Narrative tensesVersion en ligne Exercises verbs in past. par Perla Garcia 1 Why were they different? Written answer 2 Why she said 'See you later, boy' Written answer 3 The drinks bring back... Written answer 4 What did he do? Select one or more answers a jumped out of bed b put on his pijamas c raced like a jet d knocked the door e put on his best suit f race like a jet 5 He was 7 years old when a his mama told him to behave b his mama told him to make friends c his mama told him to never get married d knocked the door e put on his best suit f race like a jet 6 Pushing each other to the limits, we a were happy as never before b were ready to go to school c were learning quicker d knocked the door e put on his best suit f race like a jet 7 What happened when he was 20 years old? a his story got told b his story was written c his story never got told d knocked the door e put on his best suit f race like a jet 8 what did he do with everything he saw before him? Written answer 9 what has been going on? Select one or more answers a their songs have been sold b their songs have been sung c they've traveled around the country d they've traveled around the world e put on his best suit f race like a jet 10 what does she think she did to him? Written answer 11 Why he didn't wanna write a song? a Cause I didn't want anyone thinking I still care b Cause he didn't want anyone thinking he still cares c Cause he doesn't like anyone d they've traveled around the world e put on his best suit f race like a jet 12 Why he didn't see what's going on? a He'd been so caught up in his job b I've been so caught up in your job c He've been so caught up in his job d they've traveled around the world e put on his best suit f race like a jet Explanation 1 Remember to use the past tenses and whole sentences. 2 Remember to use the past tenses and whole sentences. 3 The phrases "been through" and "gone through" both can be used to imply enduring hardship or undergoing stress 4 He did everything he had to do that day to be on time with his father-in-law 5 or he will be alone. 6 That is what the song says, although the other 2 could be real. 7 "got" is the past tense of "to get" as in this sentence 8 Remember to write past tenses ans a full sentence. In this case was past continous. 9 The present perfect continuous tense shows that something started in the past and is continuing at the present time, 10 Use simple past and a full sentence. 11 The subject has changed from "i" to "he". 12 When "caught up" is used to refer to a person's involvement in something, it will always be used in the past tense and will be followed by a prepositional phrase. When someone is caught up in something, he is entangled in a situation or scandal.