Narrative Tenses

Why did you change the channel? I ______ that movie.

• watched
• was watching
• had watched
• had been watching

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Magda and Tomek ................... when they were teaching in China

• used to meet
• met
• were meeting
• had been meeting

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Their car broke down as they .......................... home

• drove
• had driven
• had been driving
• were driving

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

When I saw Clara I realised that she ______ much in all those years

• didn't change
• wasn't changing
• hadn't changed
• hadn't been changing

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

When he entered the room somebody _____ him in the head.

• hit
• was hitting
• had hit
• had been hitting

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

I * the engineering course two weeks ago.

• have started

• have been started

• started

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

What verb tense is used to talk about the main events in a story in chronological order?

• Past Continuous

• Past Perfect Continuous

• Past Perfect Simple

• Past Simple

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Which verb tense is used to talk about earlier events or past actions completed before other actions in the past?

• Past Simple

• Past Perfect Simple

• Past Continuous

• Past Perfect Continuous

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Which verb tense is used to describe past actions in progress interrupted by other short actions in the past?

• Past Continuous

• Past Perfect Continuous

• Past Simple

• Past Perfect Simple

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

I didn't hear my cell because_______________

• I was sleeping.

• I slept.

• I sleeped.

• i had been slept.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D