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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).
    had already been starting
    had already started
    was already starting
    already started
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  • Why _______ you still _______ (work) at one o’clock in the morning?
    had (you still) worked
    had
    were (you still) working
    had (you still) been working
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  • She _______ (eat) sushi for dinner last night.
    was eating
    ate
    had eaten
    had been eating
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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.
    was snowing
    had snowed
    snowed
    had been 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
    was tripping, was falling, was grazing
    had tripped, had fallen, had grazed
    tripped, fell, grazed
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  • After we ________ (walk) for hours, we finally made it to the private beach.
    were walking
    'd been walking
    walked
    'd walked
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  • At this time yesterday, I ________ (stress) and ________ (prepare) for my exam.
    had been stressing, preparing
    had stressed, prepared
    was stressing, preparing
    stressed, prepared
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  • What _______ you _______ (say) when he asked you to marry him?
    had you said
    did you say
    were you saying
    had you been saying
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  • Wad couldn’t come to class yesterday because she ______ (made) plans to move house.
    had been making
    had made
    was making
    made
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  • The children ______ (play) in the garden while their parents ______ (watch) them.
    had been playing, watching
    were playing, watching
    had played, watched
    played, watched
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  • Who do you think ______ (break into) your neighbour’s house last night?
    'd been breaking into
    had broken into
    broke into
    was breaking into
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  • The athletes _______ (train) for months before the competition.
    were training
    had been training
    trained
    'd trained
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