She said she wasn’t / was not afraid of spiders, but she gave a bloodcurdling scream when the tarantula appeared. (reported past speech)

Can you close the curtains? The moonlight is casting an unnerving shadow on the wall. (ongoing present action)

I don’t remember inviting that creepy tall man. Have you seen him before? (past experience with present impact)

Denny opened the door, thinking the pizza had arrived. It hadn’t. (past event complete before he “opened” the door)

I did not sleep well because a wolf was howling at the moon. (continuously)

The police will investigate / are going to investigate the otherworldly goo tomorrow morning. (future determined action)

My biggest fear is that zombies will attack my home. (future/imagined fear)

Sandy always worries that there is a bogeyman under her bed. (a general rule)

She had a dreadful feeling that she had forgotten to lock the cellar door. (a past action that happened before the feeling)

When she saw her own name on a gravestone, Janice fainted. (simple past action)

The children found a grisly corpse while they were playing in the park. (interrupted continuous past action)

We are going to carve / will carve a pumpkin into a jack-o’-lantern next week. (a future determination; “are carving” could also work as a scheduled plan)

Wendy keeps waking me up; she is having nightmares about fairies again. (ongoing current action)