## [Verb tenses in storytelling](/en/quiz/verb-tenses-in-storytelling-eng) Who doesn't love to gather around the fireside and tell stories, true or imaginary! But in any story, it is the verbs that carry the action forward; so to tell a story well, you need to conjugate your verbs correctly! In each of the sentences below, see if you can choose the correct verb. 1. I ![Placeholder for the answer](/sites/default/files/underscore_15_black-wet.gif) by the roadside for three hours when help arrived.was sitting had been sitting sat 2. The boat and its crew ![Placeholder for the answer](/sites/default/files/underscore_15_black-wet.gif) tossed about by the furious waves.was were No word is needed. 3. If the sentry had not been sleeping, he ![Placeholder for the answer](/sites/default/files/underscore_15_black-wet.gif) have raised the alarm in time.might may must 4. In the very heart of the forest, there ![Placeholder for the answer](/sites/default/files/underscore_15_black-wet.gif) a powerful wizard.dwelt dwelled Both are correct. 5. If I ![Placeholder for the answer](/sites/default/files/underscore_15_black-wet.gif) the sign more carefully, I would have found the shelter.should have read would have read had read 6. "![Placeholder for the answer](/sites/default/files/underscore_15_black-wet.gif) I get you another flask of potion?" the druid asked.Will Shall Would 7. "No, indeed, it is you who ![Placeholder for the answer](/sites/default/files/underscore_15_black-wet.gif) mistaken!" she exclaimed.is are am 8. Grudgingly, the leprechaun ![Placeholder for the answer](/sites/default/files/underscore_15_black-wet.gif) Maeve three wishes on her last birthday.granted has granted was granting 9. More than one elf ![Placeholder for the answer](/sites/default/files/underscore_15_black-wet.gif) in these ancient woodlands.live lives are living 10. In distant fields full of wildflowers and weeds ![Placeholder for the answer](/sites/default/files/underscore_15_black-wet.gif) a strange herb.are growing grow grows