Narative Form

What is the main use of the simple past tense in narration?

• Advance the main plot of the story

• Show completed actions at a specific moment in the past

• Provide background information or context

• Describe actions in progress at a specific moment in the past

What is the correct structure of the past continuous tense in English?

• Subject + verb in past simple

• Subject + had + past participle

• Subject + was/were + verb in gerund

• Subject + had been + verb in gerund

What is the main function of the past perfect tense in narration?

• Emphasize the duration of an action in progress before another past action

• Advance the main plot of the story

• Describe completed actions before another action in the past

• Provide background information or explain the reasons for a past event

What is the correct form of the past perfect continuous tense in English?

• Subject + was/were + verb in gerund

• Subject + had + past participle

• Subject + had been + verb in gerund

• Subject + verb in simple past

What type of actions does the past continuous tense describe in narration?

• Actions completed at a specific moment in the past

• Actions in progress before another action in the past

• Actions completed before another action in the past

• Actions in progress at a specific moment in the past

What is the importance of the past perfect tense in narration?

• Advance the main plot of the story

• Emphasize the duration of an action in progress before another past action

• Describe completed actions before another action in the past

• Provide background information or context

What does the past perfect continuous tense indicate in narration?

• Actions completed at a specific moment in the past

• Actions in progress before another action in the past

• Actions in progress at a specific moment in the past

• Actions completed before another action in the past

What is the correct structure of the simple past tense in English?

• Subject + had been + verb in gerund

• Subject + had + past participle

• Subject + was/were + verb in gerund

• Subject + simple past verb

What is the significance of using the past continuous tense in storytelling?

• Emphasize the duration of an action in progress before another past action

• Describe completed actions before another action in the past

• Advance the main plot of the story

• Provide background information or context

How does the past perfect continuous tense contribute to narrative writing?

• Actions completed at a specific moment in the past

• Actions in progress before another action in the past

• Actions in progress at a specific moment in the past

• Actions completed before another action in the past