Narrative Tenses

Lesson Objectives
At the end of the lesson, the student should be able to:

1. Revise and practice the narrative tenses

2. Give and respond to news
3. Write a narrative about a recent news, incident or
experience using adverbs and the discussed tenses.
 Reminders: L.I.P.S
L- listen actively when someone is discussing or
sharing.

I- Interact. Be kind. Be open. Participate.

P- Prepare yourselves, notes and other materials.

S- Safe space. Respect everyone.

 TABLE OF CONTENTS

Test Your
01 Grammar Vocabulary 03

Grammar
02 Reference Output 04
What a Story!
 Task 1
A. Here are the answers to some questions. What are the
questions?
1. Just ordinary clothes. (What was he wearing/ What did he
wear?)
2. For a dare. (Why did he do it?)
3. Three hours. (How many hours were the climbers stuck?/How
long…)
4. In a shelter. (Where did they stay/ hide?)
5. His own software program. (What did he develop?)
6. To download from the Internet. (Why did he hack into the US
defense system?)
Task II
Past simple Past Continuous

Fall- fell Read- was/ were

reading
Past Perfect Past Perfect
Continuous
Hear- had heard Act – had been acting

Past simple passive Past Perfect Passive

Arrest- was/ were Burgle- had been

arrested burgled
 Grammar Reference
Form:
• Present Perfect Simple:
= has/ have +V-participle
• Past Simple
= V-ed/d
• Past Continuous
= was/were V-ing
• Past Perfect
= had V- participle
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Past Simple (V-ed/d)

1. Finished past
• Shakespeare wrote plays. (He’s dead)
2. No present result
• I hurt my back. (But it’s better now)
3. Definite past
• I saw him on Monday.
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Past Simple (V-ed/d)

4. Actions which follow each other in a story

• I heard voices coming from downstairs, so I
went to investigate it.

5.Past state or habit

• When I was a child, I used to walk for miles
on the beach with my dog.
Past Simple
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Past Continuous (was/ were V-ing)

1. Express and before and after a time in an

activity in progress the past.

• I phoned at 4:00, but there was no reply.

What were you doing?
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Past Continuous (was/ were V-ing)

2. Express an interrupted past activity

• I was having a bath when the phone rang.

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Past Continuous (was/ were V-ing)

3. An incomplete activity in the past

• I was reading a book during the flight.

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Past Continuous (was/ were V-ing)

4. An activity that was in progress at every

moment during a long period of time in the
past

• I was working all day yesterday.

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Past Continuous vs Past Simple

• Past simple= simple, complete facts

• Past continuous= past activities time and
duration
Examples:

A.
What did you do last night?
I stayed at home and watched football.

B.
I phoned you last night, but there was no reply.
Oh, I was watching football. Sorry.