Englivio Worksheets
2-Event Structures (Pt. 1)
Narrative Tenses & Interrupted Actions
1. “I ___ breakfast when the phone rang.”
2. “By the time we got to the theater, the movie ___.”
3. “She ___ the book after she had seen the movie.”
4. “While I ___ in the park, I saw a rare bird.”
5. “He failed the test because he ___ his notes.”
6. Which action happened first? “The rain had stopped when we left.”
7. “I ___ my homework before I went out to play.”
8. “The students ___ when the teacher entered the classroom.”
9. “After he ___ his dinner, he washed the dishes.”
10. “When I opened the door, I ___ a surprise.”
11. True or False: ‘When’ is often used to introduce a shorter, interrupting action.
12. True or False: ‘While’ is usually followed by a continuous tense.
13. True or False: Past Perfect describes an action that happened after another past action.
14. True or False: ‘Before’ can be used with both Simple Past and Past Perfect.
15. True or False: “As” can mean the same as “While” for simultaneous actions.
16. True or False: Past Continuous is for actions that were in progress in the past.
17. Choose the correct pair: “I ___ (look) for my keys when I ___ (find) a coin.”
18. “She ___ her homework for two hours before she finally finished.”
19. “The sun ___ brightly when we woke up.”
20. Identify the mistake: “By the time he had arrived, the party ended.”
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