Narrative tenses

When I __________ to get my car started, a passing car __________ and the driver __________ to help me.
1. WAS TRYING / STOPPED / OFFERED
2. TRIED / HAD STOPPED / OFFERED
3. TRIED / WAS STOPPING / HAD OFFERED
The police __________ no attention to Mary’s complaint because she __________ them so many times before.
1. PAID / HAD PHONED
2. HAD PAID / PHONED
3. WAS PAYING / HAD PHONED
George __________ his glasses at the time, so he __________ what kind of car the man __________.
1. WASN’T WEARING / DIDN’T NOTICE / WAS DRIVING
2. DIN’T WEAR / HADN’T NOTICED / DROVE
3. HADN’T WORN / DIDN’T NOTICE / DROVE
Laura __________ down on the grass for a while, next to some tourists who __________ the ducks.
1. LAY / WERE FEEDING
2. HAD LIED / FED
3. LAY / FED
4. WAS LYING / FED
Paul __________ that he __________ the other car, but said that he __________ it.
1. ADMITTED / HAD HIT / HADN’T DAMAGE
2. HAD ADMITTED / HIT / DIDN’T DAMAGE
Sorry, I __________ to you. I __________ about something else.
1. WASN’T LISTENING / WAS THINKING
2. WASN’T LISTENING / THOUGHT
3. DIDN’T LISTEN / HAD THOUGHT
Mary __________ very tired, and when she __________ her work, she __________ asleep.
1. FELT / FINISHED / FELL
2. WAS FEELING / HAD FINISHED / FELL
3. WAS FEELING / WAS FINISHING / HAD FALLEN
4. FELT / WAS FINISHING / HAD FALLEN
The police __________ to Laura’s house as fast as they could, but he burglars __________.
1. GOT / HAD DISAPPEARED
2. HAD GOT / DISAPPEARED
I __________ you last night but you __________. What __________?
1. PHONED / DIDN’T ANSWER / WERE YOU DOING?
2. HAD PHONED / HADN’T ANSWERED / WERE YOU DOING?
We __________ out yesterday because it __________.
1. DIDN’T GO / WAS RAINING
2. HADN’T GONE / RAINED
3. DIDN’T GO / RAINED

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