Compléter Princess Kinga (narrative tenses)Version en ligne From: Tilbury, A., & Hendra, L. A. (2010). English Unlimited Upper Intermediate Coursebook with e-Portfolio. Cambridge University Press. par Ekaterina Orekhova 1 had been giving gave had been preparing was leaving was preparing had been leaving was giving had been leaving left prepared In the south of Poland , in a town called Wieliczka , there's a famous salt mine . According to a traditional story , mining started in Wieliczka because of a Hungarian princess called Kinga . Kinga ( prepare ) to marry Boleslaw , the Duke of Krakow , so she asked her father , King Bela , for a present which she could give to her husband . Salt was very valuable at the time , so Bela ( give ) her one of his salt mines in Hungary . As she ( leave ) for Poland , Kinga took a gold ring from her finger and threw it into the deepest part of the mine . ( 1 / 2 ) 2 had been shining was shining had been reaching was recognizing had recognized lived had been living were reaching shone had been recognizing was recognizing reached recognized had been travelling were travelling travelled was living After Kinga ( live ) in Krakow for some months , she suggested to Boleslaw that they should find a place to establish a salt mine . They started their search the next day . They ( travel ) for only a few hours when they ( reach ) the village of Wieliczka , and Kinga felt sure that this was the right place . The Duke's servants started digging . Almost at once they hit a hard stone and , on lifting it from the earth , saw that it was a block of pure salt and that inside the block , something ( shine ) . Kinga looked into the block and ( recognise ) the ring which she had thrown into the mine in Hungary , hundreds of miles away . Nowadays the mine at Wielicska is like a huge underground city , with more than 2000 rooms and 300 kilometres of passages . Not much actual mining happens there , but it's a huge tourist attraction . ( 2 / 2 )