Underline the event that happened first in the following sentences.
1. Jon couldn't eat for five hours after he had his tooth pulled out.
2. Wayne sang in a lot of small town bars before he became a famous rock and roll singer.
3. I was just sitting down to relax
with a drink when the telephone rang for the first time
Sunday night.
4. Vicky was watching TV while she was doing her nails.
5. Before Tammy allowed the dog in the house, she washed its paws.
6. Stephen was just getting used
to being office manager when he was promoted to vice
president.
7. When Carlos got to the desk at the hotel, they told him that they had run out of rooms.
8. When Anna tried to print her letter to Maureen, the printer jammed.
9. Samuel complained to his teacher
when the people in the library refused to let him
take out the
engineering journal.
10. Yu He took a nap after he had finished his homework.
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