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2021-2022 ACADEMIC YEAR: 9 Ahs-Shs
2021-2022 ACADEMIC YEAR: 9 Ahs-Shs
2021-2022 ACADEMIC YEAR: 9 Ahs-Shs
NARRATIVEWORKSHEET
WEEKEND TENSES 1 AHS-SHS
WORKSHEET 1
1 This happened about ten years ago. I _______________ with a college friend, Sarah, in the country.
was staying
stayed
had stayed
have been staying
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
1
heard
had been hearing
7 But Sarah said, 'Oh I expect Mum has forgotten something - she always does.'
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
This ……………………… (happen) about five years ago. I ……………………… (come) back home from
Turkey where I ……………………… (be) on holiday with some friends who ……………………… (rent) a
Anyway, we ……………………… (sit) in the plane when there ……………………… (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,
normally. And then a few minutes later the pilot ……………………… (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 ……………………… (try) to concentrate on my book, and about ten
for about an hour and then we got back on the plane. Actually, it was a different plane and I was pretty