Read the sentence and choose the correct action verb matching the picture.
The teacher ________________ the class a story.

The correct answer is: Told

The teacher told the class a story. Told is the past tense of tell it means to recite something to somebody orally. Here, the teacher is reciting which is telling a story to the students present. Since the action was over, we are using past tense 'told'. Narrating something is called telling.