NARRATIVE TENSES

NARRATIVE TENSES

WHEN WE USE

We use the past simple, past continuous, and past perfect and continuous tenses to narrate past events. These tenses are sometimes combined to show how different events in the past relate to each other. Depending on which tenses are used, we can describe past actions in various ways.

-We use the past simple to describe completed past actions. These can be one after the other. Old Man Bale fled the house when he saw her. -Past actions in progress or continuous background actions. The rope was swaying from side to side. -To describe continuous past actions happening at the same time. The wind was blowing loudly while Old Man Bale was making his way home. -We can use the past perfect continuous to describe a continuous past action that was completed before another past action. After he had been sleeping outside for a week, he decided to return home