | PAST | past perfect simple | B2 | null | FORM/USE: AFTER 'BECAUSE', EXPLANATIONS | He was sleeping but I realised that this was because he had lost a lot of blood | Greece | B2 VANTAGE | 1993 | Greek | Pass | null | null |
769 | PAST | past perfect simple | B2 | null | FORM/USE: AFTER 'BECAUSE', EXPLANATIONS | I was driving on to my parents' house because I had arranged to have dinner with them | Greece | B2 VANTAGE | 1993 | Greek | Pass | null | null |
769 | PAST | past perfect simple | B2 | null | FORM/USE: AFTER 'BECAUSE', EXPLANATIONS | null | Greece | B2 VANTAGE | 1993 | Greek | Pass | null | null |
770 | PAST | past perfect simple | B2 | null | FORM/USE: AFTER 'IF ONLY' AND 'WISH', IMAGINED PAST | If only I had listened to my father!
If only I had met her before | Iran | B2 VANTAGE | 1993 | Farsi | Pass | null | null |
770 | PAST | past perfect simple | B2 | null | FORM/USE: AFTER 'IF ONLY' AND 'WISH', IMAGINED PAST | I am sure, because at the end of the concert, I said to my friend "I wish they had played a bit more" | Iran | B2 VANTAGE | 1993 | Farsi | Pass | null | null |
770 | PAST | past perfect simple | B2 | null | FORM/USE: AFTER 'IF ONLY' AND 'WISH', IMAGINED PAST | I wish I hadn't told Pat about my plans | Iran | B2 VANTAGE | 1993 | Farsi | Pass | null | null |
770 | PAST | past perfect simple | B2 | null | FORM/USE: AFTER 'IF ONLY' AND 'WISH', IMAGINED PAST | I wish I hadn't done that but now I can't do anything | Iran | B2 VANTAGE | 1993 | Farsi | Pass | null | null |
770 | PAST | past perfect simple | B2 | null | FORM/USE: AFTER 'IF ONLY' AND 'WISH', IMAGINED PAST | null | Iran | B2 VANTAGE | 1993 | Farsi | Pass | null | null |
771 | PAST | past perfect simple | B2 | null | FORM/USE: INVERSION WITH 'NEVER (BEFORE)' | Never had I been in such a ridiculous situation!
Never before had we seen such marvellous species of fish | South Africa | B2 VANTAGE | 1993 | Italian | Pass | null | null |
771 | PAST | past perfect simple | B2 | null | FORM/USE: INVERSION WITH 'NEVER (BEFORE)' | null | South Africa | B2 VANTAGE | 1993 | Italian | Pass | null | null |
772 | PAST | past perfect simple | B2 | null | FORM/USE: INVERSION WITH 'NO SOONER ... THAN' | but no sooner had I gone to bed than someone broke the door down | Spain | B2 VANTAGE | 1993 | Spanish - European | Pass | null | null |
772 | PAST | past perfect simple | B2 | null | FORM/USE: INVERSION WITH 'NO SOONER ... THAN' | But, no sooner had I got there than my classmates informed me that I had done well in my physics exam | Spain | B2 VANTAGE | 1993 | Spanish - European | Pass | null | null |
772 | PAST | past perfect simple | B2 | null | FORM/USE: INVERSION WITH 'NO SOONER ... THAN' | null | Spain | B2 VANTAGE | 1993 | Spanish - European | Pass | null | null |
773 | PAST | past perfect simple | B2 | null | FORM: ELLIPSIS | But now she felt stronger and had lost her fear | France | B2 VANTAGE | 1993 | French | null | null | null |
773 | PAST | past perfect simple | B2 | null | FORM: ELLIPSIS | Simon was a very famous writer and had written ten best-sellers | France | B2 VANTAGE | 1993 | French | null | null | null |
773 | PAST | past perfect simple | B2 | null | FORM: ELLIPSIS | All her friends from Chicago had come to visit her and had brought a huge chocolate cake with them | France | B2 VANTAGE | 1993 | French | null | null | null |
773 | PAST | past perfect simple | B2 | null | FORM: ELLIPSIS | They were cold and had gone numb | France | B2 VANTAGE | 1993 | French | null | null | null |
773 | PAST | past perfect simple | B2 | null | FORM: ELLIPSIS | null | France | B2 VANTAGE | 1993 | French | null | null | null |
774 | PAST | past perfect simple | B2 | null | FORM: QUESTIONS | Had I made the same mistake twice?
? the question was: Why had he done that? | B2 | 1993 | German | Pass | null | null | null |
775 | PAST | past perfect simple | B2 | 3 | FORM: WITH ADVERBS | He had finally achieved his goal!
She had suddenly woken up at that noise, but now was trying to persuade herself it was just a dream | Greece | B2 VANTAGE | 2009 | Greek | Pass | null | null |
775 | PAST | past perfect simple | B2 | 3 | FORM: WITH ADVERBS | And had all the furniture and David's personal things been stolen by thieves or had they just simply disappeared? | Greece | B2 VANTAGE | 2009 | Greek | Pass | null | null |
776 | PAST | past perfect simple | B2 | null | USE: BACKGROUND INFORMATION, RELATIVE CLAUSE | After a while Mr and Mrs Landsbury, the couple who had organised the party, got everybody's attention and [?] asked everybody to stay calm | Italy | B2 VANTAGE | 1993 | Italian | null | null | null |
776 | PAST | past perfect simple | B2 | null | USE: BACKGROUND INFORMATION, RELATIVE CLAUSE | He went to the hotel because he wanted to find out who the person was that had sent him a mysterious letter?
[?] it was Annika who had arranged a huge party for her, and all her friends and family, at the airport | Italy | B2 VANTAGE | 1993 | Italian | null | null | null |
776 | PAST | past perfect simple | B2 | null | USE: BACKGROUND INFORMATION, RELATIVE CLAUSE | null | Italy | B2 VANTAGE | 1993 | Italian | null | null | null |
777 | PAST | past perfect simple | B2 | null | USE: CHANGE OF SITUATION | After the show we had planned to go to the theatre restaurant | France | B2 VANTAGE | 2000 | French | Pass | null | null |
777 | PAST | past perfect simple | B2 | null | USE: CHANGE OF SITUATION | But it was closed | France | B2 VANTAGE | 2000 | French | Pass | null | null |
777 | PAST | past perfect simple | B2 | null | USE: CHANGE OF SITUATION | We had planned to go to Switzerland, but unfortunately our car broke down | France | B2 VANTAGE | 2000 | French | Pass | null | null |
777 | PAST | past perfect simple | B2 | null | USE: CHANGE OF SITUATION | (Sweden; B2 VANTAGE; 1993; Swedish; Pass
At first she had wanted to make the first move but she wasn't quite convinced | France | B2 VANTAGE | 2000 | French | Pass | null | null |
777 | PAST | past perfect simple | B2 | null | USE: CHANGE OF SITUATION | null | France | B2 VANTAGE | 2000 | French | Pass | null | null |
778 | PAST | past perfect simple | B2 | null | USE: REPORTS OF QUESTIONS | I asked him who had given him my phone number and he said it had been me | Poland | B2 VANTAGE | 2002 | Polish | null | null | null |
778 | PAST | past perfect simple | B2 | null | USE: REPORTS OF QUESTIONS | He didn't find her, in spite of looking for her in every room of her house, so he decided to come to my house to ask me if I had seen her somewhere | Poland | B2 VANTAGE | 2002 | Polish | null | null | null |
778 | PAST | past perfect simple | B2 | null | USE: REPORTS OF QUESTIONS | I asked her what had happened and she told me that my grandmother was very ill | Poland | B2 VANTAGE | 2002 | Polish | null | null | null |
778 | PAST | past perfect simple | B2 | null | USE: REPORTS OF QUESTIONS | null | Poland | B2 VANTAGE | 2002 | Polish | null | null | null |
779 | PAST | past perfect simple | B2 | null | USE: REPORTS OF STATEMENTS | [?] one morning she was listening to the radio, when suddenly the announcer said that the police had arrested a man who had stolen five expensive and unique paintings | Greece | B2 VANTAGE | 2006 | Greek | null | null | null |
779 | PAST | past perfect simple | B2 | null | USE: REPORTS OF STATEMENTS | She tried to explain what had happened, but she couldn't | Greece | B2 VANTAGE | 2006 | Greek | null | null | null |
779 | PAST | past perfect simple | B2 | null | USE: REPORTS OF STATEMENTS | I looked at the address and I knew what had happened to my sister's postcard | Greece | B2 VANTAGE | 2006 | Greek | null | null | null |
779 | PAST | past perfect simple | B2 | null | USE: REPORTS OF STATEMENTS | null | Greece | B2 VANTAGE | 2006 | Greek | null | null | null |
780 | PAST | past perfect simple | C1 | null | FORM/USE: INVERSION, IMAGINED PAST | Had I known the tour would be so bad, I wouldn't have booked it | France | C1 EFFECTIVE OPERATIONAL PROFICIENCY | 1998 | French | Pass | null | null |
780 | PAST | past perfect simple | C1 | null | FORM/USE: INVERSION, IMAGINED PAST | Had they been new people, travellers from other countries, I could have taken it, but all the customers were English!
Sometimes I think that had I gone to Britain without this experience, my life would have been different | France | C1 EFFECTIVE OPERATIONAL PROFICIENCY | 1998 | French | Pass | null | null |
780 | PAST | past perfect simple | C1 | null | FORM/USE: INVERSION, IMAGINED PAST | null | France | C1 EFFECTIVE OPERATIONAL PROFICIENCY | 1998 | French | Pass | null | null |
781 | PAST | past perfect simple | C2 | null | FORM/USE: AFTER 'IF ONLY', IMAGINED PAST | If only she had not changed, if only I had helped her, maybe we would still be best friends and I would not be sitting here, writing about her!
If only I hadn't been that rude! | Portugal | C2 MASTERY | 1993 | Portuguese | Pass | null | null |
782 | PAST | past perfect simple | C2 | null | FORM: FIXED EXPRESSIONS 'HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR', 'IF IT HADN'T BEEN FOR' | Had it not been for the fact that I had already read the article, I would have thought that this woman was at least thirty years old | Greece | C2 MASTERY | 2001 | Greek | Pass | null | null |
782 | PAST | past perfect simple | C2 | null | FORM: FIXED EXPRESSIONS 'HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR', 'IF IT HADN'T BEEN FOR' | Another aspect of his emotional side is the fact that he is a very private person, and had it not been for this feature, he might have been able to react differently | Greece | C2 MASTERY | 2001 | Greek | Pass | null | null |
782 | PAST | past perfect simple | C2 | null | FORM: FIXED EXPRESSIONS 'HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR', 'IF IT HADN'T BEEN FOR' | If it hadn't been for my lack of knowledge, skills, experience, and some other things like that, I wouldn't have been fired | Greece | C2 MASTERY | 2001 | Greek | Pass | null | null |
782 | PAST | past perfect simple | C2 | null | FORM: FIXED EXPRESSIONS 'HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR', 'IF IT HADN'T BEEN FOR' | They had become very good friends and their friendship could have gone a little further if it hadn't been for Dan's character | Greece | C2 MASTERY | 2001 | Greek | Pass | null | null |
782 | PAST | past perfect simple | C2 | null | FORM: FIXED EXPRESSIONS 'HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR', 'IF IT HADN'T BEEN FOR' | null | Greece | C2 MASTERY | 2001 | Greek | Pass | null | null |
783 | PAST | past perfect simple | C2 | null | FORM: INVERSION WITH 'HARDLY ... WHEN' | Hardly had she spoken these words when it dawned on the musician that life could not continue like that | Spain | C2 MASTERY | 1998 | Spanish - European | Pass | null | null |
783 | PAST | past perfect simple | C2 | null | FORM: INVERSION WITH 'HARDLY ... WHEN' | Hardly had he taken them from the counter when the monster vanished again | Spain | C2 MASTERY | 1998 | Spanish - European | Pass | null | null |
783 | PAST | past perfect simple | C2 | null | FORM: INVERSION WITH 'HARDLY ... WHEN' | null | Spain | C2 MASTERY | 1998 | Spanish - European | Pass | null | null |
784 | PAST | past simple | A1 | 1 | FORM: AFFIRMATIVE | Every day at college I went to class at 9 am | A1 BREAKTHROUGH | 2007 | Portuguese | Pass | null | null | null |
784 | PAST | past simple | A1 | 1 | FORM: AFFIRMATIVE | I met her about ten years ago | A1 BREAKTHROUGH | 2007 | Portuguese | Pass | null | null | null |
784 | PAST | past simple | A1 | 1 | FORM: AFFIRMATIVE | My grandmother lived in a village and I often went there | A1 BREAKTHROUGH | 2007 | Portuguese | Pass | null | null | null |
784 | PAST | past simple | A1 | 1 | FORM: AFFIRMATIVE | null | A1 BREAKTHROUGH | 2007 | Portuguese | Pass | null | null | null |
785 | PAST | past simple | A1 | null | USE: EVERYDAY EVENTS AND STATES | The people were very polite | A1, French | null | null | null | null | null | null |
785 | PAST | past simple | A1 | null | USE: EVERYDAY EVENTS AND STATES | Every time I went to Hendon Park, I saw so many people there | A1, French | null | null | null | null | null | null |
785 | PAST | past simple | A1 | null | USE: EVERYDAY EVENTS AND STATES | I liked this place very much | A1, French | null | null | null | null | null | null |
785 | PAST | past simple | A1 | null | USE: EVERYDAY EVENTS AND STATES | null | A1, French | null | null | null | null | null | null |
786 | PAST | past simple | A2 | 2 | FORM: AFFIRMATIVE | I forgot to tell you some details about tomorrow evening | Turkey | A2 WAYSTAGE | 2009 | Turkish | Pass | null | null |
786 | PAST | past simple | A2 | 2 | FORM: AFFIRMATIVE | I spent about £35 on all those clothes | Turkey | A2 WAYSTAGE | 2009 | Turkish | Pass | null | null |
786 | PAST | past simple | A2 | 2 | FORM: AFFIRMATIVE | [talking about a football game] I liked it very much because my favourite team won, it was great | Turkey | A2 WAYSTAGE | 2009 | Turkish | Pass | null | null |
786 | PAST | past simple | A2 | 2 | FORM: AFFIRMATIVE | null | Turkey | A2 WAYSTAGE | 2009 | Turkish | Pass | null | null |
787 | PAST | past simple | A2 | 1 | FORM: NEGATIVE | The player from China did not look very happy though | Malaysia | A2 WAYSTAGE | 2007 | Chinese | Pass | null | null |
787 | PAST | past simple | A2 | 1 | FORM: NEGATIVE | You did not keep your promise | Malaysia | A2 WAYSTAGE | 2007 | Chinese | Pass | null | null |
787 | PAST | past simple | A2 | 1 | FORM: NEGATIVE | I didn't tell you that my house is opposite the new cinema | Malaysia | A2 WAYSTAGE | 2007 | Chinese | Pass | null | null |
787 | PAST | past simple | A2 | 1 | FORM: NEGATIVE | They didn't cost much | Malaysia | A2 WAYSTAGE | 2007 | Chinese | Pass | null | null |
787 | PAST | past simple | A2 | 1 | FORM: NEGATIVE | I was surprised because the heating didn't work | Malaysia | A2 WAYSTAGE | 2007 | Chinese | Pass | null | null |
787 | PAST | past simple | A2 | 1 | FORM: NEGATIVE | null | Malaysia | A2 WAYSTAGE | 2007 | Chinese | Pass | null | null |
788 | PAST | past simple | A2 | 1 | FORM: QUESTIONS | Did you buy something yesterday?
[talking about a lost phone] Did you find it?
And when did you go shopping last? | Italy | A2 WAYSTAGE | 2008 | Italian | Pass | null | null |
789 | PAST | past simple | A2 | null | FORM: WITH 'WHEN' | When I arrived, the weather was horrible | Argentina | A2 WAYSTAGE | 2009 | Spanish - Latin American | Pass | null | null |
789 | PAST | past simple | A2 | null | FORM: WITH 'WHEN' | [talking about a missing phone] I think I left it in the kitchen when I fell on the slippery floor | Argentina | A2 WAYSTAGE | 2009 | Spanish - Latin American | Pass | null | null |
789 | PAST | past simple | A2 | null | FORM: WITH 'WHEN' | null | Argentina | A2 WAYSTAGE | 2009 | Spanish - Latin American | Pass | null | null |
790 | PAST | past simple | B1 | 3 | FORM: AFFIRMATIVE | I convinced some of my friends to come with me even if they don't like rap music | Italy | B1 THRESHOLD | 2006 | Italian | Pass | null | null |
790 | PAST | past simple | B1 | 3 | FORM: AFFIRMATIVE | Previously I faced many failures but I never gave up | Italy | B1 THRESHOLD | 2006 | Italian | Pass | null | null |
790 | PAST | past simple | B1 | 3 | FORM: AFFIRMATIVE | The cameraman filmed us during a lesson and later, walking to the playground | Italy | B1 THRESHOLD | 2006 | Italian | Pass | null | null |
790 | PAST | past simple | B1 | 3 | FORM: AFFIRMATIVE | null | Italy | B1 THRESHOLD | 2006 | Italian | Pass | null | null |
791 | PAST | past simple | B1 | 2 | FORM: NEGATIVE | I didn't realise I had lost the ring till I was at home | Italy | B1 THRESHOLD | 2000 | Italian | Pass | null | null |
791 | PAST | past simple | B1 | 2 | FORM: NEGATIVE | I didn't trust him | Italy | B1 THRESHOLD | 2000 | Italian | Pass | null | null |
791 | PAST | past simple | B1 | 2 | FORM: NEGATIVE | [talking about a spare television] ? we had one in the garage that we did not use | Italy | B1 THRESHOLD | 2000 | Italian | Pass | null | null |
791 | PAST | past simple | B1 | 2 | FORM: NEGATIVE | null | Italy | B1 THRESHOLD | 2000 | Italian | Pass | null | null |
792 | PAST | past simple | B1 | 1 | FORM: QUESTIONS | Did you receive my present?
How did you spend your weekend? ; B1 THRESHOLD; 2009; Russian; Pass)
Why didn't he call me?
We arranged to meet each other next Tuesday at 11 o'clock, didn't we?
Didn't you spend your last holiday with them as well? | B1 THRESHOLD | 2003 | Pass | null | null | null | null |
793 | PAST | past simple | B1 | null | USE: HABITUAL STATES OR ACTIONS | ? he always seemed so confident to me!
? we always talked during the class | Brazil | B1 THRESHOLD | 2002 | Portuguese | Pass | null | null |
793 | PAST | past simple | B1 | null | USE: HABITUAL STATES OR ACTIONS | null | Brazil | B1 THRESHOLD | 2002 | Portuguese | Pass | null | null |
794 | PAST | past simple | B1 | null | USE: IMAGINED SITUATIONS AFTER 'IF' | It would be better if you spent some time in the fresh air with your friends or walking in a park | B1, Russian | null | null | null | null | null | null |
794 | PAST | past simple | B1 | null | USE: IMAGINED SITUATIONS AFTER 'IF' | If you wanted to do some outdoor activities, we could go fishing or even walking through the green fields | B1, Russian | null | null | null | null | null | null |
794 | PAST | past simple | B1 | null | USE: IMAGINED SITUATIONS AFTER 'IF' | null | B1, Russian | null | null | null | null | null | null |
795 | PAST | past simple | B1 | null | USE: ORDERING OF PAST EVENTS | I remember her as a shy girl, but I read she became a manager, she went on lots of trips, she met a lot of new friends, she got married and then she got divorced | Italy | B1 THRESHOLD | 2004 | Italian | Pass | null | null |
795 | PAST | past simple | B1 | null | USE: ORDERING OF PAST EVENTS | We met at 9 in the morning and decided to go to the seven lakes, a very wonderful place not far from the centre of the town: lots of trees, lots of flowers and very fresh air | Italy | B1 THRESHOLD | 2004 | Italian | Pass | null | null |
795 | PAST | past simple | B1 | null | USE: ORDERING OF PAST EVENTS | We waited for the suitcase for two days and then we bought new dresses | Italy | B1 THRESHOLD | 2004 | Italian | Pass | null | null |
795 | PAST | past simple | B1 | null | USE: ORDERING OF PAST EVENTS | null | Italy | B1 THRESHOLD | 2004 | Italian | Pass | null | null |
796 | PAST | past simple | B1 | null | USE: REGRET | I wish that you were here, cycling with us | B1, Portuguese | null | null | null | null | null | null |
796 | PAST | past simple | B1 | null | USE: REGRET | I wish you were here with me | B1, Portuguese | null | null | null | null | null | null |
796 | PAST | past simple | B1 | null | USE: REGRET | I wish we were together | B1, Portuguese | null | null | null | null | null | null |
796 | PAST | past simple | B1 | null | USE: REGRET | I wish weekends lasted five days | B1, Portuguese | null | null | null | null | null | null |
796 | PAST | past simple | B1 | null | USE: REGRET | null | B1, Portuguese | null | null | null | null | null | null |
797 | PAST | past simple | B2 | 1 | FORM: NEGATIVE | I didn't hesitate and went there straight away | Poland | B2 VANTAGE | 2004 | Polish | Pass | null | null |
797 | PAST | past simple | B2 | 1 | FORM: NEGATIVE | I'm sure it wasn't my fault as I didn't switch anything on or off at that moment | Poland | B2 VANTAGE | 2004 | Polish | Pass | null | null |
797 | PAST | past simple | B2 | 1 | FORM: NEGATIVE | ? we really enjoyed our holiday even though things did not turn out they way we planned | Poland | B2 VANTAGE | 2004 | Polish | Pass | null | null |
797 | PAST | past simple | B2 | 1 | FORM: NEGATIVE | null | Poland | B2 VANTAGE | 2004 | Polish | Pass | null | null |
798 | PAST | past simple | B2 | 2 | FORM: QUESTIONS | Are you still looking for a job or did you succeed in finding one?
When did you last see your wife and your children?
It was great to have met you, and we certainly had a terrific time together, didn't we?
Didn't you tell me that you had to go to Orleans today?
Why didn't you say something about it? | France | B2 VANTAGE | 1993 | French | Pass | null | null |
799 | PAST | past simple | B2 | null | FORM: WITH SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS | ? as soon as we went down to around 15 metres in depth, we saw a lot of coloured fish | B2, French | null | null | null | null | null | null |
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