Writing a story F3 U7

Writing a story F3 U7

by NURSAHADAH Moe

​Using narative tenses

• ​To write more stories based in the past, we use narrative tenses. The most common tenses are

  1. ​Past Simple

  2. ​Past Continuous

  3. ​Past Perfect Simple

  4. ​Past Perfect Continuous

​Past Simple

• ​to talk about completed action/state in the past, series of actions that happened one after other in the past or to take the action of the story further.

• ​eg: walked, bought etc

​Past Continuous

• ​to set the scene of the story.

• ​to talk about an action that was in progress in the past when another action interrupted it

• ​eg: was + Verb + ing (was walking, were eating)

​Past Perfect

• ​To talk about an action that happened before the time of the narrative or another past action.

• ​eg: had + participle ( had walked, had eaten)

​Past Perfect Continuous

• ​to talk about an action that was in progress for some time in the past which was interrupted by another past action, or which had an effect on a later event in the past

• ​eg: had + been + verb + ing (had been trying, had been looking)

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He stopped running, took the mobile phone out of his pocket and

(throw) it into the river.

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Jane couldn't believe that she

(make) such a dangerous journey on her own

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The family

(sit) in the garden when the heard the blast

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Everyone was exhausted because they

(run) for miles.

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She jumped and

(chase) thief down the street.

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It was the perfect location. Palm trees ____ (sway) gently and the sun _____ (shine) brightly

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They were getting ready for bed when they

(hear) a knock at the door.

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Throughout their ordeal, they

(keep) calm.