Narrative Tenses :)

Brackets#1

100

The robbers (leave) _______ the bank when the policemen finally (arrive)______.

had left - past perfect / arrived - simple past The robbers had left the bank when the policemen finally arrived.

200

While she ____ (cook), the telephone ______ (ring).

While she was cooking, the telephone rang.

300

By the time Rebecca (go) ______ into the store, she (get) _____ soaked.

went - simple past / had got - past perfect By the time Rebecca went into the store, she had got soaked.

400

He _____ (lose) his wallet while he _____ (jog) in the park.

He lost his wallet while he was jogging in the park.

500

I (not / think) _____ of having a new house before I (see) ______ that ad on TV.

hadn't thought - past perfect / saw - simple past I hadn't thought of having a new house before I saw that ad on TV.

UNSCRAMBLE

100

rang/ while/ the doorbell/ a shower/ taking/ was/ I

The doorbell rang while I was taking a shower.

200

sports / else / already. / had / he / everyone / ground / for / the / When / left / arrived,

When he ARRIVED, everyone else HAD LEFT for the sports ground already.

300

lesson. / was / sports / cold / I / want / really / didn't / and / to / go / to / my / very / It

It was very cold and I really DIDN’T WANT to go to my sports lesson.

400

his/ dog/ ran after/ girlfriend/ Neil's/ yesterday

Yesterday, Neal's dog ran after his girlfriend.

500

my / found / teacher / angry. / hurt / that / was / foot, / not / When / the / had / she / I / very / out

When the teacher FOUND out that I HAD NOT HURT my foot, she was very angry.

What/tense?

100

I didn't recognise / hadn't recognised Sue, because she cut / had cut her hair.

didn't recognise - had cut

200

The doorbell rang / rings while I took /was taking a shower.

rang .... was taking

300

David didn't play / hadn't played the match because he hurt / had hurt his leg.

didn't play - had hurt

400

When I looked / had looked everywhere for my car keys, I started / had started to panic.

had looked - started

500

Mr. and Mrs. Davis tripped / had tripped and fell / had been falling while they danced / were dancing.

Mr. and Mrs. David tripped and fell while they were dancing.

Brackets#2

100

We had already eaten when John (get) ________ home.

got (simple past)

200

He _____ (lose) his wallet while he _____ (jog) in the park.

He lost his wallet while he was jogging in the park.

300

I opened my handbag to find that I (forget) ________ my credit card.

(Past perfect) had forgotten

400

We got home to discover that someone (break) ________ into the house. Things were stolen.

(Past perfect) had broken

500

I opened the fridge and found that someone (eat) ________ all my chocolate.

(Past perfect) had eaten