NARRATIVE TENSES

MY BROTHER __________ A TREE WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELT

• CLIMBED

• HAD CLIMBED

• WAS CLIMBING

• HAD BEEN CLIMBING

It ......... (rain) outside when Sam got out of bed and looked out of the window.

My mom HAD BEEN FORGETTING to turn off the oven, so there was a terrible smell in the kitchen.

• CORRECT

• INCORRECT

MOST DAYS WE RODE OUR BIKES TO SCHOOL, BUT SOMETIMES WE ___________ THE BUS.

• USED TO CATCH

• WOULD CATCH

• HAD CAUGHT

• CATCHED

LAST MONTH, OUR CAR _________ (BREAK) DOWN ON THE FAST LANE OF THE HIGHWAY

EMILY'S GRANDPARENTS __________ IN AN OLD FARM HOURSE WHEN WE WERE YOUNG.

• HAD LIVED

• WERE LIVING

• USED TO LIVE

• WOULD LIVE

When we were kids our dad WOULD GIVE us a packed lunch and send us out to play for the day.

• CORRECT

• INCORRECT

I ________ IN THE BUSHES OVER AN HOUR BEFORE I REALIZED EVERYONE HAD GONE HOME.

• HID

• HAD HIDDEN

• WOULD HIDE

• HAD BEEN HIDING

I BURST INTO TEARS WHEN I SAW WHAT MY BROTHER _______ (DO) TO MY FAVORITE DOLL.

WHEN WE GOT HOME FROM SCHOOL, OUR PARENTS ___________.

• WERE STILL WORKING

• STILL WORKED

• HAD BEEN STILL WORKING

• USED TO WORKED STILL.