NARRATIVE TENSES PAST SIMPLE, PAST CONTINUOUS, PAST PERFECT

TIMPURI VERBALE ÎN TRECUT

1. When I…………………………….up yesterday, I noticed that the

sun……………………(WAKE, SHINE)
2. We ……………………………..on the highway when we saw a man who
……………………….five years before. (DRIVE, MEET)
3. I …………………………….a shower when I remembered that
I………………………….the baby at the store. (HAVE, FORGET)
4. I…………………………………a motorbike because mine……………………the day
before. (BORROW, BREAK DOWN)
5. I……………………………..in Milan when I…………………………my wife.
(LIVE, MEET)
6. We …………………………….on the Pacific Ocean when we were notified that our
house……………………… (CRUISE, BURGLE)
7. I ………………………..to get on the bus as my car……………………………two
days before. (TRY,BREAK DOWN)
8. We………………………………learn from mistakes
we………………………..before. (HAVE TO, MAKE)
9. They…………………………..some fish when we…………………………………
(FRY, ARRIVE)
10. I ………………………………….while Penny …………………………………..her
hair. (SHAVE, WASH)

KEY: 1. Woke, was shining 2. Were driving, had met 3. Was having, had forgotten 4.
Borrowed, had broken down 5. Was living, met 6. Were cruising, had been burgled 7. Was
trying, had broken 8. Had to, had made 9. Were frying, arrived 10. Was shaving, was
washing