Answer — Exercise 6
4.3 - Dressed for business·New Total English Upper-Intermediate - Students' Book
Question
Work in pairs. Look at the underlined parts of each sentence and say what the difference in meaning is.
Answer
- a) When I saw him, he was already sitting at his desk and already working.; b) The desk was empty and the computer turned off and I saw the entire action. First he arrived, then he sat down at his desk and turned on the computer.
- a) I didn’t hear the entire conversation but I heard part of it.; b) I heard the entire conversation from beginning to end.
- a) He had started his lunch before I noticed him and he had not finished it when I walked past.; b) I watched him peel, eat and throw away the skins of three bananas.