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Narrative tenses 6a

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  • When …… (he find out) that …… (she lie)?
    When did he find out that she’d lied?
  • I ……. (not be) tired even though I ….. (work) hard all day.
    I wasn’t tired even though I’d been working hard all day.
  • My hands ……… (be) dirty because I ……… (garden) all day.
    My hands were dirty because I’d been gardening all day.
  • …… (He finish) work, …… (come) home and …… (make) dinner.
    He finished work, came home and made dinner.
  • ……… (I have) a shower when the doorbell ……… (ring).
    I was having a shower when the doorbell rang.
  • ……. (you go) to the supermarket on your way home?
    Did you go to the supermarket on your way home?
  • Sorry, …… (I forget) to buy milk when …… (I come) home.
    Sorry, I forgot to buy milk when I was coming home.
  • I ….. (hope) to go to Oxford for years when I …… (get) a letter of refusal from them.
    I’d been hoping to go to Oxford for years when I got a letter of refusal from them.
  • Jovana ……..(make) us breakfast while we ……. (bring) in the coal.
    Jovana was making us breakfast while we brought in the coal.
  • When …… (she be) a little girl ……. (she not play) truant like some of the others.
    When she was a little girl she didn’t use to play truant like some of the others.
  • ..... (He not forget) his passport this time when ..... (he get) to the airport.
    He hadn't forgotten his passport this time when he got to the airport.
  • …… (He not see) her when he …….(shop).
    He didn’t see her when he was shopping.
  • ……. (he drive) too fast for an hour when …… (he hit) the tree?
    Had he been driving too fast for an hour when he hit the tree?
  • …… (you go) to school in Kathmandu when you were a boy?
    Did you use to go to school in Kathmandu when you were a boy?
  • Mary ………… (cry) all night so her face ……… (be) red and puffy.
    Mary had been crying all night so her face was red and puffy.
  • …… (I not find) my keys by the time …… (I arrive) so ….. (I have to) search my bag.
    I hadn’t found my keys by the time I arrived so I had to search my bag.
  • When …….. (I be) a boy ……. (I play) tennis every day.
    When I was a boy I used to play tennis every day.
  • I ……… (wear) a plaster as I ……… (cut) my finger.
    I was wearing a plaster as I’d cut my finger.
  • ……. (you work) in the garden when I …… (ring) you?
    Were you working in the garden when I rang you?
  • ……. (she call) the police after …… (she find out) that her house …… (burgle PASSIVE)?
    Did she call the police after she found out that her house had been burgled?
  • I don’t know why he was so tired. / …… (he work) all day? That could be the reason.
    Had he been working all day?
  • ……. (I not like) my last school.
    I didn’t like my last school.
  • (I go) shopping, ……. (buy) some milk and ……. (take) it to Marko’s house.
    I went shopping, bought some milk and took it to Marko’s house.
  • Sam ……… (be) broke because he ……… (buy) a car.
    Sam was broke because he’d bought a car.