4.1 narrative tenses 1 Match sentences 1 and 2 to consequences a) and b).
1 i When they arrived, we all had dinner.
2 When they arrived, we'd had dinner.
a) They were too late to eat.
b) Dinner was ready.
2 1 When we got to the theatre, the play started.
2 When we got to the theatre, the play had started.
a) We missed the first ten minutes.
b) We were just in time.
3 1 When she turned up, he left.
2 When she turned up, he'd already gone.
a) She saw him.
b) She didn't see him.
4 1 It began to rain when I was leaving work
2 It began to rain when I'd left work.
a) I could go back to work and get my umbrella.
b) I couldn't go back to work and get my umbrella
so I got very wet.
5 1 When we got home, a thief was breaking into
the flat.
2 When we got home, a thief had broken into
our flat.
a) Our computer had gone.
b) He ran away.​

1 - a) They were too late to eat.
Explanation: Sentence 1 uses the past simple tense ("arrived"), which indicates that the action happened before another past action. In this case, the past action is "we all had dinner." Therefore, the consequence is that they were too late to eat.

2 - a) We missed the first ten minutes.
Explanation: Sentence 2 uses the past perfect tense ("had started"), which indicates that the action happened before another past action. In this case, the past action is "we got to the theatre." Therefore, the consequence is that they missed the first ten minutes of the play.

3 - a) She saw him.
Explanation: Sentence 1 uses the past simple tense ("turned up"), which indicates that the action happened before another past action. In this case, the past action is "he left." Therefore, the consequence is that she saw him.

4 - a) I could go back to work and get my umbrella.
Explanation: Sentence 1 uses the past progressive tense ("was leaving"), which indicates an ongoing action interrupted by another past event. In this case, the past event is "it began to rain." Therefore, the consequence is that the person could go back to work and get their umbrella.

5 - b) He ran away.
Explanation: Sentence 2 uses the past perfect tense ("had broken into"), which indicates that the action happened before another past action. In this case, the past action is "we got home." Therefore, the consequence is that the thief ran away.

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