A. Read the short story and highlight or underline the correct forms of the verbs First Time Buyers

Last year, my wife and I (1) bought / were buying our first house. We (2) were already living together for 5 years before we bought our house, so we (3) knew / were knowing how to live together. I'll never forget the first house we (4) looked / had looked at. It (5) was / was being a small house in the suburbs with small windows. While we (6) were walking / had walked around the house, I (7) noticed / was noticing how dark and depressing it (8) was / had been. I (9) was always living / had always lived in a house with a lot of light and big windows, so I instantly (10) hated / was hating it. We (11) saw / had seen a few more houses after that which were all quite nice. We (12) ended / had ended up buying the second house that we (13) visited / were visiting. We (14) had been seeing / had seen it twice before we (15) bought / had bought it, just to be sure. I (16) had been dreaming / was dreaming of this day for a long time. Now, we have moved in. I'm really happy.

1.bought

2.were

3.knew

4.looked

5.was

6.were walking

7.noticed

a complex sentence consists of an independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.  

to write complex sentences, we must use subordinating conjunctions.  

all the complex sentences begin with a subordinating conjunction and when it occurs, a comma must be place at the end of the dependent clause. on the contrary, if the sentence begins with an independent clause, then no comma is used.

after  

although  

as  

because  

before  

if  

since  

when  

for example,  

after she won the competition, she became very popular.  

although my father was hurt, he continued fighting for his rights.  

as all of you got a ten, you will be able to leave early today.  

before he went to the war, he asked his parents to bless him.  

if it is cold, i won’t go out.  

since you didn’t bring the homework, you will get low grades.  

when it is hot in the town, everyone goes to the beach.  

many battles and wars (such as the one at gettysburg), are commemorated by statues or monuments, with some areas preserved as monuments and national parks. do you think this contradicts the message of "grass"? in at least 200 words, explain your thinking and cite evidence from the poem to support your opinion.