Narrative Tenses exercises

The man gowent down the stairs and sawhad seen a ghost.

I was walkingwalked down the street when a horse was kickingkicked me.

I crashedwas crashing my car because I drunkhad drunk too much wine earlier.

The song finishedhad finished the man was enjoyinghad enjoyed it very much.

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

I livedhad lived there for a long time but now it waswas being time to go.

I sleptwas sleeping when the cat was jumpingjumped on my head.

She toldhad told him the truth but he still hadn't believedidn’t believe her?

What did you dowere you doing while I had workedwas working?

Who had beenwas here before me? had thoughtThought the detective.

The children were singinghad sung but they quickly stoppedwere stopping when had seensaw the clown.

The night before washad been strange...had it beenwas it being a dream?

We talkedwere talking when we had seensaw the accident.

He sawhad seen the movie before but watchedhad watched it again anyway.

What did you seehad you seen when you had runwere running in the park?

Who had been here and why were they leavinghad they left the helmet here four years ago?

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

He lookedhad looked at the painting for hours then he was decidingdecided to leave the art gallery.

They were seeingsaw the spaceship fly away into the night sky. It had beenwas a strange day.

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

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

What was he sayinghad he saiddid he say to you for such a long time?

The students were taking the quiz and was doinghad donewere doing well so far.

The people had listenedlistened and now they werehad been happy.

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