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Narrative tenses
Unit 14, p. 126
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Narrative tenses
Unit 14, p. 126

Slide 1 - Slide

Narrative tenses
Narrative tenses are verb tenses used to tell stories.

They are:

- Past simple
- Past continuous
- Past perfect

Slide 2 - Slide

Read the story and decide which of the headlines fits best?
A
What a waste of money!
B
Never borrow money from your friends.
C
Greedy George can't stop spending.

Slide 3 - Quiz

Which verb is past simple?
George was looking at his bank account when he noticed an extra £100,000 in it.
A
was looking
B
noticed

Slide 4 - Quiz

Past simple

Subject   +    V2

Slide 5 - Slide

Which verb is past continuous?
George was looking at his bank account when he noticed an extra £100,000 in it.
A
was looking
B
noticed

Slide 6 - Quiz

Past continuous

was / were   +    verb -ing

Slide 7 - Slide

Which verb is past perfect?
When the bank realised their mistake, George had spent £85,000.
A
realised
B
had spent

Slide 8 - Quiz

Past perfect

had
    +   V3

Slide 9 - Slide

Look at the uses of the three different narrative tenses. Match them with the correct tense.
To talk about the main actions in a story.
To talk about actions which happened
before the main events in a story.
To talk about actions which describe
the background to a story.
Past continuous
Past simple
Past perfect

Slide 10 - Drag question

Complete the paragraph with the correct form of the verb.

1. __________________
A
was making
B
made

Slide 11 - Quiz

Complete the paragraph with the correct form of the verb.

2. __________________
A
had hidden
B
hid

Slide 12 - Quiz

Complete the paragraph with the correct form of the verb.

3. __________________
A
had happened
B
was happening

Slide 13 - Quiz

Complete the paragraph with the correct form of the verb.

4. __________________
A
phoned
B
was phoning

Slide 14 - Quiz

Complete the paragraph with the correct form of the verb.

5. __________________
A
were burning
B
had burnt

Slide 15 - Quiz

Complete the paragraph with the correct form of the verb.

6. __________________
A
was working
B
worked

Slide 16 - Quiz

Complete the paragraph with the correct form of the verb.

7. __________________
A
walked
B
was walking

Slide 17 - Quiz

Complete the paragraph with the correct form of the verb.

8. __________________
A
had given
B
gave

Slide 18 - Quiz

Complete the paragraph with the correct form of the verb.

9. __________________
A
ran
B
was running

Slide 19 - Quiz

Complete the paragraph with the correct form of the verb.

10. __________________
A
had left
B
left

Slide 20 - Quiz

Complete the paragraph with the correct form of the verb.

11. __________________
A
won
B
had won

Slide 21 - Quiz

Complete the paragraph with the correct form of the verb.

12. __________________
A
had painted
B
was painting

Slide 22 - Quiz

Well done. 

Now go back to Google Classroom and click 'mark as done' / 'hand in' 

Slide 23 - Slide