MODULE 2: NARRATING PAST EVENTS

Past Tenses
Topic Learning Outcomes
At the end of the lesson, the students must have been able to:
A. define narrative;
B. familiarize the parts of a narrative report;
C. identify the correct verb tense to use in writing a narrative; and
D. write a personal narrative

Link-it-in
Instructions: Read the following article on Bukidnon Culture.

One of the Philippine celebrations I long wanted to attend is the Kaamulan Festival in
Malaybalay City, Bukidnon. Last March 22 to 27, I finally had the opportunity to experience this cultural
event as part of a media tour of Northern Mindanao, organized by the Tourism Promotions Board of
the Philippines, under the Department of Tourism (DOT), with the assistance of Earth Explorers Travel
& Tours, an outstanding tour operator based in Cagayan de Oro. This year’s festival climaxed on the
weekend of March 23, with its most-awaited event: the street dancing competition and ground
presentation.

Derived from the Binukid word amul meaning “to gather”, the Kaamulan Festival is the
celebratory congregation of the Bukidnon province’s seven indigenous groups, namely, the Bukidnon,
Higaonon, Talaandig, Manobo, Matigsalug, Tigwahanon and Umayamnon. The celebration started in
1974 during the town fiesta when local officials invited some tribespeople to perform their cultural
dances. What started as a small gathering has grown to one of the biggest festivals in Mindanao,
drawing contingents from different municipalities across the province. Unlike other cultural festivals
which merely draw inspiration from indigenous arts and culture, the participants of the Kaamulan are
actual tribes’ people belonging to the different ethnic groups, thereby making it “the only ethnic festival
in the Philippines”, according to festival organizers.

Our festival experience was preluded by a cultural presentation on the eve of the grand parade.
At the Kaamulan Open Theater, we watched Ulaging: The Marriage of Agyu and Tagyakuwa, a
contemporary interpretation of an episode from a folk-epic of the Talaandig Manobo people, performed
by Bukidnon State University Dance Troupe. The dance-drama was accompanied by soulful singing by
the Bukidnon State University Chorale and Youth for Culture and Arts Project Singers. The ulaging is
a folk epic that recounts the adventures of Agyu, the cultural hero of the Bukidnon. The following
morning we woke up before sunrise to witness the grand parade, the highlight of the Kaamulan
Festival. Fortunately, our group was conveniently billeted at Pine Hills Hotel located right along Sayre
Highway, where the contingents gathered in formation. We were amazed by the vivid explosion of
ethnic diversity. We saw the dancers dressed in their traditional attire, crafted in colorful fabric and
embellished with intricate beadwork or embroidery, and accessorized with bracelets, anklets, and, for
some ethnic groups, with elaborate fan-like headdresses like the panika of the Bukidnon. Aside from
colorfully dressed dancers, we also noticed that the contingents were also comprised of costumed
performers (like frogs and horses), giant puppets, and musicians playing rhythmic percussions on float.

Source: http://eazytraveler.net/2018/06/kaamulan-festival-malaybalay-bukidnon/

Come to think of it…

 1. What is the narration all about?
The narration is all about the author's first experience visiting the Kaamulan
Festival.

2. How did the author feel in narrating his experience in attending the Kaamulan
Festival? How can you say so?
The author's feeling in narrating his experience at the Kaamulan Festival is
assertive, and I can assure that he had a fine experience. It is clear from what the
author said that they were amazed by everything they saw. The information told by
the author is also clear as to what happened and the author also gives various specific
details.

3. What is the message of the author in writing the article?

The message to be expressed in the article made by the author is that we should
also experience the beauty of Kaamulan Festival as he experienced and witnessed. It
not only provides entertainment and fun to the viewers, but it also shows support for
all indigenous people in Bukidnon.

Decoding Grammar Concepts

Exercise 1

Instructions: Write down at least 10 verbs found in the text.

1. Dancing 5. Gathered

2. Watched 6. Attend

3. Singing 7. Playing

4. Woke 8. Wanted

5. Noticed 9. Started
Exercise 2

Instructions: Arrange the past events in Exercise 1 according to the correct sequence.

amazed by the vivid explosion of ethnic diversity

woke up before sunrise to witness the grand parade
watched Ulaging
saw the dancers dressed in their traditional attire
preluded by a cultural presentation
waited to attend Kaamulan Festival

SEQUENCE EVENT
S
1 wanted to attend Kaamulan Festival

2 preluded by a cultural presentation

3 watched Ulaging

4 woke up before sunrise to witness the grand parade

5 amazed by the vivid explosion of ethnic diversity

6 saw the dancers dressed in their traditional attire

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A narrative is a report of connected events, real or imaginary, presented in a sequence
of written or spoken words, or still or moving images, or both. The word derives from the
Latin verb narrare, "to tell", which is derived from the adjective gnarus, "knowing" or
"skilled".

In talking about past events and situations, we use past tenses. Past tenses describe
events that happened in the past. Past tenses include Simple Past, Past Perfect and Past
Progressive.
Plug in
Instructions: Read and analyze the underlined words in the narrative. Study how they differ.

Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) said on Saturday that the police had arrested a
man with 193 counts of rape in Pampanga.CIDG officials identified the suspect as Anthony Nopat, 36,
who was hiding in his house when the police came. Agents of the CIDG arrested Nopat at 3:20 in the
morning after a witness had informed suspect was seen in Angeles City, Pampanga. Nopat’s daughter
accused him of sexual molestation multiple times. Police turned over suspect to authorities to face
court cases while daughter was referred to local social development office for psychosocial
intervention.

1. Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) said on Saturday that the police
had arrested a man with 193 counts of rape in Pampanga.

The word said is a simple past tense that was used to describe a completed
action while the words had arrested is a past perfect tenses used to talk about actions
that were completed before some point in the past.

2. Nopat was hiding in his house when the police came.

The words was hiding is a past progressive tense that conveys an ongoing
action in the past that has been completed while the word came is a simple past tense
that was used to describe a completed action.

3. Agents of the CIDG arrested N opat at 3:20 in the morning after a witness had
informed suspect was seen in Angeles City, Pampanga.

The word arrested is a simple past tense that was used to describe a
completed action while the words had informed is a past perfect tenses used
to talk about actions that were completed before some point in the past.
Boot Up

PRACTICE A

Instructions: Analyze each sentence carefully. Identify the verbs in each item and transform
each into the past tense. Then, rewrite the sentences with the verbs in the past tense.

1. We move to a new house. We moved to a new house.

2. They bring a sandwich. They brought a sandwich.

3. They sell cars. They sold cars.

4. Clarisse miss the bus. Clarisse missed the bus.

5. She reads a book. She read a book.

6. Last year, I go to Baguio on Last year, I went to Baguio on holiday.

holiday.

7. I visit my friend last week. I visited my friend last week.

8. She loves to read pocket She loved to read pocket books.

books.

9. My mom bakes cookies for My mom baked cookies for snacks.

snacks.

10. The teacher calls her The teacher called her students.
students.

PRACTICE B

Instructions: Analyze each sentence carefully. Encircle the letter of your answer.

1. Yesterday, they got

A. marry B. marries 𝐶. married D. marrying

2. He last night.
A. study B. studies C. studied D. study

3. My sister a bear few hours ago.

A. seen B. sees C. see D. saw

4. I to the mall after school.

A. gone B. go C. went D. goes
 5. I my project myself.
A. do B. did C. does D. done

PRACTICE C

Instructions: Encircle the correct past form of the verb to complete the sentences.

1. The datu (arrived, had arrived) early in the meeting place this morning.

2. The officiating priest (began, had begun) the wedding when the photographers
(arrived, had arrived) at the church.

3. The Philippine President (gave, had given) his speech after he (took, had taken) a
call.

4. The children (did, had done) caroling through the Christmas season.

5. The gentle Bae (got, had gotten, was getting) married last year.

BEYOND GRAMMAR

Instructions: Write a 7-sentence narration of a memorable event you have experienced in any
of the following events listed below. Write out your story in the past tense using the first
person point of view. And be sure to be guided with the rubric in grading your output. Be
guided with rubric for grading your output in the next page.

A. Festival
B. Christmas celebration
C. Wedding
D. Birthday
E. Reunion

My friend invited me to attend her sister’s wedding on the 16th of July. It

was a cold windy afternoon when we arrived at the venue, the whole place was
festooned with colorful flowers, the tables were filled with delicious foods and
there was the illumination of multicolored electric lights around the place. The
bride was wearing a beautiful soft white with glittering beads wedding gown and
the groom was wearing a navy blue men’s suit. The wedding feast was filled with
heart-to-heart conversation, laughter, and joy. I met many strangers and they
became my new friends. After they gave their thanks to everyone who attended
their wedding, the bride and groom went to the center and started to dance their
love song. Indeed, I am very happy that I was one of those who witnessed the day
they legally committed their love for each other to God.
CRITERIA ADVANCE PROFICIENT DEVELOPING EMERGING

Plot/Ide as The storyline The storyline The storyline establishes a The storyline is
skillfully and effectively plausible context and is incomplete or does
effectively establishes an built on an exposition that not establish a
establishes an engaging, plausible supports the establishment plausible context. The
engaging, plausible context and is built of the plot, incorporating exposition does not
context and is built on an exposition that support the
some description to situate
on an exposition that supports the establishment of the
the conflict(s) or central
supports the establishment of the plot and/or does not
plot. Purposeful idea that builds toward a
establishment of the incorp
description climax and resolution. The
plot. Purposeful orate description that
appropriately plot and ideas attempt to
description situates the conflict or
situates the fulfill the purpose and
appropriately central idea building
situates the conflict(s) or central address the demands of the
toward a climax and
conflict(s) or central idea that builds task.
resolution. The plot
idea that builds toward a logical and ideas do not
smoothly toward an climax and effective fulfill the purpose
exciting climax and resolution. The plot and/or address the
thoughtful and ideas completely demands of the task.
resolution. The plot
fulfill the purpose
and ideas
and address the
thoroughly fulfill
demands of the task.
the
purpose and
address the
demands of the
task.

Develop/ The narrative The narrative The narrative attempts to The narrative does
Elabotate establishes and establishes and establish a setting, but it not have an
maintains a clear, maintains a clear may not be completely established, clear
vivid setting setting while also clear. Characters are setting. The narrative
while introducing and introduced but may not be may be missing
also developing characters entirely, or
developed in a way that
introducing and interesting, they may not be
advances the story and/or
enga adequately
developing reveals the central idea or
ging characters that developed, with little
interesting, theme with dialogue and
advance the story or no dialogue and
engaging description. descrip
characters that and reveal the central
advance the story and idea or theme
reveal the central idea through meaningful
or theme and significant
through dialogue and
meaningful and description.
significant dialogue,
description, and
reflection.
Organizati n o
 The narrative The narrative utilizes The narrative includes a The narrative does
utilizes a clear a clear sequence of sequence of events that not contain a
sequence of events to events to establish a attempt to establish a sequence of events
establish a beginning, middle, beginning, middle, and that establish a
beginning, middle, and end and end. Some pacing to beginning, middle,
and end and effectively and end. Efforts at
support the development
effectively incorporates pacing pacing may be
of the story is attempted.
incor to support the missing entirely or do
development of the The narrative includes
porates pacing to not support t
story. The narrative some transitions or other
enhance the he development of
uses effective narrative techniques but the story. Transitions
development of the
transitions and other may not clearly signal and other narrative
story. The narrative
narrative techniques shifts in time or setting. techniques to signal
uses effective
to signal shifts in The narrative includes shifts in time or
transitions and other time or setting, and some attempt at a setting may be
narrative techniques the resolution offers resolution but may not missing or are
to signal shifts in closure to and confusing. A
successfully offer closure
time or setting, and reflects on the course resolution that offers
to the course of events.
the resolution offers of events. closure to the course
closure to and of events is absent.
reflects on the course
of events.
Lang/St The narrative The narrative uses The narrative uses some Descriptive words,
yle uses descriptive words, descriptive words, sensory sensory
descriptive words, sensory language, and language, or figurative language, and
sensory language, and figurative language to language in an attempt to figurative language
figurative language to create distinct create imagery and convey are used sparingly, if
create vivid imagery imagery and at all, and do not create
setting and characters. The
and clearly convey clearly conveys imagery or convey
writing attempts to engage
setting, characters, set setting and characters.
readers and build voices for
and feelings. Writing ting, characters, and The writing is not
the characters and narrator,
is feelings. Writing is engaging and does not
interesting and varied but the attempts may be
interesting and varied build clear voices for
in a manner that inconsistent or not wholly
in a manner that the characters or
builds the voices of builds the voices of effective. Point of view may
be unclear at times or narrator. Point of view
characters, as well as characters, as well as
the narrator. Point of inconsistent. The narrative is not established or is
the narrator. Point
may contain some attempt not consist
of view is view is well-
wellestablished and established to use language to suggest a
consistently an tone, mood, and/or effect
maintained. The d consistently (i.e. suspense, mystery,
narrative employs maintained. The horror, comedy), but is not
language throughout narrative employs successful.
in order to achieve a language throughout
specific tone, mood, in order to suggest a
and/or effect (i.e. tone, mood, and/or
effect (i.e. suspense,
suspense, mystery,
mystery, horror,
horror, comedy).
comedy).
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