Narrative Tenses: Story Sequencing (Three Tenses) (C1)

When the lights suddenly went out across the whole street, I ___ a long bath after work.

Just as I was opening the wrapping on the present, the kids ___ into the kitchen to film my reaction.

By the time the project manager finally arrived for the kickoff, the engineering team ___ the new specs into the slides.

While the head chef ___ the bisque, the apprentice was plating up the starters at the next station.

While we were stuck in stationary traffic on the bypass, the rain suddenly ___ to fall in heavy sheets.

The cottage roof was leaking badly when we got there, because it ___ heavily all the previous night.

It ___ heavily that grey October morning when the bicycle courier finally arrived with the missing parcel.

While she was running through her lines for the second time, the director ___ in completely unexpectedly.

When I phoned him on the Wednesday afternoon, he ___ the revised contract already.

Blackbirds ___ noisily in the orchard when the head gardener finally arrived at six.

He couldn't get back into the house because he ___ his key in the lock on the inside of the front door.

While the children were happily playing in the back garden, their grandmother ___ their lunch in the kitchen.

He was completely drenched by the time he reached the office, because he ___ his umbrella on the bus.

While we were waiting on platform five for the Birmingham train, the announcer ___ a sudden cancellation.

When the surgeon scrubbed in at eight a.m. sharp, the anaesthetist ___ all his pre-op preparations.