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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

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

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

769

PAST

past perfect simple

B2

null

FORM/USE: AFTER 'BECAUSE', EXPLANATIONS

null

Greece

B2 VANTAGE

1993

Greek

Pass

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

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

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

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

770

PAST

past perfect simple

B2

null

FORM/USE: AFTER 'IF ONLY' AND 'WISH', IMAGINED PAST

null

Iran

B2 VANTAGE

1993

Farsi

Pass

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

771

PAST

past perfect simple

B2

null

FORM/USE: INVERSION WITH 'NEVER (BEFORE)'

null

South Africa

B2 VANTAGE

1993

Italian

Pass

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

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

772

PAST

past perfect simple

B2

null

FORM/USE: INVERSION WITH 'NO SOONER ... THAN'

null

Spain

B2 VANTAGE

1993

Spanish - European

Pass

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

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

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

773

PAST

past perfect simple

B2

null

FORM: ELLIPSIS

They were cold and had gone numb

France

B2 VANTAGE

1993

French

null

773

PAST

past perfect simple

B2

null

FORM: ELLIPSIS

null

France

B2 VANTAGE

1993

French

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

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

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

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

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

776

PAST

past perfect simple

B2

null

USE: BACKGROUND INFORMATION, RELATIVE CLAUSE

null

Italy

B2 VANTAGE

1993

Italian

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

777

PAST

past perfect simple

B2

null

USE: CHANGE OF SITUATION

But it was closed

France

B2 VANTAGE

2000

French

Pass

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

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

777

PAST

past perfect simple

B2

null

USE: CHANGE OF SITUATION

null

France

B2 VANTAGE

2000

French

Pass

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

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

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

778

PAST

past perfect simple

B2

null

USE: REPORTS OF QUESTIONS

null

Poland

B2 VANTAGE

2002

Polish

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

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

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

779

PAST

past perfect simple

B2

null

USE: REPORTS OF STATEMENTS

null

Greece

B2 VANTAGE

2006

Greek

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

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

780

PAST

past perfect simple

C1

null

FORM/USE: INVERSION, IMAGINED PAST

null

France

C1 EFFECTIVE OPERATIONAL PROFICIENCY

1998

French

Pass

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

783

PAST

past perfect simple

C2

null

FORM: INVERSION WITH 'HARDLY ... WHEN'

null

Spain

C2 MASTERY

1998

Spanish - European

Pass

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

784

PAST

past simple

A1

1

FORM: AFFIRMATIVE

I met her about ten years ago

A1 BREAKTHROUGH

2007

Portuguese

Pass

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

784

PAST

past simple

A1

1

FORM: AFFIRMATIVE

null

A1 BREAKTHROUGH

2007

Portuguese

Pass

null

785

PAST

past simple

A1

null

USE: EVERYDAY EVENTS AND STATES

The people were very polite

A1, French

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

785

PAST

past simple

A1

null

USE: EVERYDAY EVENTS AND STATES

I liked this place very much

A1, French

null

785

PAST

past simple

A1

null

USE: EVERYDAY EVENTS AND STATES

null

A1, French

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

786

PAST

past simple

A2

2

FORM: AFFIRMATIVE

I spent about £35 on all those clothes

Turkey

A2 WAYSTAGE

2009

Turkish

Pass

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

786

PAST

past simple

A2

2

FORM: AFFIRMATIVE

null

Turkey

A2 WAYSTAGE

2009

Turkish

Pass

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

787

PAST

past simple

A2

1

FORM: NEGATIVE

You did not keep your promise

Malaysia

A2 WAYSTAGE

2007

Chinese

Pass

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

787

PAST

past simple

A2

1

FORM: NEGATIVE

They didn't cost much

Malaysia

A2 WAYSTAGE

2007

Chinese

Pass

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

787

PAST

past simple

A2

1

FORM: NEGATIVE

null

Malaysia

A2 WAYSTAGE

2007

Chinese

Pass

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

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

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

789

PAST

past simple

A2

null

FORM: WITH 'WHEN'

null

Argentina

A2 WAYSTAGE

2009

Spanish - Latin American

Pass

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

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

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

790

PAST

past simple

B1

3

FORM: AFFIRMATIVE

null

Italy

B1 THRESHOLD

2006

Italian

Pass

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

791

PAST

past simple

B1

2

FORM: NEGATIVE

I didn't trust him

Italy

B1 THRESHOLD

2000

Italian

Pass

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

791

PAST

past simple

B1

2

FORM: NEGATIVE

null

Italy

B1 THRESHOLD

2000

Italian

Pass

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

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

793

PAST

past simple

B1

null

USE: HABITUAL STATES OR ACTIONS

null

Brazil

B1 THRESHOLD

2002

Portuguese

Pass

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

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

794

PAST

past simple

B1

null

USE: IMAGINED SITUATIONS AFTER 'IF'

null

B1, Russian

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

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

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

795

PAST

past simple

B1

null

USE: ORDERING OF PAST EVENTS

null

Italy

B1 THRESHOLD

2004

Italian

Pass

null

796

PAST

past simple

B1

null

USE: REGRET

I wish that you were here, cycling with us

B1, Portuguese

null

796

PAST

past simple

B1

null

USE: REGRET

I wish you were here with me

B1, Portuguese

null

796

PAST

past simple

B1

null

USE: REGRET

I wish we were together

B1, Portuguese

null

796

PAST

past simple

B1

null

USE: REGRET

I wish weekends lasted five days

B1, Portuguese

null

796

PAST

past simple

B1

null

USE: REGRET

null

B1, Portuguese

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

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

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

797

PAST

past simple

B2

1

FORM: NEGATIVE

null

Poland

B2 VANTAGE

2004

Polish

Pass

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

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