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Narrative tenses worksheet - Exercises 1 

Put the verb in brackets into the correct form in the gap AFTER the verb. Where no verb is given, put the following linking words into the gaps:

While / finally / and / although / however / as soon as / then / before / when

One evening Paul (watch) ____________ the television ____________ (eat)____________ his supper ____________ the door suddenly (open) ____________ and a burglar (come) ____________ in. He (wear) ____________ a mask and (carry) ____________ a sack. ____________ doing anything else he (tie) ____________ Paul to the chair. ____________ he went upstairs to look for money. ____________ he (not find) ____________ any money he (find) ____________ a lot of jewellery, which he (put) ____________ into his sack. In his rush to get downstairs he (not see) ____________ the dog (lie) ____________ at the bottom of the stairs, and he (fall) ____________ over it, losing his glasses. ____________ the burglar (look for) ____________ them, Paul (try) ____________ to free himself. ____________ Paul (manage) ____________ to escape and he (phone) ____________ the police. ____________ the burglar (find) ____________ his glasses he (run) ____________ out of the house. ____________ unfortunately for him, the police (wait) ____________ for him at the end of the garden. 

Put the verb in brackets into the correct form. Where possible, use 'used to' and 'would'.

Charles Dickens ____________ (born) in 1812 in Portsmouth. The family ____________ (move) to London in 1823. When he was twelve he ____________ (work) in a blacking factory. He worked by a window facing the street and passersby ____________ (pause) and watch him at work. Every day he ____________ (trudge) through the London streets from Camden Town to Southwark. His family ____________ (be) very poor. His mother ____________ (hope) to open a small school. While she ____________ (try) to do this, her husband ____________ (send) to prison for being £40 in debt. When Charles ____________ (be) twenty-four, his first work, sketches by Boz, ____________ (publish). This ____________ (follow) by Pickwick Papers with which he ____________ (achieve) financial security and popularity. For the rest of his life, work simply ____________ (pour) from his pen. He ____________ (die) of a stroke in 1870.

Narrative Verb Tense Exercise: Past Tenses Gap-fill exercise 9:41 Fill in all the gaps, then press "Check" to check your answers. Use the "Hint" button to get a free letter if an answer is giving you trouble. You can also click on the "[?]" button to get a clue. Note that you will lose points if you ask for hints or clues! didn't realise discovered had been playing had broken heard hurt jumped killed looked phoned ran saw tried was happening was playing watching went were driving were escaping Exercise 1. While I I

(play) football I

(see) a doctor I

Exercise 2. The police to tell them what robbers guards who guard

(hurt) my leg. However, until

( not realise) that I

(break) it.

(go) to the bank after a neighbour (happen). They soon

(discover) that the

(escape) in a stolen car. The men (try) to stop them as they

(kill) one of the (drive) away. The

(jump) out in front of them but they just

Exercise 3. Suddenly they

(run) over him.

(hear) a strange noise and

each other in terror. All evening they (watch) television without thinking of the ghost.

(phone)

(play) cards and

(look) at