Narrative Tenses

Quiz

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English

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11th Grade - University

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Medium

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CCSS

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

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22 questions

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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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