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Narrative Verbs

Narrative Verbs

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30 Slides • 21 Questions

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Narrative Verbs (review)

Student's Book - p. 22

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Past Continuous

We use past continuous to:

1. talk about longer actions in the past interrupted by shorter actions.


2. to set the scene.

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Multiple Choice

Complete the sentence.


1. London ____________. (sleep)

1

was sleeping

2

were sleeping

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Multiple Choice

Complete the sentence.


2. Thomas and his workers __________ bread [...] when, suddenly, a fire broke out.

1

was making

2

were making

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Simple Past

We use the simple past to talk about finished actions in the past.

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Fill in the Blank

Complete the sentence.


1. His soldiers __________ a large warehouse.

(regular verb: demolish)

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Multiple Choice

Complete the sentence.


2. I _______ a very good movie yesterday.

(irregular verb: see)

1

seed

2

saw

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Past Perfect

We use past perfect to talk about actions before a certain time in the past.


Ex: I had already cleaned the house when my mother arrived.

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Fill in the Blank

Complete the sentence.


1. You __________ your clothes before the end of the party.

(regular verb: change)

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Multiple Choice

Complete the sentence.


2. It _______ for months.

(negative form: rain)

1

hadn't rained

2

had rain

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LET'S GO TO THE BOOK!

Student's Book - p. 22

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QUESTION 1


Match the sentences from the article on the page with the tenses. One tense is used twice.

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Multiple Choice

1. London was sleeping.

1

simple past

2

past continuous

3

past perfect

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Multiple Choice

2. Thomas Farriner and his workers were busily making bread [...] when, suddenly, a fire broke out.

1

simple past

2

past continuous

3

past perfect

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Multiple Choice

3. It hadn't rained for months.

1

simple past

2

past continuous

3

past perfect

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Multiple Choice

4. His soldiers demolished a large warehouse.

1

simple past

2

past continuous

3

past perfect

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ANSWERS - QUESTION 1

1 - C

2 - C

3 - A

4 - B

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QUESTION 2


Complete the sentence with the simple past or past continuous form of the verbs.


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Multiple Choice

1. When they _______ how serious it was, they ______ their possessions and _______ away. (see/take/run)

1

saw/took/ran

2

was seeing/was taking/ was running.

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Multiple Choice

2. A man __________ for his family when he ________ a baby in the street. (look/find)

1

was looking/found

2

looked/was finding

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Multiple Choice

3. While they ________ how to stop the fire, it __________ clear that little could be done. (think about/become)

1

thought about / was becoming

2

were thinking about / became

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Multiple Choice

4. While the bakery workers _________ bread, a small fire _________. (make/start)

1

made/were starting

2

were making/started

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ANSWERS - QUESTION 2

1 - saw/took/ran

2 - was looking/found

3 - were thinking about/became

4 - were making/started

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QUESTION 3


Complete the conversation with the correct form of the verbs. Use the tenses from Exercise 1.

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ANSWERS - QUESTION 3

  • 1 - was walking

  • 2 - saw

  • 3 - Was / burning

  • 4 - ran

  • 5 - opened

  • 6 - was sitting

  • 7 - had been doing

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ANSWERS - QUESTION 3

  • 8 - had gone







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VOCABULARY

Descriptive verbs

Student's Book - p. 22

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QUESTION 1


Certain verbs make narratives sound more dramatic. Find these words in a dictionary.

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SMASH

meaning: to cause something to break noisily into a lot of small pieces.


simple past: smashed

past participle: smashed

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RAGE

meaning: to happen in a strong or violent way.


simple past: raged

past participle: raged

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DIVE

meaning: to jump into the water, especially with your head and arms going first, or to move under water.


simple past: dived

past participle: dived

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FLEE

meaning: to escape by running away, especially because of danger or fear.


simple past: fled

past participle: fled

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STRIKE

meaning: to hit or attack someone or something forcefully or violently.


simple past: struck

past participle: struck

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DEMOLISH

meaning: to completely destroy something.


simple past: demolished

past participle: demolished

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GRAB

meaning: to take hold of something or someone suddenly and roughly.


simple past: grabbed

past participle: grabbed

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SCREAM

meaning: to cry or say something loudly and usually in a high pitch, especially because of strong emotions.


simple past: screamed

past participle: screamed

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QUESTION 2


Replace the underlined words with words from exercise 1. Change the form if necessary.

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Multiple Choice

1. The thief stole a motorcycle and escaped.

1

fled

2

grabbed

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Multiple Choice

2. The fires had burned for days, and no one knew how to stop them.

1

raging

2

dived

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Multiple Choice

3. When I got there, I heard somebody shouting for help.

1

screaming

2

striking

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Multiple Choice

4. They tore down the houses to make space for new stores.

1

grabbed

2

demolished

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Multiple Choice

5. The man quickly took my wallet from me and ran away.

1

fled

2

grabbed

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Multiple Choice

6. The car lost control and hit another vehicle.

1

struck

2

fled

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Multiple Choice

7. He took off his coat and jumped into the water.

1

raged

2

dived

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ANSWERS - QUESTION 2

1 - fled

2 - raging

3 - screaming

4 - demolished

5 - grabbed

6 - struck

7 - dived

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Narrative Verbs (review)

Student's Book - p. 22

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