Narrative tenses

What is a narrative tense?

• These are verb tenses use to talk about the future.

• These are verb tenses use to talk about the present. You can find them in stories, text books and tales.

• These are verb tenses use to talk about the past.

• These are words that help us to link ideas.

What are the tenses that belong to the narrative tenses?

• Future simple, Past Simple and Used to

• Used to, Past Simple and Will

• Would, Used to, Past Simple and Present Continuous

• Past simple, Used to and Would

When I was 5 years old, I ______ go with my parents to the Zoo everyweekend.

Write a sentence using ''used to'' talking about a state past situation, e.g: I used to have my hair of two colors, but nnowdays I have it brown.

What is the correct option to complete this sentence? She _________ go running everyday.

• would

• used to

• was

• runned

When my sister and I _______ (to be) kids, we _____ (play) videogames every Saturday and we ____ (eat) a lot of candies.

Write a short story talking about an experience that you ever lived with your mother. Remember to use: would, used to and past simple

Why do we use ''past simple''?

• To talk about a temporary action in the past.

• To talk about a habit in the past.

• To talk about past events in chronological order; i.e. the main events of a story

• To talk about actions that started in the past and haven't finished yet.

Why do we use ''would'' in a Narrative Tense?

• To talk about things we did repeatedly in the past (Formal)

• To talk about things we did repeatedly in the past (Informal)

• To talk about actions that are in the past and won't happen again.

• To ask for something in a polite way.

They always _________ (go) to that bar located dowtown the city. Also, they ___________ eat some delicious hamburguers in their free time.