Narrative Tenses exercises

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

I walkedwas walking down the street when a horse was kickingkicked me.

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

The song had finishedfinished 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 had livedlived 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 didn’t believehadn't believe her?

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

Who washad been here before me? Thoughthad thought the detective.

The children had sungwere singing but they quickly were stoppingstopped when sawhad seen the clown.

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

We were talkingtalked when we had seensaw the accident.

He had seensaw 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 was dancingwere 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 was ringingrang non-stop, he understoodwas understanding 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 were doingwas doinghad done well so far.

The people had listenedlistened and now they had beenwere happy.

While I was tryinghad tried to work John had disturbedwas disturbing me constantly.