Narrative Tenses exercises

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

I was walkingwalked down the street when a horse kickedwas kicking me.

I crashedwas crashing my car because I had drunkdrunk 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 was playingwere playing on their phones.

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

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

She had toldtold him the truth but he still hadn't believedidn’t believe her?

What did you dowere you doing while I was workinghad worked?

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

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

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

We were talkingtalked when we had seensaw the accident.

He had seensaw the movie before but watchedhad watched it again anyway.

What had you seendid you see 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 were talkinghad talked 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 realisedhad realised that she had mademade a mistake.

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

What did he saywas he sayinghad he said 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 had beenwere happy.

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