Hey. I have been working on the English tenses for the last few days. The following snippet incorporates all the past tenses. I would really appreciate some feedback on my usage of them. Thanks =)
It was already dark and there was not much time left. He had passed several houses before he decided on one with a thick hedge around the front yard. Surprisingly, the house was almost intact. The only sign of destruction was a broken window. It was not fortified in any way but it had to do.
He was climbing over the gate when he heard a familiar sound down the street. He had heard it many times by then but it still gave him a shiver. It was a low-pitched moan followed by a high-pitched scream. Another victim. There was nothing he could do about it. He had been running away from the zombies for several hours at that point and he was completely exhausted. "Time's up.", he thought to himself, "I have to get inside.".