F3: U2: Narrative tenses

Which tense do you use to set the scene and describe the background?

• Past Simple

• Present Perfect

• Past Perfect

• Past Continuous

When I wanted to buy a ticket to the match I realised that I _______________ (leave)  my wallet at home.

You use this tense to describe main events of a story.

• Past Continuous

• Present Simple

• Past Simple

• Past Perfect

 _________________ (it/rain) when your mum asked you to go to the supermarket?

1. At 9:30 a.m. the competitors __________ (cycle).

You use this tense to make it clear that one past action happened before another past action.

• Past Simple

• Past Continuous

• Present Perfect

• Past Perfect

What word is missing?

Sarah met an old friend of hers she was going to the swimming pool.

He didn't recognise the goalkeeper on the other team because he __________ (not / see)  him before.

1. It was raining heavily when Ferguson ___________ (crash) his Ferrari.

• had crashed

• crashed

• was craching

• crash

1. When I arrived at 11:30 a.m., the competition ____________ (begin).