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, had left, left, were leaving

Question 2

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

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

Question 3

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

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

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, realized, was realizing, had realized

Question 5

The hotel receptionist told us that the previous guests _____ only an hour before we _____.

Options: had checked out, checked out, were checking out, arrived, had arrived, were arriving

Question 6

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

Options: visited, were visiting, 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: had lost, lost, was losing, 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: informed, was informing, had informed, had closed, closed, was closing

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, was taking, took, had taken

Question 10

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

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

Question 11

As we _____ through the narrow streets of the old town at sunset, we _____ a small traditional restaurant that wasn't in any guidebook.

Options: were wandering, wandered, had wandered, discovered, were discovering, had discovered

Question 12

The cruise ship _____ at five different Mediterranean ports before it _____ the final destination in Venice.

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