Narrative Tenses

A _________ (you / have) lunch by the time your visitors arrived?

B Yes, _________ (we / finish) eating by then.

• had you had / we had finished

• did you have / we finished

• were you having / we were finishing

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

A Why _________ (you / take) the train home yesterday?

B My car is in the garage. I had an accident while _________ (I / drive) to work.

• had you taken / I had driven

• did you take / I was driving

• was you taking / I were driving

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

A _________ (you / complete) the report when you went for lunch yesterday?

B No, _________ (I / still / write) it yesterday afternoon.

• Did you complete / I still wrote

• Were you completing / I was still writing

• Had you completed / I was still writing

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

A _________ (you / walk) to the station when it began to rain?

B Yes, we were about halfway there, so _________ (we / get) very wet.

• Were you walking / we get

• Were you walking / we got

• Had you walked / we got

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

This sentence "He had been driving slower due to the rain, but now..." contains past perfect. The structure is: Subject +​ (a)   + ​ (b)   + verb in ​ (c)   + complement

• had

• been

• ing

• have

• verb to be

• past participle

• main verb

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Tony: We got here at 6:00 o'clock this morning. More than forty people______________here waiting for tickets when we arrived.

• already standed

• were already standing

• had already standed

• had already been standing

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

He was in Japan last month. He___________Japan before.

• never visited

• was never visiting

• had never visited

• had never been visiting

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

He_____________five letters to the manager by the time he finally received an answer.

• wrote

• was writing

• had written

• had been writting

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

I didn't realise that I ________________ my umbrella on the bus until it started to rain.

• left

• have left

• had left

• was leaving

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Tina ....................................when she fell and hurt here leg. 

• were dancing

• was dancing

• danced

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D