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 had drunkdrunk too much wine earlier.

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

I had watchedwas watching the movie while the annoying people was playingwere 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 didn’t believehadn't believe her?

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

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

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

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

We talkedwere talking when we had seensaw the accident.

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

What had you seendid you see when you were runninghad run 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 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 sayingdid he sayhad he said to you for such a long time?

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

The people had listenedlistened and now they werehad been happy.

While I had triedwas trying to work John had disturbedwas disturbing me constantly.