base.com Narrative tenses | Locked out (story) Locked out! Verb tenses gap fill 1), (have) a terrible day last Friday. It (2) (be) around 9 in the morning and | (3), (be) alone as all of my family (4 go) to work. 1(5)_ (have) breakfast but | (6) (not / get) dressed yet. 17) (go) into the kitchen and (8) (see) that the rubbish bin needed emptying. So | (9) (pick up) the bin liner and went to take it outside. | (10), (open) the front door and (11), (go) along the corridor to the place where you leave your rubbish. As (12). (put) the bag down | (13), (feel) a draught of air and (14) (hear) a bang, When | (15) (get) back to my flat, | (16) (find) that the door was closed. The wind (7) (blow) it shut. 1 (18) (put) my hand in the pocket of my pyjamas, but I(19) (leave) my keys inside. I tried ringing my neighbour's door bell, but they (20), (go) to work. So 1 (21) (go) down to the security man to call my husband. But then | remembered he (22) (go) on a business trip and wouldn't be back until evening. So | had to wait all day in the corridor outside my flat!