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Answer Explanations
For more, see our speaking lesson on Giving Examples.
1 – paying for the meal
2 – leaving wallets at home
1 is in the past (see the use of ‘couldn’t’). 2 must happen before 1. For an event that happens (2) before another event in the past (1), we should use the past perfect tense for 2. The answer is ‘had left’.
To learn more, go to http://www.studyandexam.com/past-perfect-tense.html.
Also visit our lesson on Speaking about Experiences.
See our Speaking lesson on Life Collocations.
To study more on this topic, visit our Comparatives and Superlatives Quiz.
‘By’ and ‘in’ are examples of prepositions. See our Cause and Effect Prepositions quiz for more.
Remember it, and learn more here: Band 7 reason clauses.
Learn about these phrases in our lesson: Speaking Part 3 Question Types
For more, see our lesson on Topic Sentences.