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narrative tenses

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why did you change the channel? I ____________ that movie before!

a)

didn't watch

b)

wasn't watching

c)

hadn't watched

2.

When I ____________ out of the shower the lights ____________.

a)

got / were getting off

b)

had got / were getting off

c)

was getting / went off

3.

When he entered the room, somebody ____________ him in the head.

a)

hit

b)

was hitting

c)

had hit

4.

When I saw Clara, I realized that she ____________ much in all those years.

a)

didn't change

b)

wasn't changing

c)

hadn't changed

5.

The burglar ___________ to open the safe when the owner _____________ in.

a)

was trying / came

b)

tried / came

c)

tried / was coming

6.

He admitted that he ____________ all the money from the box.

a)

took

b)

was taking

c)

had taken

7.

Phill and his wife ____________ when they were working in London.

a)

met

b)

were meeting

c)

had met

8.

She ____________ as a waiter when she _____________ in Germany.

a)

was working / lived

b)

worked / was living

c)

was working / was living

9.

We wanted to go to Peru because we _____________ there before.

a)

weren't going

b)

hadn't been

c)

didn't go

10.

Their car broke down while they _____________ home.

a)

were driving

b)

was driving

c)

had driven

11.

By the time I was thirty, I _____________ more than twenty countries.

a)

visited

b)

was visiting

c)

had visited

12.

He woke up, had breakfast, ____________ his cat and went to work.

a)

fed

b)

was feeding

c)

had fed

13.

It ____________ all day long yesterday.

a)

rained

b)

was raining

c)

had rained

14.

What ____________ when Peter came in?

a)

did you do

b)

were you do

c)

were you doing

15.

When I got to work, I understood that I _____________ the folder with documents at home.

a)

had leaving

b)

had left

c)

had leaved