Past simple, past perfect simple or past perfect continuous. She ___ (put on) her raincoat, ___ (pick up) her umbrella and ___ (leave) the house.

putted on / picked up / had left

Past simple, past perfect simple or past perfect continuous. I ___ (only sit) down for a couple of minutes when my brother ___ (come) in and ___ (ask) me to help him fix his bike.

had only been sitting / came / asked

had been sitting / had come / asked

had only sat / came / had asked

Past simple, past perfect simple or past perfect continuous. Everyone ___ (already start) eating by the time we ___ (get) home.

had already been starting / had got

already started / had been getting

Past simple, past perfect simple or past perfect continuous. Luisa ___ (write) short stories since she ___ (be) a child, and then her favourite magazine ___ (offer) to publish one of them.

had been writing / was / offered

wrote / had been being / had offered

had written / had been / had been offering

Past simple, past perfect simple or past perfect continuous. Even though we ___ (never meet), I ___ (recognise) him from his Facebook page.

never met / had been recognising

had never been meeting / had recognised

the teacher / talk / fire alarm / ring

The teacher was talking when the fire alarm rang.

The teacher had been talking when the fire alarm was ringing.

Karen / learn Spanish / two years / go to live in Argentina

Karen had been learning Spanish for two years when she went to live in Argentina.

Karen learned Spanish for two years when she went to live in Argentina.

I leave home / run for the bus / and arrive to school / on time

I left home, ran for the bus and arrived to school on time.

I had left home, ran for the bus and had arrived to school on time.

we get home / Mum finish preparing dinner

When we got home, Mum had finished preparing dinner.

When we had been getting home, Mum finished preparing dinner.

Narrative Tenses

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English

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11th Grade

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CCSS

L.4.1B, L.5.1.B-D, L.5.1C

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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.3.1D

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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Narrative Tenses

22 questions

We use the (…) to describe the main events of a story, in the order they happened.

We use the (…) to describe a short action that interrupts a longer action in the past continuous.

We use the (…) to describe a longer or background action around a certain time.

We use the (…) to describe a longer action interrupted by a short action in the past simple.

We use the (…) to describe a completed action that happened before another time in the past.

We use the (…) with sequencing expressions (when, after, by the time, as soon as) when one event happened before another event.

We use the (...) instead of the past perfect when we want to talk about a longer action that continued until another past action.

We form the (…) with had + been + verb(-ing)

Past simple, past perfect simple or past perfect continuous.
By the time our meal arrived we ___ (wait) for an hour and a half.

Past simple, past perfect simple or past perfect continuous.
My parents _ (not believe) me when I told them I _ (pass) every one of my exams.

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We use the (…) to describe the main events of a story, in the order they happened.

We use the (…) to describe a short action that interrupts a longer action in the past continuous.

We use the (…) to describe a longer or background action around a certain time.

We use the (…) to describe a longer action interrupted by a short action in the past simple.

We use the (…) to describe a completed action that happened before another time in the past.

We use the (…) with sequencing expressions (when, after, by the time, as soon as) when one event happened before another event.

We use the (...) instead of the past perfect when we want to talk about a longer action that continued until another past action.

We form the (…) with had + been + verb(-ing)

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Past simple, past perfect simple or past perfect continuous.My parents ___ (not believe) me when I told them I ___ (pass) every one of my exams.

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