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Narrative Tenses

Authored by Margaret Anderson

English

9th - 10th Grade

CCSS covered

Used 3+ times

Narrative Tenses
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which tense do we use to talk about completed actions in the past, a series of past actions and past habits or states?

past simple

past continuous

past perfect

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.3.1E

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which tense do we use to talk about actions in progress in the past and to set the scene in a story?

past simple

past continuous

past perfect

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.3.1D

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which tense do we use to talk about an action that happened before another past time, action or event.

past simple

past continuous

past perfect

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1B

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which tense do we use to narrate the main events in a story?

past simple

past continuous

past perfect

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which tense do we use to talk about two actions happening at the same time in the past.

past simple

past continuous

past perfect

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1B

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which tenses do we use to show an interupted action in the past?

past simple and past continuous

past continuous and past perfect

past perfect and past simple

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.3.1D

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

This story is based on true events that ... many, many years ago in Scotland.

happened

were happening

had happened

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1B

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