Предмет: Англиски јазик

Тип на средно образование: Средно стручно

Професор: Крстинка Здравеска Исијаноска
Техничка поддршка: Крстинка Здравеска Исијаноска
Директор: Сашо Недески
Средно училиште: ОЕМУЦ “Св. Наум Охридски”

Датум: август, 2020

 Narrative tenses
Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect, Past Perfect Continuous
We use narrative tenses
• to talk about the past
• to tell a story
• to describe past events
The four narrative tenses are
• PAST SIMPLE
• PAST CONTINUOUS
• PAST PERFECT
• PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS
At three o’clock yesterday afternoon I was walking back home
with my brother. We both felt really tired because we had been
training really hard for hours at the gym. When we got to the
house we noticed that someone had left the front door open. We
looked at each other, went inside quietly and began to search
the rooms. A strange man was looking around our front room.
When he saw us, he fled. Fortunately, he hadn’t stolen
anything.
Past Simple
• actions that started and finished in the past (completed actions),
often with a time reference
Yesterday morning, the car broke down on a motorway.
People didn’t have easy lives two hundred years ago.
• to tell people about a sequence of past events (in the order that the
actions took place)
We looked at each other, went inside quietly and began to search the
rooms.
Past Continuous
• ongoing actions or situations around a time in the past
At three o’clock yesterday afternoon I was walking back home with my brother.
I was running really fast.
Thousands of people were living in very enclosed spaces.
• to set the scene in a story
A strong wind was blowing from the east.
The sun was shining and the birds were singing.
Past Simple and Past Continuous
• one action interrupts another action in the past
The bell rang while I was having dinner.

having dinner

past

rang
The fire started while people were sleeping.
Thomas Farriner and his workers were making bread for the coming day when a fire broke out.
Past Simple and Past Perfect
• an action that happened before another action in the past
When we got to the house we noticed that someone had left the front door open.

past perfect past simple

past

had left the door open we got to the house

When we arrived, the film had already started.

Past Perfect Continuous
• to describe longer actions or situations that take place over a period
of time, started in the past and continued up until another time in the
past or had an effect on a later action in the past
We both felt really tired because we had been training really hard for hours at the gym.
She had been studying for hours when she found out the exam was cancelled.

had been studying

past

up until she found out that it was cancelled

Exercises
Choose the correct words.
0 I walked / was walking down the street when a man grabbed / had grabbed my
bag.
1 Someone stole / had been stealing my bike because I was forgetting / had
forgotten to lock it.
2 We were / had been delighted to find the book we looked / had been looking for
since that morning.
3 The fire destroyed / had destroyed the building by the time the fire service
arrived / had arrived.
4 The good news came / was coming when we hadn’t expected / weren’t
expecting it.
5 I didn’t know / hadn’t known what I was doing / had done to make my brother
so angry.
Complete the sentences. Use the correct past tense of the verbs.
0 As I was riding (ride) to school yesterday I saw (see) a car accident.
1 By the time I _____ (get) home, everyone _____ (go) to bed.
2 They _____(take) off their clothes and _____ (dive) into the river.
3 The room was empty, but it _____ (be) in a mess – someone _____
(have) a party!
4 I _____(not sleep) well for weeks, so I _____ (decide) to go and see
my doctor.
5 You _____ (hit) the tree because you _____ (drive) too fast.
Complete the conversation. Use the correct past tense of the verbs.
A I 0 tried (try) to phone you last night, but I couldn’t get through.
B Sorry. I 1 _____ (talk) to John on the phone for hours. He was in a
bad mood!
A Why?
B Well, we 2 _____ (arrange) to meet at the cinema yesterday, but I 3
_____ (forget)!
A Oh dear.
B He 4 _____ (wait) for about half an hour before he phoned me. And it
5 _____ (rain), so he was soaking wet!