Mastering Past Tense in Narratives

Identify the past tense verb in the sentence: 'She walks to the store every day.'

• walked

• None

• was walking

• is walking

Convert the following sentence to past tense: 'He plays soccer on weekends.'

• He is playing soccer on weekends.

• He played soccer on weekends.

• He played soccer every weekend.

• He will play soccer on weekends.

Use the past tense of 'to run' in a sentence.

• She running to the store yesterday.

• She will run to the store yesterday.

• She runs to the store yesterday.

• She ran to the store yesterday.

What is the narrative structure of a story?

• The narrative structure of a story consists of orientation, complication, evaluation, resolution and coda.

• The structure consists of introduction, conflict, and conclusion.

• The narrative structure includes only the climax and resolution.

• Narrative structure is defined by character development alone.

Identify the past tense verb in the sentence: 'They are happy about the news.'

• They are being happy about the news.

• There is no past tense verb.

• They were happy about the news.

• They have been happy about the news.

Convert the following sentence to past tense: 'I eat breakfast at 7 AM.'

• I ate breakfast at 7 AM.

• I eat breakfast at 7 AM.

• I was eating breakfast at 7 AM.

• I will eat breakfast at 7 AM.

Write a sentence using the past tense of 'to see'.

• I see a beautiful sunset yesterday.

• I saw a beautiful sunset yesterday.

• I will see a beautiful sunset yesterday.

• I seen a beautiful sunset yesterday.

In a narrative, what is the purpose of the climax?

• To resolve all conflicts and conclude the story.

• To serve as the turning point of the narrative, where the main conflict reaches its peak.

• To introduce the main character's backstory.

• To provide a detailed description of the setting.

Identify the past tense verb in the sentence: 'We go to the concert tonight.'

• We went to the concert tonight.

• We were going to the concert tonight.

• No past tense verb present

• We are going to concerts tonight.

Convert the following sentence to past tense: 'She writes a letter to her friend.'

• She write a letter to her friend.

• She wrote a letter to her friend.

• She is writing a letter to her friend.

• She has written a letter to her friend.