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WorksheetsNarrative Tenses
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 5mins
Why did you change the channel? I ____________ that movie before!
didn't watch
wasn't watching
hadn't watched
When I ____________ out of the shower the lights ____________.
got / were getting off
had got / were getting off
was getting / went off
When he entered the room, somebody ____________ him in the head.
hit
was hitting
had hit
When I saw Clara, I realized that she ____________ much in all those years.
didn't change
wasn't changing
hadn't changed
The burglar ___________ to open the safe when the owner _____________ in.
was trying / came
tried / came
tried / was coming
He admitted that he ____________ all the money from the box.
took
was taking
had taken
Phill and his wife ____________ when they were working in London.
met
were meeting
had met
We wanted to go to Peru because we _____________ there before.
weren't going
hadn't been
didn't go
Their car broke down while they _____________ home.
were driving
was driving
had driven
He woke up, had breakfast, ____________ his cat and went to work.
fed
was feeding
had fed
This happened about ten years ago. I _______________ with a college friend, Sarah, in the country.
was staying
stayed
had stayed
had been staying
They ____________ an old country house a few miles from Cambridge
recently bought
were recently buying
had recently bought
had recently been buying
Anyway, it was a dark, winter afternoon and we _____________ in the sitting room.
have been chatting
have chatted
were chatting
had chatted
Sarah's mum ____________________ a little while earlier, so we were alone in the house.
went shopping
shopped
had gone shopping
had been going shopping
Then, to our surprise we ____________ someone walking around in the room above.
had heard
heard
have heard
had been hearding
