Pace | Think. Talk. Thrive. - English Learning Excellence

2. Why did you change the channel? I _____ that movie.

A. watched

B. was watching

C. had watched

D. had been watching

3. When I _ out of the shower, the lights _.

A. got / were getting off

B. had got / were getting off

C. was getting / went off

D. had been getting / had got off

4. When I saw Clara, I realised that she _____ much in all those years.

A. didn't change

B. wasn't changing

C. hadn't changed

D. hadn't been changing

5. When he entered the room, somebody _____ him in the head.

A. hit

B. was hitting

C. had hit

D. had been hitting

6. He admitted that he _____ all the money from the box.

A. took

B. was taking

C. had taken

D. had been taking

7. The burglar _ to open the safe when he _ the owner come in.

A. was trying / heard

B. tried / heard

C. had been trying / had heard

D. tried / was hearing

8. I knew he _____ because his eyes were red.

A. cried

B. was crying

C. had cried

D. had been crying

9. The plane in which the football team _____ crashed and none of them survived.

A. travelled

B. was travelling

C. had travelled

D. had been travelling

10. We _____ for about 20 minutes when the plane was hit by turbulence.

A. flew

B. were flying

C. had flown

D. had been flying

Practice Exercises

Narrative Tenses

1. I told John not to drive because he _____ all night.

2. Why did you change the channel? I _____ that movie.

3. When I _ out of the shower, the lights _.

4. When I saw Clara, I realised that she _____ much in all those years.

5. When he entered the room, somebody _____ him in the head.

6. He admitted that he _____ all the money from the box.

7. The burglar _ to open the safe when he _ the owner come in.

8. I knew he _____ because his eyes were red.

9. The plane in which the football team _____ crashed and none of them survived.

10. We _____ for about 20 minutes when the plane was hit by turbulence.

Practice Exercises

Narrative Tenses

1. I told John not to drive because he _____ all night.

2. Why did you change the channel? I _____ that movie.

3. When I _____ out of the shower, the lights _____.

4. When I saw Clara, I realised that she _____ much in all those years.

5. When he entered the room, somebody _____ him in the head.

6. He admitted that he _____ all the money from the box.

7. The burglar _____ to open the safe when he _____ the owner come in.

8. I knew he _____ because his eyes were red.

9. The plane in which the football team _____ crashed and none of them survived.

10. We _____ for about 20 minutes when the plane was hit by turbulence.

3. When I _ out of the shower, the lights _.

7. The burglar _ to open the safe when he _ the owner come in.