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Fill in the blank using past perfect tense form of the verb: If we ______(call) the manager ahead, we would not have needed to wait so long for a table.

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Fill in the blank using past perfect tense form of the verb:

If we ______(call) the manager ahead, we would not have needed to wait so long for a table.

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If we had called the manager ahead, we would not have needed to wait so long for a table.

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Chapter 1.1: The Portrait of a Lady - Grammar- Tenses [Page 16]

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Samacheer Kalvi English Class 11 TN Board
Chapter 1.1 The Portrait of a Lady
Grammar- Tenses | Q f. x. | Page 16

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