Flash Test 3 - Narrative tenses 8 Choose the correct words. A man 'sat/was sitting in the kitchen while his wife had cooked/was cooking dinner. Suddenly, the wife 'shouted/was shouting, 'Oh no! My ring! I've lost my ring.' It was falling/had fallen off while she was chopping/had chopped the vegetables. They didn't have/weren't having a light in the kitchen and it was/had been dark. They looked/were looking everywhere but couldn't find the ring. "Had it fallen/Was it falling on the floor? No. "Had she thrown/Was she throwing it in the bin? No.