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PAST TENSES (narrative tenses) SLIPI B1 A. Circle the correct form: 1. 1.They didn’t win the match although they were training / had trained every evening 2. Mike had an accident while he cycled / was cycling to work 3. I cleaned / had cleaned the house when I got home. It looked great 4. When we arrived, the match started / had started. We got there just in time and we saw the whole match! 5. The captain didn’t score / hadn’t scored any goals when the referee set him off 6. My son got injured while he played / was playing basketball last Saturday 7. Luckily, we stopped / had stopped skiing when the snow started. We were already back at the hotel 8. England weren’t losing / hadn’t lost any of their games when they played in the quarterfinals 9. The referee suspended the match because it was raining / rained too hard to play. B. Complete with the past simple, past continuous, or past perfect: 1. The accident ________________ (happen) when they ________________ (drive) home. 2. The crowd ________________(cheer) when the referee ________________ (blow) the final whistle. 3. I ________________ (not recognize) her at first because she ________________ (change) so much. 4. The police ________________ (stop) her on the motorway because she ________________ (wear) a seat belt. 5. Some of the players ________________ (not listen) while the coach ________________ (talk) to them. 6. We ________________ (not can) use the ski slope because it ________________ (not snow) enough. 7. They ________________ (not able to) play tennis because they ________________ (not book) a court. 8. The player ________________ (get) a yellow card because he ________________ (take off) his shirt.

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PAST TENSES   (narrative tenses)                                           SLIPI B1 

 

A. Circle the correct form: 

 

1. 1.They didn’t win the match although they were training / had trained every evening 

2. Mike had an accident while he cycled  / was cycling to work 

3. I cleaned / had cleaned the house when I got home. It looked great 

4. When we arrived, the match started / had started. We got there just in time and we 

saw the whole match! 

5. The captain didn’t score / hadn’t scored any goals when the referee set him off 

6. My son got injured while he played / was playing basketball last Saturday 

7. Luckily, we stopped / had stopped skiing when the snow started. We were already 

back at the hotel 

8. England weren’t losing / hadn’t lost any of their games when they played in the 

quarter‐finals 

9. The referee suspended the match because it was raining / rained too hard to play. 

 

B. Complete with the past simple, past continuous, or past perfect: 

 

1. The accident ________________ (happen) when they ________________ (drive) 

home. 

2. The crowd ________________(cheer) when the referee ________________ (blow) the 

final whistle. 

3. I ________________ (not recognize) her at first because she ________________ 

(change) so much. 

4. The police ________________ (stop) her on the motorway because she 

________________ (wear) a seat belt. 

5. Some of the players ________________ (not listen) while the coach 

________________ (talk) to them. 

6. We ________________ (not can) use the ski slope because it ________________  (not 

snow) enough. 

7. They ________________  (not able to) play tennis because they ________________ 

(not book) a court. 

8.  The player ________________ (get) a yellow card because he ________________ 

(take off) his shirt.