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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
    were having
    had had
    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
    had (you still) worked
    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 been seeing
    wasn't seeing
    didn't see
    hadn't seen
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  • The roads were blocked in the morning. It _______ (snow) all night.
    snowed
    was snowing
    had been snowing
    had snowed
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  • The boy _____ (trip), _____ (fall) and _____(graze) his arm while he was running for the bus.
    had tripped, had fallen, had grazed
    tripped, fell, grazed
    was tripping, was falling, was grazing
    had been tripping, had been falling, had been grazing
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  • After we ________ (walk) for hours, we finally made it to the private beach.
    were walking
    'd walked
    'd been walking
    walked
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  • At this time yesterday, I ________ (study) and ________ (prepare) for my exam.
    studied, prepared
    had been studying, preparing
    was studying, preparing
    had studied, prepared
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  • What _______ you _______ (say) when he asked you to marry him?
    had you been saying
    had you said
    were you saying
    did you say
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  • Lenka couldn’t come to class yesterday because she ______ (made) plans to move house.
    was making
    had been making
    had made
    made
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  • The children ______ (play) in the garden while their parents ______ (watch) them.
    were playing, were watching
    had been playing, watching
    played, watched
    had played, watched
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  • Who do you think ______ (break into) your neighbour’s house last night?
    broke into
    had broken into
    'd been breaking into
    was breaking into
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  • The athletes _______ (train) for months before the competition.
    'd trained
    were training
    had been training
    trained
  •  15