Question

b. rewrite the sentence parts in the correct order.

1. my parents had already left / i got home / by the time

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1. before / i had cleared the snow off it / i started my car

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1. after / i went to the book club / i had finished the book

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1. i bought the new iphone / they had already released a new version / but by then

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Explanation:

Para reordenar las oraciones, se deben seguir las reglas de secuencia de eventos y el uso de expresiones temporales como "by the time", "before", "after" y "but by then". Se identifica el evento que ocurrió primero (usando el pretérito perfecto) y el que ocurrió después (usando el pretérito simple), y se organiza la estructura de la oración en consecuencia.

1. Primero, se identifica el evento que ocurrió antes ("my parents had already left") y el que ocurrió después ("I got home"), y se usa "by the time" para conectarlos. La estructura correcta es "By the time I got home, my parents had already left."
2. Aquí, el evento que ocurrió primero es "I had cleared the snow off it" (pretérito perfecto) y el que ocurrió después es "I started my car" (pretérito simple), con "before" para indicar la secuencia. La oración correcta es "Before I started my car, I had cleared the snow off it."
3. El evento que ocurrió primero es "I had finished the book" (pretérito perfecto) y el que ocurrió después es "I went to the book club" (pretérito simple), usando "after" para conectarlos. La estructura es "After I had finished the book, I went to the book club."
4. El evento que ocurrió primero es "they had already released a new version" (pretérito perfecto) y el que ocurrió después es "I bought the new iPhone" (pretérito simple), con "but by then" para indicar la secuencia. La oración correcta es "I bought the new iPhone, but by then they had already released a new version."

Answer:

1. By the time I got home, my parents had already left.
2. Before I started my car, I had cleared the snow off it.
3. After I had finished the book, I went to the book club.
4. I bought the new iPhone, but by then they had already released a new version.