Narrative tenses: All past tenses

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Exercise 1

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Exercise 1

Choose the correct narrative tense to complete the sentences below.

1
I told John not to drive because he ____ all night.
2
Why did you change the channel? I _____ that movie.
3
When I ____ out of the shower, the lights ____.
4
When I saw Clara, I realised that she _____ much in all those years.
5
When he entered the room, somebody ____ him in the head.
6
He admitted that he _____ all the money from the box.
7
The burglar ____ to open the safe when he ____ the owner come in.
8
I knew he ____ because his eyes were red.
9
The plane in which the football team ____ crashed and none of them survived.
10
We ____ for about 20 minutes when the plane was hit by turbulence.