Narrative Tenses

Story 1. This .... when I ... about five years old

• was happening, was

• happened, was

• had happened, was

My father .... on business trip and my mother and I ... in my parents' bedroom.

• went away, slept

• had gone away, were sleeping

• went away, were sleeping

Before we ... to bed that night I .... a very scary story

• had gone, was reading

• had gone, read

• went, had been reading

In the middle of the night, I ... up and .... a figure in a dark coat ... in front of me.

• had woken, saw, was standing

• woke, saw, stood

• woke, saw, standing

I .... at the top of my voice until Mom .... on the light. I saw that it ... my father! (the END)

• screamed, turned, was

• had screamed, turned, had been

• was screaming, turned, was

Story 2. When I was 5, my grandma ... in London and we .... weekends at her flat.

• lived, were spending

• was living, had spent

• was living, used to spend

Once I .... to stay with her without my brothers or sisters.

• invited

• was invited

• had been invited

After lunch as my grandma .... I .... to explore grandfather's study.

• was resting, was setting out

• rested, had set out to

• was resting, set out

I .... attracted to this room, mostly because I .... not to enter it.

• had been, was told

• was, had been told

• was, had told

I ... the things on grandpa's desk when I ... my grandma's voice. She ... for me.

• touching, had heard, was calling

• had touched, heard, called

• was touching, heard, was calling