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Narrative Tenses

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  • I was drinking my coffee when Amelia called me.
    Continuous / Simple
  • It felt as if we had known each other for a long time.
    Simple and perfect
  • I fell while I was walking home from work.
    Simple and continuous.
  • I’d been saving money for a trip for months.
    Perfect continuous
  • By the time I graduated, I’d been studying English for six years.
    Simple/ Perfect Continuos
  • I opened the door and found a cat inside the house.
    Simple
  • I was having dinner when you knocked the door.
    Continuous/ Simple
  • While I was waiting for my brother I got a phone call.
    Continuous / Simple
  • By the time I got to school, everyone had finished the exam.
    Simple / Perfect
  • I had never done anything like this before.
    Perfect
  • I took some Italian lessons last year.
    Simple
  • I thought you were at work.
    Simple
  • Lots of people were dancing at the party.
    Continuous
  • I had written to Bill many times before.
    Perfect
  • I had just woken up when it started to rain.
    Perfect / Simple
  • My sister had been sleeping for only few minutes.
    Perfect Continuous