Narrative tenses

Which tense do we use to talk about completed actions in the past, a series of past actions and past habits or states?

• past simple

• past continuous

• past perfect

• present perfect

Which tense do we use to talk about actions in progress in the past and to set the scene in a story?

• past simple

• past perfect

• past continuous

• past perfect

Which tense do we use to talk about an action that happened before another past time, action or event.

• past simple

• past continuous

• past perfect

• present perfect

Which tense do we use to narrate the main events in a story?

• past simple

• past continuous

• past perfect

• present perfect

Which tense do we use to talk about two actions happening at the same time in the past.

• past simple

• past continuous

• past perfect

• present perfect

Which tenses do we use to show an interrupted action in the past?

• past simple and past continuous

• past continuous and past perfect

• past perfect and past simple

Five years ago Andrew _________ to Oman to teach English.

• was going

• went

• was gone

• had gone

Last night, just as I ______________ asleep, my friend _________ me.

• fell.....called

• falled...had called

• was falling....called

• fallen...had been called

As soon as he ____________ from university he _________ a good job.

• had graduated....found

• graduated...was finding

• was graduated....had found

• graduated....found

He ___________ a good job just after he _______________ from university.

• was finding....was graduating

• found....had graduated

• had found....graduated

• had been finding....was graduated