Narrative tenses

In the morning everything was white because it ____ all night. (snow)

• snowed

• had been snowing

• had snowed

• is snowing

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.5.1B

How long _____ to this club? Logan asked. (the victim/come)

• did the victim come

• was the victim coming

• had the victim been coming

• had the victim come

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.5.1B

My brother was furious because I _____ his MP3 player. (brake)

• had broken

• was breaking

• had been breaking

• am breaking

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.5.1B

How much money _____ by the time you were twenty?(you/make)

• did you make

• were you making

• had you been making

• had you made

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.5.1B

He was sitting outside the house when her mother ___ him.(call)

• had called

• was called

• called

• had been calling

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.5.1B

He ___ very excited when he got on the plane.(feel)

• felt

• had felt

• had been feeling

• was feeling

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.3.1D

Mary _____ an experience traveller when she was younger.(be)

• was

• had been

• was being

• is

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.3.1D

Not long after the plane ______ off the captain told the passenger that they had to return to the airport.(take)

• took

• had taken

• was taking

• had been taking

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.5.1B

Some passengers ___ when they heard the news(cry)

• had cried

• had been crying

• cried

• were crying

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.3.1D

Last year, my wife and I _____ our first house.(buy)

• were buying

• bought

• had bought

• had been buying

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.5.1B