Read the text below. Use the words in brackets in the correct form so that they fit the text. Every gap corresponds to a different task (1–9). The concert 1) ..... already ..... (start) and Emma was still stuck in the 5 o'clock traffic. It was her 2) ..... (twenty) birthday and she was on her way to see her favourite band, The Volcanics, after a busy day at work. She 3) ..... (look) forward to the concert all week and this delay was very annoying. As the time 4) ..... (wear) on, Emma began to feel more and more frustrated. Sighing to 5) ..... (she), she tuned in to the radio. The Volcanics were singing her favourite song! It was so unfair! She had a ticket for the concert and now she 6) ..... (force) to listen to it on the radio! But there was no point in 7) ..... (get) too upset about it. 'The next time I go to a concert, I 8) ..... (not wait) till 5 o'clock,' she thought. 'It would be much 9) ..... (good) to ask my boss for the afternoon off work instead!'
- Концерт начался раньше, чем Эмма оказалась в пробке: Past Perfect had already started.
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The concert had already started and Emma was still stuck in the
