Narrative Tenses exercises

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

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

I crashedwas crashing my car because I had drunkdrunk too much wine earlier.

The song had finishedfinished the man had enjoyedwas enjoying it very much.

I had watchedwas watching the movie while the annoying people were playingwas playing on their phones.

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

I was sleepingslept when the cat was jumpingjumped on my head.

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

What were you doingdid you do while I had workedwas working?

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

The children had sungwere singing but they quickly stoppedwere stopping when sawhad seen the clown.

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

We talkedwere talking when we sawhad seen the accident.

He sawhad seen the movie before but had watchedwatched it again anyway.

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

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

The club was busy, some people had talkedwere talking while others were dancingwas dancing to the music for hours.

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

They sawwere seeing 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 rangwas ringing non-stop, he understoodwas understanding 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 were doinghad donewas doing well so far.

The people had listenedlistened and now they werehad been happy.

While I had triedwas trying to work John was disturbinghad disturbed me constantly.