narrative tenses

Why did you change the channel? I ____________ that movie before!

• didn't watch

• wasn't watching

• hadn't watched

When I ____________ out of the shower the lights ____________.

• got / were getting off

• had got / were getting off

• was getting / went off

When he entered the room, somebody ____________ him in the head.

• hit

• was hitting

• had hit

When I saw Clara, I realized that she ____________ much in all those years.

• didn't change

• wasn't changing

• hadn't changed

The burglar ___________ to open the safe when the owner _____________ in.

• was trying / came

• tried / came

• tried / was coming

He admitted that he ____________ all the money from the box.

• took

• was taking

• had taken

Phill and his wife ____________ when they were working in London.

• met

• were meeting

• had met

She ____________ as a waiter when she _____________ in Germany.

• was working / lived

• worked / was living

• was working / was living

We wanted to go to Peru because we _____________ there before.

• weren't going

• hadn't been

• didn't go

Their car broke down while they _____________ home.

• were driving

• was driving

• had driven