Storytelling Techniques: Past Tenses

Storytelling Techniques: Past Tenses

Assessment

Interactive Video

English

6th - 7th Grade

Hard

Created by

Richard Gonzalez

FREE Resource

This Mini English Lesson focuses on using the past continuous and past simple tenses to create engaging stories. The lesson explains the importance of background and foreground in storytelling, demonstrating how the past continuous sets the scene while the past simple introduces changes. Two versions of a story are presented: one using only the past simple and another combining both tenses. The lesson concludes with an explanation of the grammatical structure and encourages viewers to practice by sharing their own stories.

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15 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the main focus of this Mini English Lesson?

Using conditional sentences in stories

Using present tense in stories

Using past continuous and past simple in stories

Using future tense in stories

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What are the two main components of a great story according to the lesson?

Setting and theme

Characters and plot

Background and foreground

Introduction and conclusion

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does the past continuous help to establish in a story?

The resolution

The background

The conflict

The climax

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In the first version of John's story, what was missing?

A strong moral lesson

A detailed description of characters

A surprising twist

A clear sequence of events

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was John's decision in the first version of the story?

To travel the world

To retire early

To leave London and buy a house on the coast

To start a new business

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does the lesson suggest about the sequence of events in a story?

They should be irrelevant

They should be confusing

They should be clear

They should be random

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the main issue with the first version of the story?

It was set in the future

It had too many characters

It lacked background and foreground

It was too long

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