B1-Unit 3A-Grammar Quiz - Narrative tenses

Which sentence is past simple?

• We washed the car together last week.

• We wash the car every week.

• We were washing the car last week.

Which sentence is past continious?

• I sleep every day.

• I slept after you called me.

• I was sleeping when you called me.

Which sentence is past perfect?

• The train left at 10 pm.

• The train had left by the time I got to the train station.

Choose the correct option.

Why did you interrupt me? I _______ on the phone.

• was talking

• talked

• had talked

When I _____ the gym the lights _____.

• had left/were getting off

• left/were getting off

• was leaving/went off

We use the past simple to describe the main events of a story in the order they happened.

• False

• True

I knew she _____ because her eyes were red.

• had been crying

• was crying

The trainer / talk / fire alarm / ring

• The teacher had been talking when the fire alarm was ringing.

• The teacher was talking when the fire alarm rang.

By the time my guests arrive / I already start eating.

• By the time my guest arriving, I ate.

• By the time my guest arrived, I had already started eating.

I / buy a new football / after / I use my old one for many years.

• I bought a new football after I had been using my old one for many years.

• I use my old one for many years, so I buy a new football.