NARRATIVE TENSES PAST SIMPLE, PAST CONTINUOUS, PAST PERFECT

SIMPLE, PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS

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There I 1..…………………(BE) in Honolulu, I 2.……………(feel) like I finally

3………………(achieve) the greatest dream I 4…………………….(HAVE). I 5…………….
(BE) simply over the moon! As I 6……………………(WALK) towards the hotel entrance,
smiling at everyone like a lunatic, someone 7……………………(TAP) me on the shoulder. It
was my ex girlfriend from college! I 8…………………………(NOT SEE) her for quite a
while, and there she 9………………………..(BE), young and beautiful. The only problem I
10……………………..(HAVE) was that she 11…………………….(LEAVE) me for another
boy and, as far as I 12……………………(KNOW), she 13………………………(LIVE) with
the same guy ever since. I 14………………………(THINK) about all these sad events in my
life when she 15…………………. (INVITE) me for a coffee. Reluctantly, I
16………………………(ACCEPT). Later on, she told me how miserable she
17…………………..(BE) since she left me, that the other boy 18……………………….
(CHEAT) on her until she 19…………………………(FIIND OUT).

To put it in a nutshell, as I found out she was single and still in love with me, I instantly
20…………………(START) courting her.

KEY: 1. Was 2.felt 3. Achieved 4. Had had 5. Was 6. Was walking 7. Tapped 8. Hadn’t
seen 9. Was 10. Had 11. Had left 12. Knew 13.had been living 14. Was thinking 15.
Invited 16. Accepted 17. Had been 18. Had been cheating 19. Found out 20. Started