Unit 6: Narrative tenses, used to, would

Complete gap 1. Story 1 When I was a child I 1 ____ very early on my birthday and look through the window. (A) was getting up (B) had got up (C) would get up I did the same the day I 2 ____ ten years old, (A) had turned (B) turned (C) used to turn I 3 ____ and 4 ____ through the window. 3: (A) got up (B) was getting up (C) would get up 4: (A) looked (B) would look (C) was looking Everything was very wet; it 5 ____ all night. (A) rained (B) had been raining (C) was raining Story 2 Last week I 6 ____ a car accident. (A) had had (B) was having (C) had I 7 ____ attention to the road (A) hadn't paid (B) didn't pay (C) wasn't paying and 8 ____ that a traffic light at a T-junction 9 ____ red 8: (A) hadn't been seeing (B) didn't see (C) wasn't seeing 9: (A) had just turned (B) had just been turning (C) was just turning when suddenly I 10 ____ into another car. (A) was crashing (B) had crashed (C) crashed Story 3 When I was a kid, we 11 ____ in a big house near Denver, (A) used to live (B) had lived (C) would live and we 12 ____ a nice fireplace. (A) were having (B) used to have (C) would have Story 4 After his arrest, the bank robber said that he 13 ____ the bank (A) was robbing (B) had robbed (C) used to rob because he 14 ____ through financial difficulties at the time; (A) went (B) had gone (C) was going he also said that the gun he 15 ____ to commit the robbery 16 ____ from one of his neighbours a few days before. 15: (A) had used (B) had been using (C) used 16: (A) had stolen (B) had been stolen (C) was being stolen Story 5 Last night I 17 ____ home (A) would walk (B) walked (C) was walking when I 18 ____ a friend (A) would see (B) was seeing (C) saw who I 19 ____ in a long time. (A) didn't see (B) hadn't seen (C) hadn't been seeing I 20 ____ him effusively before realising it wasn't my friend. (A) hugged (B) would hug (C) was hugging