Narrative tenses

About 100 people ..... outside the theatre for tickets when we got there.

• were queuing

• queued

• have queued

• queue

This time last week i ..... to Athens.

• have driven

• have drove

• was driving

• have been driving

By the time the teacher arrived, the classroom was empty; the students ..... .

• left

• had left

• were leaving

• have left

The witness claimed he ..... the accused before.

• did not see

• hasn't seen

• wasn't seeng

• hadn't seen

I ..... a shower when the telephone rang.

• had

• was having

• have had

• have

The roads were wet because it ..... all night.

• was raining

• had been raining

• rained

• used to rain

When I was a child I ..... broccoli.

• was hated

• was hating

• used to hate

• had hated

When we got back from our holiday we discovered that someone ..... into our house.

• used to break

• didn't break

• broke

• had broken

When she opened the windoe she was happy to see it ..... lightly.

• was snowing

• snowed

• snewed

• had snewed

After the beginning of the 20th century people ..... as much as they wanted as cars were quite expensive.

• didn't drove

• didn't used to drive

• didn't use to drive

• weren't driving