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Narrative Tenses

  •  English    12     Public
    A review of past tenses including past simple, past continuous, past perfect and past perfect continuous
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  • By the time I _____________ (arrive) my friend ____________ (leave) because she _____________ (wait) too long
    arrived, had left, had been waiting
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  • She _______________ (not feel) well since the morning, so she __________ (go) to bed early
    hadn't been feeling, went
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  • I __________ (not hear) from my aunt in a while so I __________ (give) her a call.
    hadn't heard, gave
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  • ___________ (go) straight home after you ______________ (finish) school?
    Did you go, finished/had finished
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  • As soon as I ___________ (sit down) the doorbell ________ (ring)
    sat/had sat down, rang
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  • She _____________ (wait) until he _____________ (go) before she unlocked the door
    waited, had gone
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  • I ___________ (watch) a scary film when there lights ___________ (go off)!
    was watching, went off
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  • As soon as he ____________ (finish) his homework he ____________ (go) out with his friends.
    Had finished, went
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  • Teacher Cat _________(have) a lot of Italian friends at Disney so by the time she _________ (move) to Italy she ____________ (learn) to speak Italian
    had, moved, had learnt
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  • I _________ preparing dinner for about half an hour when my best friend ____________ (turn up) with pizza!
    had been preparing, turned up
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  • While I _________ (do) some shopping in town I _________ (run into) a friend I ____________ (see) for years
    doing, ran into, hadn't seen
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  • As soon as I ___________ (get) home I immediately ____________ (make) a cup of tea.
    got, made
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