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Narrative Tenses exercises

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    The man wentgo down the stairs and had seensaw a ghost.

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    I walkedwas walking down the street when a horse kickedwas kicking me.

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    I was crashingcrashed my car because I had drunkdrunk too much wine earlier.

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    The song finishedhad finished the man had enjoyedwas enjoying it very much.

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    I was watchinghad watched the movie while the annoying people were playingwas playing on their phones.

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    I had livedlived there for a long time but now it was beingwas time to go.

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    I was sleepingslept when the cat jumpedwas jumping on my head.

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    She toldhad told him the truth but he still didn’t believehadn't believe her?

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    What were you doingdid you do while I was workinghad worked?

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    Who had beenwas here before me? Thoughthad thought the detective.

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    The children were singinghad sung but they quickly stoppedwere stopping when sawhad seen the clown.

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    The night before had beenwas strange...was it beinghad it been a dream?

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    We talkedwere talking when we sawhad seen the accident.

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    He had seensaw the movie before but had watchedwatched it again anyway.

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    What did you seehad you seen when you were runninghad run in the park?

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    Who had been here and why had they leftwere they leaving the helmet here four years ago?

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    The club was busy, some people were talkinghad talked while others were dancingwas dancing to the music for hours.

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    He had lookedlooked at the painting for hours then he was decidingdecided to leave the art gallery.

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    They sawwere seeing the spaceship fly away into the night sky. It washad been a strange day.

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    She saw him clearly for the first time and realisedhad realised that she madehad made a mistake.

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    The phone was ringingrang non-stop, he was understandingunderstood that there was a problem.

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    What had he saidwas he sayingdid he say to you for such a long time?

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    The students were taking the quiz and were doingwas doinghad done well so far.

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    The people had listenedlistened and now they werehad been happy.

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    While I was tryinghad tried to work John was disturbinghad disturbed me constantly.