Words you know: complete the sentences

resourceful · irregularity · maternity · auditor · container ship

• The external ____ from New York is checking our financial records today.
• We discovered a strange ____ in the shipping receipts from Seattle.
• The large ____ carrying our goods from London arrived at the port.
• Our new colleague is very ____ and solved the supply chain crisis in Miami.
• She is currently covering for the manager who is on ____ leave in Chicago.

Remember: Past perfect continuous

• By the time the manager arrived in Chicago, they [had been investigating / have investigated] the accounts for hours.
• The auditor from New York [had been checking / checked] the ledgers all morning before he found the error.
• We [had been waiting / waited] for the bank statement from Boston for three weeks.
• She [had been working / has worked] in Atlanta when the missing funds were discovered.

Remember: Narrative tenses: past simple, past continuous, past perfect

• While Allison [was reviewing / reviewed] the documents, Sean called the bank in Seattle.
• The client paid the overdue invoice after we [sent / had sent] three reminders.
• When the auditor entered the office in Dallas, everyone [was working / worked] on the ledgers.
• The manager discovered the financial irregularity after she [checked / had checked] the cash flow.

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