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    Narrative Tenses B2

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    A woman was barred from entering Harrods store in London because she was wearing torn jeans, which violated the store's dress code. The previous day, she had purchased and felt proud of the designer jeans. When she tried to explain this to the security guard and that the tears were fashionable, he did not listen and told her to leave, causing her great embarrassment in front of a gathered crowd. The store spokesperson stated that the dress code banning beachwear, backpacks, and torn jeans had been introduced in 1989.

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    A woman was barred from entering Harrods store in London because she was wearing torn jeans, which violated the store's dress code. The previous day, she had purchased and felt proud of the designer jeans. When she tried to explain this to the security guard and that the tears were fashionable, he did not listen and told her to leave, causing her great embarrassment in front of a gathered crowd. The store spokesperson stated that the dress code banning beachwear, backpacks, and torn jeans had been introduced in 1989.

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    A woman was barred from entering Harrods store in London because she was wearing torn jeans, which violated the store's dress code. The previous day, she had purchased and felt proud of the designer jeans. When she tried to explain this to the security guard and that the tears were fashionable, he did not listen and told her to leave, causing her great embarrassment in front of a gathered crowd. The store spokesperson stated that the dress code banning beachwear, backpacks, and torn jeans had been introduced in 1989.

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    A woman was barred from entering Harrods store in London because she was wearing torn jeans, which violated the store's dress code. The previous day, she had purchased and felt proud of the designer jeans. When she tried to explain this to the security guard and that the tears were fashionable, he did not listen and told her to leave, causing her great embarrassment in front of a gathered crowd. The store spokesperson stated that the dress code banning beachwear, backpacks, and torn jeans had been introduced in 1989.

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    GIRL BARRED FROM TOP STORE

    Mixed tenses & verb forms

    (Taken from Headway Upper-intermediate)

    As fashion-conscious Gilly Woodward (1) _________________ (LEAVE) Harrods last Friday, she

    (2) _______________ (FEEL) proud of the £ 120 designer jeans that she (3) __________________ (JUST

    BUY). But when Gilly, 31, (4) ___________________ (RETURN) the next day (5) _________________

    (DO) some more shopping, she (6) ___________________ (BAR) from entry because she (7)

    __________________ (WEAR) the same jeans.

    Gilly, now back home in Liverpool, (8) ___________________ (STAY) with friends in London for a

    few days. She explained what (9) ___________________ (HAPPEN).

    “I (10) __________________ (WALK) through the swing door, when suddenly I (11) _________________

    (STOP) by a large, uniformed security guard. He (12) ___________________ (POINT) at my knees,

    and (13) ___________________ (SAY) that my jeans (14) ____________________ (TEAR) and I couldn't

    enter. I (15) __________________ (TRY) to tell him that I (16) ____________________ (BUY) them in

    Harrods the day before, and that the torn bits were fashionable. But he (17) _____________________

    (NOT LISTEN). He (18) ___________________ (TELL) me (19) __________________ (GET) out. By this

    time, a crowd of people (20) ____________________ (GATHER). I (21) ___________________ (LEAVE)

    immediately because I (22) _________________________ (NEVER BE) so embarrassed in my life.”

    A spokesperson from Harrods said that the dress code (23) ________________________

    (INTRODUCE) in 1989, and it states: No beachwear, no backpacks, no torn jeans.


    KEY
    1. left
    2. felt
    3. had just bought
    4. returned
    5. to do
    6. was barred
    7. was wearing
    8. had been staying
    9. had happened
    10. was walking
    11. was stopped
    12. pointed
    13. said
    14. were torn
    15. tried
    16. had bought
    17. didn't listen
    18. told
    19. to get
    20. had gathered
    21. left
    22. had never been
    23. had been introduced

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