Lesson Three

Telling Narrative Stories

The main aspect of telling a story correctly is to know how to order events
according to the time they happened in. in order to do so, the narrator should
master the past tenses: past simple (active and passive) past continuous, past
perfect (active and passive) and past perfect continuous.

When we narrate a story, we should focus on the chronological sequence of events

by telling the nearest events to the time of speaking in past simple tense and earlier
events in past perfect tense. Events which were in progress should be narrated by using
the past continuous tense.
Ex: Look at the headline below and imagine what the story is. Write five sentences:
 Social Expressions and the Music of
English

The music of English: when people speak, they usually do not speak in one
rhythm as their voice will sound monotonous. Thus, they tend to change the tone
of their voices to match what they are expressing whether it is a question, a
narration, or an exclamation. For this reason, we use intonation, stress, and
rhythm.