Narrative Tenses | Baamboozle - Baamboozle | The Most Fun Classroom Games!

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A_________ (I / not speak) to you yesterday because you looked busy when I saw you. B Yes, _________ (I / try) to repair my printer when you came in.

I had spoken / I tried

I wasn’t speaking / I tried

I didn’t speak / I was trying

What’s the difference in meaning?

a) We missed the first ten minutes. b) We were just in time.

“Why did you change the channel? I ____________ that movie before” [didn't watch / wasn't watching / hadn't watched]

hadn’t watched

What’s the difference? 1 When we got home, a thief was breaking into the flat. 2 When we got home, a thief had broken into our flat.

a) Our computer had gone. b) He ran away.

He woke up, had breakfast, ____________ (feed) his cat and went to work.

fed

Fill in the blanks

had sent / never answered

What’s the difference in meaning?

a) they were too late to eat b) Dinner was ready

When I saw Clara, I realized that she ____________ (change) much in all those years.

hadn’t changed

What’t the difference?: 1 When she turned up, he left 2 When she turned up, he'd already gone.

a) She saw him b) she didn’t see him

When we met theme in the street, they _______ (go) to the market

were going

Phil and his wife ___________ (meet) when they were working in London

met

Their car broke down while they _________ (drive) home

were driving

Fill in the blanks

had (just) come/got back, looked

By the time I was thirty, I _____________ (visit) more than twenty countries.

had visited

What's the difference?: 1 It began to rain when I was leaving work 2 It began to rain when l'd left work.

a) I could go back to work and get my umbrella. b) I couldn't go back to work and get my umbrella sol got very wet.

We wanted to go to Peru because we _____________ (not / go) there before.

hadn’t gone