Narrative Verbs

Narrative Verbs (review)

Student's Book - p. 22

Past Continuous

We use past continuous to:

1. talk about longer actions in the past interrupted by shorter actions.

2. to set the scene.

Multiple Choice

Complete the sentence.

1. London ____________. (sleep)

• was sleeping

• were sleeping

Multiple Choice

Complete the sentence.

2. Thomas and his workers __________ bread [...] when, suddenly, a fire broke out.

• was making

• were making

Simple Past

We use the simple past to talk about finished actions in the past.

Fill in the Blanks

Complete the sentence.

1. His soldiers

a large warehouse.

(regular verb: demolish)

Multiple Choice

Complete the sentence.

2. I _______ a very good movie yesterday.

(irregular verb: see)

• seed

• saw

Past Perfect

We use past perfect to talk about actions before a certain time in the past.

Ex: I had already cleaned the house when my mother arrived.

Fill in the Blanks

Complete the sentence.

1. You

your clothes before the end of the party.

(regular verb: change)

Multiple Choice

Complete the sentence.

2. It _______ for months.

(negative form: rain)

• hadn't rained

• had rain

LET'S GO TO THE BOOK!

Student's Book - p. 22

QUESTION 1

Match the sentences from the article on the page with the tenses. One tense is used twice.

Multiple Choice

1. London was sleeping.

• simple past

• past continuous

• past perfect

Multiple Choice

2. Thomas Farriner and his workers were busily making bread [...] when, suddenly, a fire broke out.

• simple past

• past continuous

• past perfect

Multiple Choice

3. It hadn't rained for months.

• simple past

• past continuous

• past perfect

Multiple Choice

4. His soldiers demolished a large warehouse.

• simple past

• past continuous

• past perfect

ANSWERS - QUESTION 1

1 - C

2 - C

3 - A

4 - B

QUESTION 2

Complete the sentence with the simple past or past continuous form of the verbs.

Multiple Choice

1. When they _______ how serious it was, they ______ their possessions and _______ away. (see/take/run)

• saw/took/ran

• was seeing/was taking/ was running.

Multiple Choice

2. A man __________ for his family when he ________ a baby in the street. (look/find)

• was looking/found

• looked/was finding

Multiple Choice

3. While they ________ how to stop the fire, it __________ clear that little could be done. (think about/become)

• thought about / was becoming

• were thinking about / became

Multiple Choice

4. While the bakery workers _________ bread, a small fire _________. (make/start)

• made/were starting

• were making/started

ANSWERS - QUESTION 2

1 - saw/took/ran

2 - was looking/found

3 - were thinking about/became

4 - were making/started

QUESTION 3

Complete the conversation with the correct form of the verbs. Use the tenses from Exercise 1.

ANSWERS - QUESTION 3

• 1 - was walking

• 2 - saw

• 3 - Was / burning

• 4 - ran

• 5 - opened

• 6 - was sitting

• 7 - had been doing

ANSWERS - QUESTION 3

• 8 - had gone

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VOCABULARY

Descriptive verbs

Student's Book - p. 22

QUESTION 1

Certain verbs make narratives sound more dramatic. Find these words in a dictionary.

SMASH

meaning: to cause something to break noisily into a lot of small pieces.

simple past: smashed

past participle: smashed

RAGE

meaning: to happen in a strong or violent way.

simple past: raged

past participle: raged

DIVE

meaning: to jump into the water, especially with your head and arms going first, or to move under water.

simple past: dived

past participle: dived

FLEE

meaning: to escape by running away, especially because of danger or fear.

simple past: fled

past participle: fled

STRIKE

meaning: to hit or attack someone or something forcefully or violently.

simple past: struck

past participle: struck

DEMOLISH

meaning: to completely destroy something.

simple past: demolished

past participle: demolished

GRAB

meaning: to take hold of something or someone suddenly and roughly.

simple past: grabbed

past participle: grabbed

SCREAM

meaning: to cry or say something loudly and usually in a high pitch, especially because of strong emotions.

simple past: screamed

past participle: screamed

QUESTION 2

Replace the underlined words with words from exercise 1. Change the form if necessary.

Multiple Choice

1. The thief stole a motorcycle and escaped.

• fled

• grabbed

Multiple Choice

2. The fires had burned for days, and no one knew how to stop them.

• raging

• dived

Multiple Choice

3. When I got there, I heard somebody shouting for help.

• screaming

• striking

Multiple Choice

4. They tore down the houses to make space for new stores.

• grabbed

• demolished

Multiple Choice

5. The man quickly took my wallet from me and ran away.

• fled

• grabbed

Multiple Choice

6. The car lost control and hit another vehicle.

• struck

• fled

Multiple Choice

7. He took off his coat and jumped into the water.

• raged

• dived

ANSWERS - QUESTION 2

1 - fled

2 - raging

3 - screaming

4 - demolished

5 - grabbed

6 - struck

7 - dived