She __________ (book) her ticket a week before at the travel agent.

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.