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What are narrative tenses? Narrative tenses are verb tenses that are used to talk about the past. You can often find them in stories, textbooks, spoken accounts and in description

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Rewrite as ONE sentence: I had a tiring day. I went to bed early. (because)

I went to bed early because I had had a tiring day.

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The driver lost/was losing control of his car because he talked/was talking on the phone

The driver lost control of his car because he was talking on the phone.

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He was driving/had driven when we had/had had/were having the accident

He was driving when we had the accident.

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As I ___ (ride) to school yesterday I ___ (see) a car accident.

As I was riding to school yesterday I saw a car accident.

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I ___ (walk) down the street when a man ___ (grab) my bag.

I was walking down the street when a man grabbed my bag.

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By the time I ___ (get) home, everyone ___ (go) to bed.

By the time I got home, every one had gone to bed.

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Someone ___ (steal) my bike because I ___ (forget) to lock it.

Someone stole my bike because I had forgotten to lock it.

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The fire ___ (destroy) the building by the time the fire brigade ___ (arrive) .

The fire had destroyed the building by the time the fire brigade arrived

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I lived/was living in Japan when I met/had met my wife.

I was living in Japan when I met my wife

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The children played/were playing in the street when they had heard/heard a loud noise.

The children were playing in the street when they heard a loud noise.

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The shop is open ______ 9am _____ 8pm.

The shop is open from 9 am to/until 8 pm

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I had a job in New York ______ three months.

I had a job in New York for three months

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When we got/were getting to the party, everybody danced/was dancing by the swimming-pool

When we got to the party everybody was dancing by the swimming pool.

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When I was/had been sure I finished/had finished everything, I left/was leaving the office

When I was sure I had finished everything, I left the office

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She lived in Buenos Aires ___ seven years before moving to England.

She lived in Buenos Aires for seven years before moving to England

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My parents met a long time ago ___ they were both teaching English in Indonesia.

My parents met a long ago while they were both teaching English in Indonesia

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