Nikita, narrative tenses new

Complete the story with the correct form of the verbs in the gap: past

simple, past continuous, past perfect, or past perfect continuous.

When I was about nine years old I used to go to the cinema every Saturday morning – in those days it ​ (a)   very popular.

• was
• had been
• was being

Complete the story with the correct form of the verbs in the gap: past

simple, past continuous, past perfect, or past perfect continuous.

After the film ​ (a)   , I would go to a toy shop and look at model planes and trains, and sometimes I bought them with the pocket money that I ​ (b)   .

• had finished
• had been saving
• finished
• was saving

Complete the story with the correct form of the verbs in the gap: past

simple, past continuous, past perfect, or past perfect continuous.

One day after the film, I ​ (a)   to a big department store to have a look

at the model planes they had.

• went
• was going
• had gone

Complete the story with the correct form of the verbs in the gap: past

simple, past continuous, past perfect, or past perfect continuous.

I didn’t buy anything, but as I ​ (a)   a very large man ​ (b)   my arm quite

violently and accused me of shoplifting.

• was leaving
• grabbed
• left
• was grabbong

Complete the story with the correct form of the verbs in the gap: past

simple, past continuous, past perfect, or past perfect continuous.

The man said that he was a store detective. As I ​ (a)   on the toys, I hadn’t noticed that he ​ (b)   me.

• had been concentrating
• had been watching
• was concentrating
• was watching

Complete the story with the correct form of the verbs in the gap: past

simple, past continuous, past perfect, or past perfect continuous.

He ​ (a)   me empty my pockets and he ​ (b)   through my coat, searching for stolen goods, even though I ​ (c)   him very clearly that I had only been looking.

• made
• went
• told
• was making
• was going
• was telling

Complete the story with the correct form of the verbs in the gap: past

simple, past continuous, past perfect, or past perfect continuous.

Of course he didn’t find anything, but by this time several people ​ (a)   to see what was happening.

• had stopped
• had been stopping
• stopped

Complete the story with the correct form of the verbs in the gap: past

simple, past continuous, past perfect, or past perfect continuous.

I felt very embarrassed and humiliated that so many people ​ (a)   at me, and I was very glad to leave the shop when it was all over.

• were looking
• looked

OPen up the gaps in the story with the correct form of the verbs: past

simple, past continuous, past perfect, or past perfect continuous.

An hour or so later, when I was having lunch with my family at home, my father ___(ask) me about the flm.

OPen up the gaps in the story with the correct form of the verbs: past

simple, past continuous, past perfect, or past perfect continuous.

I then ___(mention) that I ___(look) at toys in a department store when a store detective___ (accuse) me of shoplifting and___(search) me in the middle of the shop.