Narrative Tenses
Last Friday, I _____[SIT] outside a café when a woman came up to me.
was sitting
remotely
This exciting author is _____ new ground with every novel she writes.
breaking
rousing
I was working away and the phone rings. It was some _____ guy who called the wrong number.
random
I was sitting in Berlin. I _____[look forward] to meeting my friend all week, but she canceled.
To my (total/absolute) horror, I forgot to turn on the oven.
Absolute
The romantic story is set against the _____ of the French Revolution.
backdrop
Every morning, I enjoyed the view of beautiful, ______ hills.
undulating
You know what I _____? He was trying to get in touch with someone named Albert.
mean
The meeting was canceled because it _____[bring] forward to the previous day.
had been brought
(Strangely/Strange) enough, the April sunshine was very hot.
Strangely
In the opening scenes, the viewer is _____ into a chaotic world.
plunged
That song really _____ me back to my youth.
takes
I was ______ off to sleep when the phone rang.
drifting
She looked harassed and she ______ [clutch] a notebook in her hand.
was clutching
The writer is (closely/nearly) associated with a famous group of 1920s artists.
The main plot line _____ around an older man and his three daughters.
revolves
The movie _____ us all to tears with its sad ending.
reduced
I dropped my phone in the toilet. It just _____ of happened.
She ______[fly] to Berlin for a business meeting the day before.
had flown
I might be (totally/fairly) wrong, but I think I got an A on the exam.
totally
The book's themes will _____ with anyone who grew up in the 2000s.
resonate
I thought that the musical performance was _____ charged and deeply memorable.
emotionally
And my sister was _____, "I promise I'll bring it back!"
like