Meaning
Choose the best explanation
of each sentence:
1. When I got home the party started.
a. First I got home. Then the party
started.
b. First the party started. Then I got home.
2. When I got home, the party had started.
a. First I got home. Then the party
started.
b. First the party started. Then
I got home.
3. The soldiers have occupied the city
since October.
a. The city is still occupied.
b. The soldiers left in October.
c. The soldiers left between October
and now.
4. Rosa has been back to England twice
since she went to school there in 1975.
a. Rosa is in England now.
b. Rosa has been to England at least
three times.
c. Rosa has been in England since
1975.
5. Because the blue car had hit it
in the rear end, the red car smashed into the light pole.
a. The blue car was responsible
for the accident.
b. The red car was responsible for
the accident.
c. The light pole was responsible
for the accident.
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