Narrative tenses

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.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.3.1D

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.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.4.1B

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.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.3.1E

Which verb tense is used to talk about longer continuous actions that started earlier than other actions in the past?

• Past Simple

• Past Perfect Simple

• Past Perfect Continuous

• Past Continuous

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.4.1B

Which of the following sentences is correct?

• We has been waiting for long.

• We have been waiting for long.

• We have been waited for long.

• We have being waiting for long.

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.4.1B

Which of the following past simple form of verbs is wrong?

• thought

• been

• went

• understood

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.3.1E

Complete the phrase: "I ________ when someone knocked at the door."

• have been having a shower

• had a shower

• was having a shower

• had had a shower

Complete the phrase: "Last night I met my friends at home and we _________."

• had been having dinner together.

• were having dinner together.

• didn't had dinner together.

• had dinner together.