Question

Carefully study each of the following events or situations described in a set of three sentences/phrases. Then, write a short paragraph to describe each event/situation as shown in the example. Your paragraph should begin with the description of the second event in each case. Use the verb form had+ past participle to describe the earliest of the past events.

(i) Somebody burgled the office on Sunday night. (ii) Our arrival at work on Monday morning . (iii) Police informed	We arrived at work on Monday and found that somebody had burgled the office the previous night. So, we immediately informed the police.
(i) Mayank went out with his family. (ii) I tried to phone him this morning. (iii) His servant answered.	I tried to phone Mayank this morning but the servant ........................................... ...........................................
(i) Rohit returned from holiday. (ii) Jayanti met Rohit. (iii) Went to see a film.	Jayanti met Rohit, who ........................................... ...........................................
(i) All the arrangements were finalised for the seminar. (ii) The seminar participants arrived in Gangtok. (iii) Met the professors from the UK the same evening.	The participants arrived in Gangtok. They found ........................................... ...........................................

Answer 1

Event 1

We arrived at work on Monday morning and found that somebody had burgled the office the previous night. The burglary had occurred on Sunday night. We immediately informed the police.

Event 2

I tried to phone Mayank this morning but the servant told me that he had gone out with his family. So I couldn’t contact him.

Event 3

Jayanti met Rohit who had returned from holiday. After meeting both went to see a film.

Event 4

The seminar participants arrived in Gangtok. They found that all the arrangements had been finalised for the seminar. So they met the professors from the UK the same evening.