Narrative Tenses

Multiple Choice

Which sentences uses the past simple?

• My dog wagged his tail when he was alive.

• My dog has wagged his tail many times.

• My dog was wagging his tail when...

• My dog had been wagging his tail when...

Multiple Choice

Which sentence uses the present perfect?

• I have travelled the world.

• I travelled the world.

• I had been travelling the world when...

• I had travelled the world by the time I ....

Multiple Choice

Which sentence means that you are sill working?

• It has been the most important job in my life.

• It was the most important job in my life.

Open Ended

What is the main difference between simple past and present perfect?

Multiple Choice

The past simple refers to a definite past, and present perfect refers to an indefinite past (We don't know specifically WHEN in the past).

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

Which tense specifies the activities' time and duration?

• Past continuous

• past simple

Multiple Choice

Choose the option that describes an interrupted action in the past.

I was showering when my cat escaped.

• I was showering

• when my cat escaped.

Multiple Choice

The past perfect is to take "two steps backwards in time".

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

Which tense is used to tell a story in chronological order?

• Past simple

• Past perfect

Multiple Choice

How can I tell a story without following a specific order?

• by using the past perfect

• by using the simple past

Multiple Choice

Choose the example that tells a story in chronological order:

• I yelled at my classmate, and then they got up and ran to the principal's office. The principal then reported me and I was suspended for two whole days!

• I was at the principals office because I had yelled at my classmate a few minutes before. We had had an argument. It turns out I was the one that got suspended.

Multiple Choice

James and his wife Lily _______ when they were teaching in London.

• met

• had met

• were meeting

• have met

Multiple Choice

Their car broke down as they ________ home.

• were driving

• drove

• had driven

• have driven

Multiple Choice

We wanted to go to Paris because we ________ before.

• hadn't been there

• have not gone there

• didn't go

Multiple Choice

Hello, Luna. I thought you ______ at the London office this week.

• were working

• had worked

• worked

Multiple Choice

When she arrived her eyes were very red. I think she ___________.

• had been crying

• was crying

• cried

Multiple Choice

By the time we arrived at the party, most people ________!

• had already left

• already left

• were arriving

• arrived

Multiple Choice

I was working on my computer when it suddenly ______!

• stopped working

• had stopped working

• have stopped working!

Multiple Choice

When I lived in Savannah I _______ multiple ghosts.

• saw

• had seen

• have seen

• was seeing

Multiple Choice

I ______ many scary apparitions in my lifetime.

• have seen

• had seen

• saw

• was seeing

Multiple Choice

I _________ peacefully when I was suddenly pushed off the bed by a mysterious force!

• was sleeping

• slept

• had slept

Multiple Choice

Read the text and decide

which color text shows: past perfect to show an event that happened before the past / a series of events in "disorder"

• green text

• yellow text

• red text

• blue text

• pink text

Multiple Choice

Read the text and decide

which color text shows: the past simple tense for a finished action in the past

• green text

• yellow text

• red text

• blue text

• pink text

Multiple Choice

Read the text and decide

which color text shows: the past continuous used to set the setting and scene of a story?

• green text

• yellow text

• red text

• blue text

• pink text

Multiple Choice

Read the text and decide

which color text shows: the past simple to show a series of chronological events

• green text

• yellow text

• red text

• blue text

• pink text

Multiple Choice

Read the text and decide

which color text shows: an interrupted action (past continuous) and its interrupter (past simple)

• green text

• yellow text

• red text

• blue text

• pink text