[B1+] Lesson 3A - Grammar: Narrative Tenses 1

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By the time we were getting / had gotten / got to the park, it had started / started / was starting snowing heavily, so we were making / made / had made a snowman.

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While he cleaned / had cleaned / was cleaning the window about the door, he had fallen / fell / was falling off the chair and broke / was breaking / had broken his leg.

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By the time it stopped / had stopped / was stopping raining it was / was being / had been too late to go to the beach.

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When the two police officers were ringing / rang / had rung my doorbell, I was having / had / had had dinner.

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Michelle was meeting / met / had met him in 2017 while she was working / worked / had worked in Quito.

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When I was seeing / had seen / saw Mario yesterday, he looked / was looking / had looked sad because his pet rabbit escaped / had escaped / was escaping the day before.

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They talked / were talking / had talked about the accident when the ambulence had arrived / was arriving / arrived.