Narrative tenses - past simple, past continuous, past perfect

While Maria _____ to work, she _____ her purse.

• cycled / dropped

• was cycling / was dropping

• was cycling / dropped

• cycled / was dropping

When I closed the door, I _____ that I _____ my keys inside the house.

• was realizing / left

• realized / had left

• realized / left

• was realizing / had left

We _____ a film when we _____ a strange noise outside.

• were watching / heard

• watched / heard

• was watching / hear

• were watching / were hearing

When John _____ home , we told him what _____ earlier that morning.

• got / happened

• had got / had happened

• got / had happened

• had gotten / hapenned

When they _____ , the concert _____ .

• arrived / had already begun

• had arrived / had begun already

• arrived / began

• had arrived / began

It was a hot summer's day. We _____ in the garden and the sun _____ .

• sitting / shined

• was sitting / were shining

• sat / shinning

• were sitting / was shining

When the film _____ , the children _____ straight to bed.

• was ending / was going

• were ending / was going

• ended / went

• were ending / went