Narrative Tenses

Narrative Tenses

Open Ended

Read the first part of the story and find examples of each tense below.

the past perfect

1) had ended

2) ______?

3) _______?

Open Ended

Read the first part of the story and find examples of each tense below.

the past perfect continuous

1) ______?

2) ______?

3) ______?

4) ______?

Open Ended

Read the first part of the story and find examples of each tense below.

the past continuous

1) ______?

2) ______?

3) ______?

4) ______?

Complete the second part of the story with the correct form of the verbs in parentheses:

simple past, past continuous, past perfect, or past perfect continuous. 

Open Ended

An hour or so later, when I 1 was having (have) lunch with my family at home, my father 2 ______ (ask) me about the movie.

Work with a partner.

Student A:

Cover the text. Try to remember what happened to Richard in Part 1.

Student B:

Cover the text. Try to remember what happened to Richard in Part 2.

Open Ended

I then 3 _________ (mention) that I 4 _________ (look) at toys in a department store when a store detective 5 ___________ (accuse) me of shoplifting and 6 __________ (search) me in the middle of the store.

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My father 7 _______________ (make) me repeat what I 8 __________ (say), and then immediately 9 ___________ (jump up) from the table

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Without either of us having finished our lunch, he 10 _____________ (make) me get in the car. I 11 ____________ (never see) my father so angry!

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Without either of us having finished our lunch, he 10 _____________ (make) me get in the car. I 11 ____________ (never see) my father so angry!

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He 12 _____________ (drive) quickly to the store, 13 ______________ (park) outside, and took me to where the incident 14 ___________ (take place).

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He then demanded to see the manager and the store detective. When the manager 15 ________ (come), my father 16 ___________ (start) shouting at him and he told him that I 17 ______________ (never steal) anything in my life.

Open Ended

He 18 _____________ (make) the manager and store detective apologize to me for having accused me of shoplifting and for embarrassing me.

Open Ended

But the thing is, I 19 __________ (find) this scene even more embarrassing than the first one, especially because I could see that a lot of customers 20 ______________ (stop) and 21 ___________ (watch) us!