Narrative Tenses
Present Perfect/Past Simple
Types of Stories
The News
Prepositions
200
This tense is used for background information for a story
What is the past continuous tense?
200
This tense is used to talk about experiences or things that have happened before now. The time is not specified or important.
What is the present perfect tense?
200
In these stories a detective usually is trying to solve a case
What is a mystery/crime story?
200
On August 6th and 9th of 1945 the first use of atomic weapons were carried out by the U.S. against Japan. The bombs did this to both Hiroshima and Nagasaki
What is destroyed?
200
Fill in the blank with the correct preposition:
I will never forgive you, you did it purpose
What is on?
400
The past simple tense is used for this part of a story
What are the main events?
400
This tense is used to talk about an action which starts and ends in the past.
What is the past simple tense?
400
Stereotypically seen as "chick flicks" these movies are about two love interests and their challenges
What is a romcom/romantic comedy?
400
John Lennon was killed in this manner
What is shot/was shot?
400
Fill in the blank with the correct preposition(s):
I had to fall to lose it all. But, the end it doesn't even matter
What is in?
600
Choose the correct form for this sentence:
In the first book Harry Potter was living/had lived with his mother's sister's family, the Dursleys.
What is was living?
600
Choose the correct sentence out of these two:
A: Have you eaten dinner yet?
B: Did you eat dinner yet?
What is A?
600
Tom Cruise plays a secret agent who travels all over the world uncovering secret plots in Mission Impossible, a fast paced jaw dropping film of this style
What is action/adventure?
600
On January 12, 2010 this caused the deaths of more than 300,000 Hatians
What is an earthquake?
600
Fill in the blank with the correct preposition(s):
Ladies and Gentlemen just one moment I will present you a display most strange
What are in and to?
800
Choose the correct form for this sentence:
Romeo and Juliet couldn't be together because their families were enemies/had been enemies for many years.
What is had been enemies?
800
Choose the correct sentence out of these two:
A: My brother went to Romania in 2017
B: My brother has been to Romania in 2017
What is A?
800
La Vie En Rose, Amadeus, and The King's Speech are all famous movies in this style
What is Biopic?
800
In 2007-2008 the world economy did this, starting with the United States
What is collapsed?
800
Fill in the blank with the correct preposition(s):
I don't want to be my own tonight. I am going to stay home
What are on and at?
1000
Describe the events of the COVID-19 pandemic using narrative tenses. MUST BE AT LEAST 3 SENTENCES LONG
I.E. What is, "In December of 2019 the first case of a novel coronavirus was discovered in Wuhan, China. A vaccine was produced within a short time for the virus because the technology had been developed for over 10 years. Many countries locked down to try and prevent the spread of the virus to vulnerable populations.
1000
Describe a time when you experienced a problem in the past and how you solved it/dealt with it using the present perfect or past simple.
Free answer
1000
Films such as 2001: A Space Odyssey, Back to the Future, and Avatar are classics in this style
What is SciFi/Science Fiction?
1000
During the 1972 Olympics terrorists from Palestine entered the Olympic village in Munich, killing two Israeli Olympic team and taking the other members as this
What is a hostage?
1000
Fill in the blank with the correct preposition(s):
This vase was made hand over 1000 years ago. that time there was no modern industry. That is why their price is an all time high
What are by, at, and at?