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2021-2022 ACADEMIC YEAR 9

NARRATIVE
WEEKEND TENSES
WORKSHEET 1 AHS-SHS
WORKSHEET 2

A. Complete the story with the correct form of the verbs in brackets:

One afternoon, Socrates 1_______________ (stand) outside the gates of Athens when he
2________________ (notice) a traveller who 3________________ (stare) at him for a long
time. Socrates 4________________ (ask) the man why he 5________________ (come) to
Athens. ‘I am thinking of moving to Athens,’ he said.

‘What is it like to live here?’ Socrates 6_______________ (look) at him. ‘First, would you
tell me what it was like in your home city?’ The man replied, ‘Oh, it was awful. Everyone
stabs you in the back and wants to make money from you.’ Frowning, Socrates
7_______________ (tell) him, ‘Well, you will find the same thing here. I suggest you go
somewhere else.’

Socrates 8 ________________ (stand) there a few hours more when another man
9________________ (approach) him. This man too 10________________ (just arrive) in
Athens and he 11_______________ (consider) moving to the city. He too asked Socrates,
‘Can you tell me what it is like to live here?’ Socrates asked, ‘First, would you tell me what
it was like in your previous home city?’ ‘Where I come from the people all work together
and help each other’, said the man. ‘Kindness is everywhere and you are never treated
with anything but complete respect.’ Well,’ 12_______________ (reply) Socrates, ‘you will
find the same thing here. Welcome to Athens.

B. Narrative tenses exercise - James Bond

Fill the gaps by using “simple past, past continuous, past perfect”

James Bond ……………………… (need) a drink. The fight in the carpark with the

dwarf ……………………… (make) him thirsty. He walked quickly along 46th Street in

search of an air-conditioned bar where he could get out of the heat and think.

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He ……………………… (walk) for only a few minutes, when it

suddenly ……………………… (occur) to him that he was being followed. There was no

evidence for it except for a slight itchy feeling on the top of his head. But he had faith in his

sixth sense. It ……………………… (never / fail) him. He ……………………… (stop) in front

of the shop window he ……………………… (pass) and ……………………… (look) casually

back along the street. He ……………………… (examine) the Swiss watches in the window

and then ……………………… (turn) and walked on.

After a few yards he turned into a shop doorway where a man ……………………… (look) at

Japanese cameras. As he did so, something grabbed his right arm and a voice snarled, 'All

right, Limey*. Take it easy unless you want lead for lunch.', He ……………………… (feel)

something press into his back just above his kidneys. Bond ……………………… (try) to

swing his arm to hit whoever it was that ……………………… (hold) him, but a strong

hand ……………………… (catch) his fist. An amused voice ………………………, (say) "No

good, James. The angels have got you."

He turned his head to find himself looking into the grinning hawk-like*** face of Felix Leiter.

A face he ……………………… (last / see) covered in bandages in a hospital bed in Cairo

nine months earlier. The face of the American secret agent with whom

he ……………………… (share) so many adventures.

* American slang for British people

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