Narrative Tenses

Which sentence is correct?

• This story was happened twenty years ago.

• This story had happened twenty years.

• This story was happening before twenty years.

• This story happened twenty years ago.

I was reading a book when when my mobile...

• was ringing.

• rang

• was rung

• had rung

Which sentence is correct?

• I was just have a new mobile phone.

• I'd just got a new mobile phone.

• I did just get a new mobile phone.

• I just get a new mobile phone.

My friend told me that his teenage children...

• wanted to go to a party.

• were wanting to go to a party.

• had wanted to go to a party.

• want to go to a party.

Which sentence is correct?

• I was driving my car, listening to music and singing.

• I did drive my car, listening to music and singing.

• I drove my car, listened to music and sang.

• I had driven my car, listening to music and singing.

When we got to the cinema, the film...

• was already start.

• already started.

• had already started.

• did already start.

Choose the correct way to complete the sentence.

I lost control of the car...

• when I changed the cassette.

• as I was changing the cassette.

• because I had changed the cassette.

• because the cassette was changed.

Choose the correct sentence.

She wanted to change the cassette because...

• she hadn't liked my singing.

• she wasn't liking my singing.

• she didn't like my singing.

• she doesn't like my singing.