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C1, Past tenses - Narrative tenses

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  • First time speaking a foreign language with a native speaker
    ...
  • She dicovered that he ................on her for months
    had been cheating
  • We ....................for several months before we decided to move in together
    ...
  • Your first pet
    ...
  • Is this sentence right or wrong? (If it's wrong, correct it.)When she was getting home, her husband was watching Europcup on television.
    got home
  • Oh wow, your English is amazing! - Thanks, I ........for many years before I moved to London
    had been studying English
  • My last birthday was fun/ not great,  because ........
    ...
  • First time you cooked a meal
    ...
  • I ........(never/see) such an annoying person before I met my neighbour
    had never seen
  • Is this sentence correct?As soon as she was getting the salary, she spent it on a new laptop
    got
  • Yesterday evening the paparazzi .....................for Justin Bieber to come out of the hotel the whole evening
    were waiting
  • He has been working here since he ........ (leave) university
    left
  • Is this sentence correct? By the time he received the promotion, he had worked in the company for 30 years
    he had been working
  • We ........... for a year before we moved to Israel
    ...
  • I ---------(work) for the company for only a month when they fired me
    had been working
  • Which tense: Past simple or Past continuous?When he (arrive) at the party, everyone(talk) and (drink)
    arrived, was talking, was drinking
  • I loved the painting you got me for my birthday so I had hung / hung it in my room.
    hung
  • I ............... before I got my  salary raise
    ...
  • As soon as she shut the car door, she realised / was realising she had left / had been leaving the keys inside
    realised, had left
  • Since he ....., he hasn't been able to find any job
    was fired
  • While we were cooking dinner there ....... a power outage
    was
  • Did you enjoy the movie yesterday? - We didn't see it. By the time we got to the cinema, others...... all the tickets
    had bought
  • We went / had gone to London last year and saw all the tourist attractions.
    went
  • What are your best memories from school and university?
    ...
  • Talk about the last meal that you had at the restaurant
    ...
  • We were very surprised when they got married last year. They ........each other for only a few weeks.
    had known
  • At 2 p.m yesterday I .........
    ...
  • I decided to quit my previous job because.....
    ...
  • My dad had been working for 40 years in the factory before he ........
    retired
  • They ____________ (study) French for years before they moved to Canada.
    had been studying
  • My friends ........(already/ leave) by the time I got to the party
    had already left
  • Fist salary and what you spent it on
    ...
  • We ....... in the park when we saw something strange on the ground
    were walking
  • Name 2 big events that happened in the world last year
    ...
  • I .............when I heard a strange noise outside
    ...
  • We ............for hours when the bus finally arrived
    had been waiting
  • I think my meeting went great/ not so good, because ........
    ...
  • We didn't go out yesterday because it ....... all day
    was raining
  • Your first trip abroad
    ...
  • Yesterday evening somebody ....... while we were having dinner
    knocked on the door
  • Last time you attended a party
    ...
  • It's been a while since I.......
    ...