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Narrative Tenses

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 5mins

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.

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

a)

weren't going

b)

hadn't been

c)

didn't go

9.

Their car broke down while they _____________ home.

a)

were driving

b)

was driving

c)

had driven

10.

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

a)

fed

b)

was feeding

c)

had fed

11.

This happened about ten years ago. I _______________ with a college friend, Sarah, in the country.

a)

was staying

b)

stayed

c)

had stayed

d)

had been staying

12.

They ____________ an old country house a few miles from Cambridge

a)

recently bought

b)

were recently buying

c)

had recently bought

d)

had recently been buying

13.

Anyway, it was a dark, winter afternoon and we _____________ in the sitting room.

a)

have been chatting

b)

have chatted

c)

were chatting

d)

had chatted

14.

Sarah's mum ____________________ a little while earlier, so we were alone in the house.

a)

went shopping

b)

shopped

c)

had gone shopping

d)

had been going shopping

15.

Then, to our surprise we ____________ someone walking around in the room above.

a)

had heard

b)

heard

c)

have heard

d)

had been hearding