narrative tenses

Many years ago, a man ___________ along dark road at night when he ___________ a woman sitting by the river.

• was walking, had seen

• was walking, saw

• walked, saw

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

She had her face in her hands and she ______________.

• was crying

• cried

• had been crying

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

The man tried to comfort her but she ______________

• wasn't responding

• hadn't respond

• didn't respond

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Thinking that she ___________________ him, the man __________ her hands away from the face, there was nothing: no mouth, no nose, no eyes.

• hadn't heard, moved

• didn't hear, moved

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

The man ________________.

• run away

• ran away

• had been running away

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

The man _____________ to share this story with another person.

• had wanted

• wanted

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

He ___________ the street-seller about the woman who _____________ at night.

• told, had been crying

• told, was crying

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.3A

The street-seller, who ______________ down all the time, lifted his head. "Was her face anything like mine?" The street-seller ________________ face either.

• had been looking, didn' t have

• looked, didn't have

• was looking, didn't have

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D