Narrative Tenses

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English
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11th Grade
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Hard
+3
Standards-aligned
Margaret Anderson
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22 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
We use the (…) to describe the main events of a story, in the order they happened.
past simple
past continuous
past perfect
past perfect continuous
Tags
CCSS.L.3.1E
CCSS.L.4.1B
CCSS.L.5.1.B-D
CCSS.L.5.1C
CCSS.L.5.1D
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
We use the (…) to describe a short action that interrupts a longer action in the past continuous.
past simple
past continuous
past perfect
past perfect continuous
Tags
CCSS.L.3.1E
CCSS.L.4.1B
CCSS.L.5.1.B-D
CCSS.L.5.1C
CCSS.L.5.1D
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
We use the (…) to describe a longer or background action around a certain time.
past simple
past continuous
past perfect
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
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
We use the (…) to describe a longer action interrupted by a short action in the past simple.
past simple
past continuous
past perfect
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
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
We use the (…) to describe a completed action that happened before another time in the past.
past simple
past continuous
past perfect
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
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
We use the (…) with sequencing expressions (when, after, by the time, as soon as) when one event happened before another event.
past simple
past continuous
past perfect
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
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
We use the (...) instead of the past perfect when we want to talk about a longer action that continued until another past action.
past simple
past continuous
past perfect
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
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