well hey there i'm emma from um
english today i've got a quiz for you
a narrative tenses quiz it's gonna test
your ability to use
all of the past tenses in english
that's right all of them now i'm not
going to lie
this quiz will really push your limits
but practicing all of these tenses all
at once
is going to help you to better
understand how they fit together
and how they get used together and
that's going to help you to become a
better
english speaker especially when it comes
to talking about
past events and experiences and telling
stories
so here on the english channel we've
been talking a lot about
storytelling and about narrative tenses
lately
i've shared some really great grammar
lessons to help you understand and to
practice
some of the more complex parts of the
english language
this quiz this challenge today is going
to test your understanding of
past tenses past perfect past continuous
even past simple and i've added links
down in the description to all of the
grammar lessons that i've made
that are going to help you to study and
go deeper
on some of the things that we'll test
today in this lesson
the cool thing about that is you'll get
to find out what you're
really comfortable and confident with
but we'll also work out
what you need to work on a little more
or what you need to improve on
so here's how today's quiz works i'm
going to start off by telling you
the verb that i need you to think about
and then
you'll see a sentence appear on screen
just like this
so the verb is right and i want you to
put it into the past
continuous tense you'll have a few
seconds to write down your answer before
i read the correct one
out loud
she was writing an email so i know that
was an easy one to get started but there
are three practice rounds
each one is going to focus on a
different tense
the first will be the past continuous
the next
the past perfect simple and then
the past perfect continuous but the
final round is longer
and you'll need to think hard about how
these tenses
work together including the past
simple tense so you'll really get to put
everything that we've been learning over
the last few weeks into practice
as always if you have any questions
write them down in the comments below
if you have any example sentences you
want me to check or you want feedback on
drop them down there as well i'll be
down there giving comments and guidance
and explanations
as we need it all right let's get
started
round one past continuous
drive
i was driving to work when it started to
rain
wait
they were waiting for the bus
do
what were you doing when you heard the
news
watch
when the alarm went off we were watching
a movie
eat
they were eating lunch when he arrived
okay round two we're talking about the
past
perfect simple drive
the train wasn't running but luckily
i had driven to work
finish
we had finished eating dinner by the
time he finally arrived
not here so this is a negative sentence
i was shocked when you told me you
hadn't heard the news
go
the alarm went off for a second time
it had gone off earlier in the week
eat
they had already eaten lunch when i
arrived
round three this is the past perfect
continuous
drive
i had been driving behind gym before the
accident happened
wait
we had been waiting for a long time and
the tram was still nowhere to be seen
follow
we had been following the news closely
listening for updates
go off
the alarm had been going off all week
before they finally fixed it
eat
they had been eating only salad for
weeks and it showed
right so before we start the final round
i want to find out which of the tenses
we've practiced so far
has been the most challenging for you
let me know down in the comments
which one was the trickiest i'll be able
to share a lesson or two that will help
you out and help you to study further
round four narrative tenses
all together so these sentences will be
a little longer
and they'll all be connected together
into a story
so you'll need to work out which tense
is the best one to use with the
information that you have
now it may be possible to use more than
one
in some of these situations so don't
stress too much
but remember if you need a little bit
more time to think
hit pause there's no rush you're in
control
pause have a think write it down before
you keep going
leave
when i left the house this morning it
was raining
poor
it was pouring with rain and the streets
were flooded with water
listen
i was listening to my favorite podcast
pay to pay attention
and i was paying close attention to my
feet
not want
as i didn't want to slip in the rain
arrived
when i arrived at the tram stop there
must have been
50 people there
wait
all of them were waiting for the tram
wait
one woman said she'd been waiting for
over an hour
notice
then i noticed the street was full of
cars
b
the traffic was backed up as far as i
could see
rain
it had been raining all morning so the
streets were very wet
cause
all that rain had caused a car to slide
through a red light
and into the oncoming traffic
call
a man at the tram stop had already
called the emergency services
not arrive
but they hadn't arrived at the scene yet
help
a nurse who had witnessed the accident
was helping the injured people
warn
the evening news from yesterday had
warned of storms and wild weather
not stop
but the warnings hadn't stopped people
from driving in the storm
treat
by the time the emergency services got
to the scene
the nurse had treated the injuries
already
exchange
and the drivers had exchanged insurance
details
so what did you think hopefully you
enjoyed the challenge
the really cool thing is that you've
been practicing your grammar reminding
yourself of these tenses as we went
through this video but you can also use
this same quiz
to practice your speaking skills because
now you've got the answers you can watch
it again
but instead of thinking of the answers
say the sentence
out loud because then you'll get to hear
me say it
and you'll get to compare how you're
pronouncing each of these words and
these expressions
as we go now there's probably a couple
of answers that you're a little on the
fence about
if you've watched any of the narrative
tenses lessons that i've prepared then
you'll know that sometimes
more than one answer is possible so i've
talked a little bit more about this over
on the
english blog so if you want to go a
little deeper and try and understand
a little bit more then check out the
link in the description
or this one up here so a great way
to really lock in everything that you've
been learning through this lesson
and through the grammar lessons on the
channel
is to start writing your own story now
i'd love to hear
about something that happened to you
recently something funny
something annoying something strange
that you witnessed
whatever it is tell me about it down in
the comments
i'll be reading all of your wonderful
stories with a cup of tea
and giving you any tips and advice as i
said
that i need to so thank you so much for
watching
looking forward to seeing you in the
next lesson
bye for now