Narrative Tenses

Narrative Tenses

Multiple Choice

It was _____ outside when Sam ____ out of bed and ____ out of the window

• -Raining
  -Get
  -Looking

• -Rained
  -Getting
  -Looked

• -Raining
  -Got
  -Looked

• -Rain
  -Gotten
  -Look

Narrative tenses are verb tenses that are used to talk about the past. You can often find them in stories, textbooks, spoken accounts and in descriptions of past events.

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What Are Narrative Tenses?

The following are examples of narrative tenses:

Past simple: 'We left for the airport on an exceptionally sunny day.'

Past continuous: 'The sun was shining and it was really hot by midday.'

Past perfect: 'It had been sunny on and off for the previous fortnight.'

Past perfect continuous: 'We had been waiting at the airport for what seemed like an eternity.'

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Multiple Choice

1. He picks up his phone and sends a text to his friend James: 'No football today. How about going to the cinema?'

• correct

• incorrect

Multiple Choice

1. While he was _____ for a reply, Sam ____his teeth, ____ a shower and ____ dressed.

• -Waiting
  -Brushing
  -gets

• -Waited
  -Brush
  -gotten

• -Waits
  -Brushes
  -gets

• -Waiting
  -Brushed
  -got

Multiple Choice

1. is the sentence correct?
   After he finished getting ready, he has checked his phone and had saw that James had replied.

• true

• false

Multiple Choice

1. Sam _____ his mind and _____ he wanted to play too, and left the house to ____ James in the park.

• -Changed
  -Decided
  -Joined

• -Change
  -Decide
  -Join

• -Change
  -Decide
  -Joined

• -Changed
  -Decided
  -Join

Multiple Choice

1. is the sentence correct?
   While he was walking to the park, James met two of his other friends and invited them along.

• true

• false

Multiple Choice

1. When they all ______, they saw that James ______ some other kids to play with, and they ____ enough people for a full match.

• -Arrived

  -Had Found
  -Had

• -Arrived

  -Found
  -Had

• -Arrive

  -finds
  -have

• -Arrives

  -Has Found
  -Has

Multiple Choice

1. While they were playing football, it stopped raining anyway and Sam was really happy he hasn't gone to the cinema.

• correct

• incorrect

Multiple Choice

1. After the game, Sam _____ home. On the way, he _____ at a shop to buy something for his lunch.

• -Went
  -stopped

• -Go
  -Stop

• -Goes
  Stops

• -Gone
  -Stopped

Multiple Choice

1. He _____ and left the shop. Sam _____ hungry but he knew that he _____ plenty of food at home.

• -apologize
  -felt
  -has

• -apologized
  -felt
  -had

• -apologized
  -feel
  -have

• -apologize
  -feel
  -has