2021-2022 ACADEMIC YEAR 9

NARRATIVEWORKSHEET
WEEKEND TENSES 1 AHS-SHS
WORKSHEET 1 KEY

A. Narrative tenses : a spooky experience

The sentences make a complete story. Read all before choosing the correct forms.

1  This happened about ten years ago. I _______________ with a college friend, Sarah, in the country.

 was staying
 stayed
 had stayed
 have been staying

2  They ____________ an old country house a few miles from Cambridge

 recently bought
 have recently bought
 had recently bought
 had been buying

3  and she ______________me down to see it.

 had invited
 invited
 had been inviting
 was inviting

4  Anyway, it was a dark, winter afternoon and we _____________ in the sitting room.
 have been chatting
 were chatting
 chatted
 had chatted

5  Sarah's mum _________________ a little while earlier, so we were alone in the house.
 went shopping
 had been shopping
 had gone shopping
 had been going shopping

6  Then, to our surprise we ____________ someone walking around in the room above.
 have heard
 had heard

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  heard
 had been hearing

But Sarah said, 'Oh I expect Mum has forgotten something - she always does.'

8  So we took no notice and ___________________ talking.

 had carried on
 were carrying on
 have been carrying on
 carried on

9  Imagine our surprise when five minutes later we looked out the window and _________Sarah's
mum in her car driving up to the house!
 had seen
 saw
 had been seeing
 seen

10  So who...or what...______________ the noise upstairs?

 had made
 made
 has been walking
 was making

B. Narrative tenses exercise: Incident on a plane

Fill the gaps using “simple past, past continuous and past perfect”

This happened (happen) about five years ago. I was coming (come) back home from Turkey where I had

been (be) on holiday with some friends who had rented (rent) a bungalow in the mountains not for from

Ankara, the capital.

Anyway, we were sitting (sit) in the plane when there was (be) a loud bang from the right hand side of the

plane and I could see a lot of smoke coming from one of the engines. Of course, everyone started (start)

looking around but the plane carried (carry) on flying normally. And then a few minutes later the

pilot came (come) on to the PA and said there was a problem with one of the engines and we’d have to

return to the airport.

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I felt pretty nervous, I can tell you, but I tried (try) to concentrate on my book, and about ten minutes later

we landed (land) without any problems. We had (have) to wait for about an hour and then we got back on

the plane. Actually, it was a different plane and I was pretty relieved that it was.