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English 13 Public

A revision game on narrative tenses for teenage students

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Before I was starting/started/have started my present job, I was working/worked for a bank.

Before I started my present job, I worked for a bank.

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They waited/were waiting until everyone was leaving/had left the bank and then broke in/were breaking in.

They waited until everyone had left the bank and then broke in.

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Correct this sentence. ''As soon as she was seeing the time, she was jumping out of bed.''

As soon as she saw the time, she jumped out of bed.

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Correct this sentence. ''By the time the emergency supplies arrived, thirty people had been dying.''

By the time the emergency supplies arrived, thirty people had died.

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He was covered in blood and (rip) his jacket up. It was clear he (fight) again.

He was covered in blood and ripped his jacket up, It was clear he had been fighting again.

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When the helicopter finally (find) us, we (sit) in the lifeboat for hours and (eat) all our food.

When the helicopter finally found us, he had been sitting in the lifeboat for hours and had eaten all our food.

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When we got/were getting to the party, everyone danced and drank/was dancing and drinking.

When we got to the party, everyone was dancing and drinking.

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When we got/were getting to the cinema, the film started/was starting/had started, so we missed the beginning.

When we got to the cinema, the film had started, so we missed the beginning.

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We (drive) for about ten minutes when we (notice) smoke coming from the engine.

We had been driving for about ten minutes when we noticed smoke coming from the engine.

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I (have) breakfast and (listen) to the news when the phone (ring)

I was having breakfast and listening to the news when the phone rang.

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Correct this sentence. ''The roads were very slippery as it rained all morning.''

The roads were very slippery as it had been raining all morning.

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Correct this sentence. ''She had been writing twenty letters, so she was tired.''

She had written twenty letters, so she was tired.

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

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

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