EF U3B Narrative tenses

Question 1

I was delighted when I found my passport. I ___ for it for hours.

Accepted Answer

had been looking

Question 2

We use the ___ to talk about finished consecutive actions or situations in the past, for the main events in a story.

Accepted Answer

past simple (did)

Question 3

We use the __ to describe longer actions that started before another action and continued up to that point.

Accepted Answer

past perfect continuous

Question 4

Tim couldn&#x27;t close his case because he ___ too many clothes in it.

Accepted Answer

had put

Question 5

We use the ___ to describe a longer past action or situation which was in progress when another action happened.

Accepted Answer

past continuous

Question 6

My parents ___ before, so they were very nervous when we arrived at Heathrow Airport.

Accepted Answer

had never flown

Question 7

We use the ___ to talk about the "earlier past", things which happened before another action in the past and finished.

Accepted Answer

past perfect

Question 8

We ___ dinner when the plane hit some turbulence and I had the salad all over myself.

Accepted Answer

were having

Question 9

We arrived at the airport and ___

Accepted Answer

checked in

Question 10

While she ___ for Graham, she got a text from him.

Accepted Answer

was looking

Question 11

I took a taxi to my hotel after I ___ my luggage.

Accepted Answer

had picked up

Question 12

I ___ in departures for 20 minutes when I realized that my flight was boarding at a different gate.

Accepted Answer

had been sitting

Question 13

Johnny couldn&#x27;t fly to Rome because his parents ___ to get a passport for him.

Accepted Answer

had forgotten

Question 14

Lisa was crying while she ___ a very sad book.

Accepted Answer

was reading

Question 15

By the time the train arrived, Susan ___ to get to the front and was the first to get on.

Accepted Answer

had managed

Question 16

At ten o&#x27;clock most people on the plane ___ to sleep.

Accepted Answer

were trying

Questions 16