Narrative Tenses - A Travel Experience

Question 1

When we _____ at the airport terminal, we realized that we _____ our passports at the hotel.

Options: arrived, were arriving, had arrived, left, had left, were leaving

Question 2

The tour guide _____ us around the ancient ruins while the sun _____ behind the mountains.

Options: showed, had shown, was showing, was setting, set, had set

Question 3

By the time our flight _____, we _____ in the departure lounge for over three hours.

Options: was departing, departed, had departed, were waiting, waited, had been waiting

Question 4

I _____ my travel blog when I suddenly _____ that I had uploaded the wrong photos from our trip to Rome.

Options: was updating, updated, had updated, was realizing, realized, had realized

Question 5

By the time we _____ at the hotel, the previous guests _____ only an hour earlier.

Options: had arrived, was arriving, arrived, had checked out, were checking out, would check out

Question 6

During our stay in Barcelona, we _____ the famous Sagrada Familia three times.

Options: were visiting, visited, had visited

Question 7

After the airline _____ our luggage for two days, they finally _____ it to our hotel on the third morning of our vacation.

Options: would lose, was losing, had lost, delivered, were delivering, had delivered

Question 8

The taxi driver _____ us that the road to the mountain village _____ due to heavy snowfall the night before.

Options: was informing, informed, had informed, closed, was closing, had closed

Question 9

While my family _____ souvenirs in the local market, I _____ photos of the colorful street vendors and their stalls.

Options: was buying, bought, had bought, took, was taking, had taken

Question 10

I _____ to visit Japan for years before I finally _____ the opportunity to go there last spring.

Options: was wanting, wanted, had been wanting, got, was getting, had got

Question 11

While I _____ the departure board at a crowded station, a stranger suddenly _____ the wallet I had dropped.

Options: checked, was checking, had checked, was returning, had returned, returned

Question 12

By the time the cruise ship _____ Venice, it _____ at five different Mediterranean ports.

Options: reached, had reached, was reaching, stopped, had stopped, was stopping