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8-Narrative Tenses

  •  English    14     Public
    Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect Simple and Past Perfect Continuous
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  • They _______ (have) a picnic when it started to rain.
    had had
    had
    were having
    had been having
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  • When we arrived at the cinema, the film __________ (already, start).
    already started
    was already starting
    had already been starting
    had already started
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  • Why _______ you still _______ (work) at one o’clock in the morning?
    had
    had (you still) worked
    had (you still) been working
    were (you still) working
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  • She _______ (eat) sushi for dinner last night.
    was eating
    had eaten
    had been eating
    ate
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  • I was so happy to see my cousins because we ________ (not see) each other for a year.
    hadn't seen
    wasn't seeing
    didn't see
    hadn't been seeing
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  • The roads were blocked in the morning. It _______ (snow) all night.
    snowed
    had snowed
    had been snowing
    was snowing
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  • The boy _____ (trip), _____ (fall) and _____(graze) his arm while he was running for the bus.
    had been tripping, had been falling, had been grazing
    had tripped, had fallen, had grazed
    was tripping, was falling, was grazing
    tripped, fell, grazed
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  • After we ________ (walk) for hours, we finally made it to the private beach.
    'd been walking
    walked
    'd walked
    were walking
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  • At this time yesterday, I ________ (stress) and ________ (prepare) for my exam.
    had stressed, prepared
    stressed, prepared
    was stressing, preparing
    had been stressing, preparing
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  • What _______ you _______ (say) when he asked you to marry him?
    had you been saying
    were you saying
    did you say
    had you said
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  • Wad couldn’t come to class yesterday because she ______ (made) plans to move house.
    had been making
    made
    was making
    had made
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  • The children ______ (play) in the garden while their parents ______ (watch) them.
    were playing, watching
    played, watched
    had been playing, watching
    had played, watched
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  • Who do you think ______ (break into) your neighbour’s house last night?
    broke into
    had broken into
    was breaking into
    'd been breaking into
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  • The athletes _______ (train) for months before the competition.
    trained
    'd trained
    were training
    had been training
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