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    3A narrative tenses: past simple, past continuous, past perfect, past perfect continuous ‘narrative tenses: 1 We arrived athe airport and checked in 2 We were having dinner when the planc hie some turbulence, ‘Arnine o'clock most people on the plane were reading or were crying co sleep 3 When we arrivedat theairpors, we suddenty realized that \welhad left one of the suitcases in the tax 4 We'd been flying for about cwo hours wihen suddenly’ the captain told us o fasten our sear belis because we were {lying into some very bad weather, si 1 Weuse the past simpleto tak about consecutive actions or situations in he past, Forthe main events ina story, 2, Weuse the past comtinuows was] were + verb +ing) to scribe a longer continuous past action or situation which ‘was im progress when another action happened, or tadesc an action or situation that was:noc complete ata past time, a Girela)ehe correct ver form. Megand Liam dese een) were getting a nasty surprise when they "had checked in | were checking in at Heathrow aieport yescerday with their baby Shaun, They #had wor | won three free plane tickets w» Rome in x competition, and they #neze looking forwued to | had been looking forward to thei trip for months. Bur, unfortunately they Tad been forgetting had forgotten to get a passport for their son, so Shaun couldn't fly Luckily, thay Shad arrived / were arriving vory eaely foe their flight, so they still had tne to do something about ft. They Shad mn tothe police stariom a the airport to apply for an cinergency passport, Meg wis gong | went with Shay to the photo machine while iam Shad fltedin | was fling inthe forms. The passport was ready inn have, s0 they hurried! { were bumrying eo dhe gate and gor hal goron the plane 3. Weuse the past perfect ha!» past participle) talk abour the earlier past’ ie things which happened befor the main event(s): 4 We usethe past perfect continuous (hal been + verb + ing) with action verbs to talk about longer continuous actions ‘or situations thar started before the main events happened ‘and haye continued upto that point. Noa-action verbs (eg. be, have, know, like, ete.) are not normally used in the past continuous of past perfecr continuous. past perfect simple or continuous? Lina was crying because she'd been reading a @s) very sad book Lina did't want to seethe film, besause she'd already read thebaok, +The past perfece continuous emphasizes the continuation. ‘of an activity. The past perfect simple emphasizesthe ‘completion of an activity 1b Put the verb in brackets in the pase perfect simple (lead done) or continuons (lad heen daing}. H’you think both are possible, use the continuews form, His English was very good. Heif heen fearning it for five years. (learn) 1 Aovas really fed up because we far hours. (queue) 2 She went to the palice to report that someone her bag. (steal 3 lt = all morning. The streets were ‘wet, and there were puddles everywhere, (rain) + She goto work late because she her phone athameand and get t (leave, have to) 5 Lalmost didn't recognize Tony at che party, He ‘vor since last saw him. (change) 6 The tourists’ Faces were very red, They ‘nthe sumall morning and they suncream (sit, n9s put on} Toauld see from their expressions that my parents sfargue) 8 Jess had abandageon herarm because-she offherbike that morning, (fall) 9 Twas amazed because | enormous plane before. (never see) 10 How long that yon were lost? (walk)

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