Past Narrative Tenses

Choose the appropriate option to complete the sentence:

• I ________ the house when my brother arrived.

• am cleaning

• cleans

• had cleaned

• has clean

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Complete the sentence:

Mathew _____________ (repair) the car when Marie came home.

They ______ Thai food last night.

• ate

• eat

• eaten

• have eaten

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

We ate cherries from the tree that my grandfather ____________ (to plant) many years before.

• had planted

• have planted

• has planted

• haven't planted

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

When we arrived, the show ____________ (to start)

• have started.

• had started.

• didn't start.

• hasn't started.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Alice _______________ (not be) hungry because she __________ (just/eat).

• wasn’t/ had just eaten

• is not/ had just eaten

• wasn’t/ has just eaten

• wasn’t/ had eaten

I ____________ to visit the doctor after I had taken two pain relievers.

• had decided

• decide

• have decided

• decided

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

A tornado...... the town in 2011

• destroyed
• was destroying
• had destroyed
• had been destroying

A cold wind...... yesterday morning

• blowed 
• was blowing
• had blowed
• had been blowing

It...... last night while I was sleeping

• snowed
• was snowing
• had snowed 
• had been snowing