Narrative Tenses

She ____ (meet) her husband while she ____ (study) at the University of Bologna.

• was meeting/ studied

• met/ studied

• met/ was studying

• met/ had studied

We ____(leave) Barcelona on Monday morning and by Wednesday evening we _____ (cycle) 300 kilometres.

• left/ had cycled

• left/ cycled

• was leaving/ cycled

• had left/was cycling

By the time the police ____ (arrive), the bank robbers ____ (escape) in their car.

• had arrived/ escaped

• arrived/ escaped

• arrived/ had escaped

• arrived/ were escaping

Yesterday morning, she ____(ride) her bike around the lake and ____(take) photos of the birds.

• rode/ took

• was riding/ took

• was riding/ had taken

• rode/ was taking

The restaurant _____(close) by the time we ____(get) there.

• closed/ had got

• had closed/ were getting

• had closed/ got

• was closing/ had got

When I ____(see) Tom yesterday, he ___(look) very sad because his pet rabbit ____(escape)the day before.

• had seen/ was looking/ escaped

• saw/ looked/ had escaped

• saw/ was looking/ escaped

• had seen/ looked/ escaped

When the two police officers ____ (ring) my doorbell, I ____ ( have) dinner.

• rang/ had

• were ringing/ was having

• rung/ was having

• rang/ was having

By the time it ____(stop) raining, it ____(be) very late to go to the beach.

• stopped/ had been

• had stopped/ was

• was stopping/ was

• had stopped/ had been

While he ____(clean) the window, he ____(fall) off the chair and ____(break) his arm.

• was cleaning/ had fallen/ broke

• cleaned/ fell/ was breaking

• was cleaning/ fell/ broke

• had cleaned/ fell/ had broken

By the time we ____(get) to the park, it ____(start) snowing heavily, so we ____(make) a snowman.

• were getting/ stopped/ made

• got/ had started/ made

• had got/ started/ made

• got/ started/ were making