4 Narrative Tenses

Narrative sentences are used to describe...

• past actions and events.

• present actions and events.

• future actions and events.

Four past tenses make the narrative sentences.

• True

• False

Use the simple past to narrate a story...

• in chronological order.

• in random order.

• none of the above.

Use the past perfect to describe an event that happened...

• after another event.

• before another event.

• at the same time.

Use the past perfect progressive to describe...

• actions in progress in the past.

• actions repeated over a long period.

• all of the above.

• none of the above

The most common tense when telling a story is...

• the simple past

• the past progressive

• none of the above.

Choose the past perfect sentence.

• I had saved money before I traveled to Europe.

• I had been saving money before I traveled to Europe.

• None of the above.

Choose the past progressive sentence:

• I was planning a trip to become an explorer.

• I had become an explorer.

• none of the above.

Choose the past perfect progressive sentence:

• Barrington Irving had been attending a flying school.

• Barrington Irvin was attending a flying school.

• none of the above

Choose the simple past sentence:

• Barrington Irvin had flown solo around the world

• Barrington Irvin flew solo around the world.

• none of the above.