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Narrative Tenses

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    Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect Simple, Past Perfect Continuous
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  • I _______ (can / not) open the door because I _______ (forget) my keys.
    couldn't, had forgotten
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  • She _______ (not / play) in the match because she _______ (break) her leg.
    didn't play, had broken
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  • She _______ (already / start) to eat by the time I _______ (arrive)
    had already started, arrived
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  • My computer _______ (break down) before I _______ (finish) my work.
    had broken down, finished
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  • Someone _______ (steal) all the cat food yesterday.
    stole
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  • She _______ (sleep) when the alarm clock _______ (go off).
    was sleeping, went off
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  • He _______ (ride) his bike when he ________ (fall off)
    was riding, fell off
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  • He _______ (drink) a lot of beer last night.
    drank
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  • I told John not to drive because he _______ all night.
    had been drinking
    drank
    had drunk
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  • I knew he _______ because his eyes were red.
    had cried
    cried
    had been crying
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  • We _______ for about an hour when the plane was hit by turbulence.
    had flown
    had been flying
    flew
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  • He _______ for a while before he realized that he was lost.
    had walked
    had been walking
    walked
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  • I didn´t know how long she _______ there.
    had stood
    stood
    had been standing
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  • We _______ (live) together for a year before we _______ (buy) our house.
    had been living, bought
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  • Janet _______ (come) into the class breathing heavily because she _______ (run).
    came, had been running
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  • It was obvious that he _______ (paint) because the walls _______ (be) all wet.
    had been painting, were
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