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English 24 Public

What are narrative tenses? Narrative tenses are verb tenses that are used to talk about the past. You can often find them in stories, textbooks, spoken accounts and in description

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Rewrite the sentence. I went to bed early. I had a tiring day. (because)

I went to bed early because I had had a tiring day.

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The driver lost/was loosing control of his car because he talked/was talking on the phone

The driver lost control of his car because he was talking on the phone.

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He was driving/had driven when we had/had had/were having the accident

He was driving when we had the accident

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As I ___ (ride) to school yesterday I ___ (see) a car accident.

As I was riding to school yesterday I saw a car accident

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I ___ (walk) down the street when a man ___ (grab) my bag.

I was walking down the street when a man grabbed my bag

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By the time I ___ (get) home, everyone ___ (go) to bed.

By the time I got home, every one had gone to bed.

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Someone ___ (steal) my bike because I ___ (forget) to lock it.

Someone stole my bike because I had forgotten to lock it

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The fire ___ (destroy) the building by the time the fire brigade ___ (arrive) .

The fire had destroyed the building by the time the fire brigade arrived

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I lived/was living in Japan when I met/had met my wife.

I was living in Japan when I met my wife

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The children played/were playing in the street when the had heard/heard a loud noise.

The children were playing in the street when they heard a loud noise.

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The shop is open ______ 9am _____ 8pm.

The shop is open from 9 am until 8 pm

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I had a job in New York ______ three months.

I had a job in New York for three months

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She ___ (complain) about her husband, but she doesn't any more

She used to complain about her husband, but she doesn't any more

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he ____ (teach) at a high school, but he doesn't any longer

he used to teach at a high school, but he doesn't any longer

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When we got/were getting to the party, everybody danced/was dancing by the swimming-pool

When we got to the party everybody was dancing by the swimming-pool

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When I was/had been sure I finished/had finished everything, I left/was leaving the office

When I was sure I had finished everything, I left the office

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