Narrative tenses
Complete with past simple, past continuous or past perfect
Complete with past simple, past continuous or past perfect
Vocabulary
Phrasal verbs
100

By the time it STOPPED / HAD STOPPED / WAS STOPPING  raining, it WAS/WAS BEING/HAD BEEN too late to go to the beach

HAD STOPPED / WAS

100

He _________(meet) his girlfriend while they ___________ (study) together at the University of Bologna.

met / were studying

100

The car_________ (crash) into the tree while they ____________ (cross) the road.

Crashed / were crossing

100

Our_________ is really important to us. We've known each other since we were five years old.

FRIENDSHIP

100

be similar to an older member of the family

Take after
200

While he CLEANED/HAD CLEANED / WAS CLEANING the window above the door, he HAD FALLEN / FELL / WAS FALLING off the chair and  BROKE/WAS BREAKING / HAD BROKEN his leg.

WAS CLEANING / FELL/ BROKE

200

We _______(leave) Barcelona on Monday morning and by Wednesday evening we ___________(cycle) 275km

left / had cycled

200

The restaurant __________(close) by the time we __________(get) there

had closed / got

200

Eva and Andres have very different styles. Andres is modern, while Eva is a little__________

Old-fashioned

200

to have a friendly relationship with someone

get on well

300

By the time we WERE GETTING/HAD GOT/GOT to the park, it  HAD STARTED/STARTED/WAS STARTING snowing heavily, so we WERE MAKING/ MADE / HAD MADE a snowman

GOT / HAD STARTED / MADE

300

By the time the police __________(arrive), the bank robbers ___________(escape) in their car

Arrived/had escaped

300

Ibrahim ________(phone) me while he ___________ (wait) for his flight

Phoned / was waiting

300

Although Ben's grandma used to be very conservative, recently she's become more ___________. She asks a lot of questions and listens to Ben's opinions.

OPEN-MINDED

300

To gradually become and adult

Grow up
400

When the two police officers WERE RINGING / RANG / HAD RUNG my doorbell, I WAS HAVING/HAD/HAD HAD dinner.

MET / WAS WORKING

400

This morning she_________(ride) her bike around the lake and _______(take)photos of the birds.

Rode/took

400

I MEETING/MET my friend Alex while I WAS FIXING/FIXED my bike last years.

MET /WAS FIXING

400

Whenever I'm feeling worried, I talk to my mum. She's so ___________and easygoing - She always makes me feel better!

CALM

400

To gradually have less close relationship

Grow appart

500

Luisa WAS MEETING / MET / HAD MET him in 2017 while she WAS WORKING/ WORKED/ HAD WORKED in Quito

MET - WAS WORKING

500

She_________(hear) the fireworks while she _______ (watch) TV

Heard / was watching

500

We STARTED/WERE STARTING talking while we HAD WAITED/WERE WAITING to see the doctor.

STARTED/ WERE WAITING

500

Rahul can be really___________ sometimes. He said he didn't like Mike before he even go to know him

PREJUDICED

500

To look after a child until they are an adult

Bring up

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