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Kilimanjaro Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

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00Which option best fits in the gaps? Thanks for your comments02br
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01b00The phone was ringing but by the time she 01i00_________inside, it_____________02i00.02br
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02b00a- got / had stopped02br
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00b- gets / stops02br
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00c- got / stopped02br
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00d- will get / stops02br
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00e- got / would stop0-
  

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0 I'll choose A as the 01i00most correct02i00 answer, but C also might be correct.02br
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0Hi Kilimanjaro,02br
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00Welcome!01font00 Paco is correect. 02font02br
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01font01b00The phone was ringing but by the time she 01i00_________inside, it_____________02i00.02b02font02br
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0 A is best. C is possible. Even E could be used in the right context. This might be written, for example, by an all-knowing author who knew what was going to happen next in the story.02br
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00 With regard to the possibility of E, compare:02br
00 The explorer discovered many new lands, but by the time he discovered Iguaganchagu he would become ill with a
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