Narrative Tenses3

NARRATIVE TENSES
Last night I _________________ (walk) home next to the river Thames, when something strange
_________________ (happen) to me. It was late at night and I _________________ (have) a long and difficult day at
work. There was a large full moon in the sky and everything was quiet. I was tired and lonely and I
_________________ (just have) a few pints of beer in my local pub, so I decided to stop by the riverside and look at
the moon for a while.
I _________________ (sit) on some steps very close to the water’s edge and looked up at the big yellow
moon and wondered if it really was made of cheese. I felt very tired so I _________________ (close) my eyes and
after a few minutes, I _________________ (fall) asleep. When I woke up, the moon _________________ (move)
behind a cloud and it was very dark and cold. The wind _________________ (blow) and an owl _________________
(hoot) in a tree above me. I rubbed my eyes and started to get up, when suddenly I _________________ (hear) a
splash. I _________________ (look) down at the water and saw something. Something terrible and frightening, and
unlike anything I’d ever seen before. Something _________________ (come) out of the water and
_________________ (move) towards me. Something green and strange and ugly. It was a long green arm and it
_________________ (stretch) out from the water to grab my leg. I was so scared that I couldn’t move. I
_________________ (never be) so scared in my whole life. The cold green hand _________________ (move) closer
and closer when suddenly there was a blue flash and a strange noise from behind me. Someone
_________________ (jump) onto the stairs next to me. He _________________ (wear) strange clothes and he had a
crazy look in his eyes. He shouted “Get Back!” and _________________ (point) something at the monster in the
water. There was a bright flash and the monster hissed and disappeared.
I looked up at the man. He looked strange, but kind. “Don’t fall asleep by the river when there’s a full moon”,
he said “The Moon Goblins will get you.” I _________________ (never hear) of moon goblins before. I didn’t know
what to do. “Who… who are you?” I asked him. “You can call me… The Doctor.” He said. I _________________ (try)
to think of something else to say when he turned around and said, “Watch the stars at night, and be careful of the
full moon”. I was trying to understand what he meant, when there was another blue flash and I closed my eyes.
When I opened them again, he _________________ (go).
I couldn’t believe what _________________(happen). What on earth were Moon Goblins, and who was the
mysterious Doctor? And why had he saved me? I was determined to find the answers to these strange questions. I
stood up, looked at the moon and quickly walked home.
JOY RIDE
This ________________ (happen) about five years ago. I ________________ (come) back home from Turkey
where I ________________ (be) on holiday with some friends who ________________ (rent) a bungalow in the
mountains not for from Ankara, the capital.
Anyway, we ________________ (sit) on the plane and ________________ (just / take) off when there
________________ (be) a loud bang from the right hand side of the plane and I could see a lot of smoke coming
from one of the engines. Of course, everyone ________________ (start) looking around but the plane
________________ (carry on) flying normally. And then a few minutes later the pilot ________________ (come) on
to the PA and said there was a problem with one of the engines and we’d have to return to the airport.
I felt pretty nervous, I can tell you, but I ________________ (try) to concentrate on my book and about ten
minutes later we ________________ (land) without any problems. We ________________ (have to) wait for about
an hour, and then we got back on the plane. Actually it was a different plane, and I was pretty relieved that it was.
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REHAB
Many years ago I _____________ (to decide) to spend New Year’s Eve with my family. I _____________ (to
spend) new year with my parents but I had nowhere to go, and being with my family seemed preferable to being on
my own.
When my parents _____________ (to open) the door I could see they _____________ (to smile), and that
they were genuinely happy to see me. I _____________ (to be) addicted to heroin for 10 years, and for them, seeing
me was the confirmation that I wasn’t dead in an alley. Unfortunately, I _____________ (to have) nothing new or
exciting to tell them, just the same sad old stories. I _____________ (to go) from crappy job to crappy job, being
invariably sacked, and I _____________ (to resort) to crime whenever I was out of money. Same old, same old.
During dinner, I _____________ (to drink) several glassfuls of whisky and I had to go to the bathroom once
to do some heroin. I _____________ (to need) something to make me feel better, because for the whole evening my
sisters _____________ (to look) at me with such contempt that it was unbearable. My own sisters _____________
(to hate) me. Then I had a moment of realisation; I _____________ (to discover) that they would never hate me as
much as I hated myself.
When we finished dinner I _____________ (to raise) my glass. “I’m going into rehab,” I said. My parents
_____________ (to look) at me with some kind of hope. Parents never lose hope. But my sisters just _____________
(to look) down with disdain. They _____________ (to know) perfectly well, that I had been in rehab centres many
times before, and that this time wouldn’t be different.
It was different. After that day, I _____________ (to remember) that look in my sisters’ eyes every day, every
time I _____________ (to want) to shoot some heroin. 10 years later, on a New Year’s Eve, I thanked my sisters
because they _____________ (to shave) my life. They kissed me with their new look in their eyes, the look of love.
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