B1IntermediateTopic: Tenses
Telling a story: which past tense?
The past simple for events, the past continuous for the background and the past perfect for what happened earlier.
13 questionsby Grove EnglishAdded 16 Oct 2026
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Which tense fits the story?
Choose the correct words.
When I looked out of the window, it hard, so I took my umbrella.
When we got to the station, our train , so we waited for the next one.
I a shower when the doorbell rang, so I didn't hear it at first.
She opened the envelope, the letter and started to cry.
He was nervous because he on a plane before.
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