STRATEGY:
NARRATIVE TENSES
As soon as we arrived, the receptionist showed us the meeting room. However, we
noticed that it was too small and so we complained. The Events Manager came and
discussed the matter with us but failed to resolve the issue.
While we were waiting for the police to arrive, we noticed a couple of young men
with a laptop which looked very similar to ours. While we were discussing whether
to approach them, they suddenly ran out of the hotel.
On every single day of that wonderful holiday, the sun was shining. Every time we
walked down to the beach through the woods, the birds were singing. It was like
heaven on Earth!
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I am extremely angry about the theft of my laptop.
Before booking
a room in your
hotel, I
had contacted
the manager and she
had assured
me that the entire
building was safe and secure. Luckily,
before starting
my journey, I
had taken
out
travel insurance.
I had been sleeping for about an hour when the fire-alarm went off.
The
past perfect
describes
things
which happened before
the main point in the story.
We use
it to describe earlier
events
