Narrative Tenses
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Inglés 7
empezar
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Index
Past Simple
Practice
Past Perfect
Past Continuous
Tip
Past Simple and past Continuous
Video
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Past Simple
We use the past simple to describe the main events of a story in the order they happened:
We met each other a few years ago. He offered to help me fix my car. Later, we became good friends.
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Past Continuous
We use the past continuous:
- to describe the situation at the beginning of a story
That day, I was driving home from university for the summer.
- for longer actions in comparison with shorter actions in the past simple
Where were you going when I saw you by the road? I was trying to get home with some heavy bags when he stopped to help me.
- when actions are interrupted by main events in the past simple.
I was skiing in the French Alps when I had my accident.
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Past Simple and past Continuous
We can connect past simple and past continuous actions with as, while and when:
Somebody stole my bag when I wasn't looking.
Your sister phoned while you were out shopping.
He looked out of the window while the train was going through the countryside.
The car broke down as I was driving down the road. We met our friends while we were trying to get home.
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Past Simple and past Continuous
Don't use the past continuous for state verbs. Use the past simple instead:
We met when I was a student.
NOT when was being a student
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Past Perfect
We use the past perfect to describe an event that happened before the story started, or earlier in the story than a main event: That summer, I had just finished my second year at university. When we met, my car had broken down by the side of the road.
Past I hadn't taken my phone with me, so I couldn't phone for help.
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Tip
We can use by + a time with the past perfect to show what happened sometime before a point in the past:
I started reading it on Monday and by Friday I'd read the
whole book.
They were really late for the party. By the time they arrived, everyone else had gone home.
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Video
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Practice
Narrative Tenses
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Narrative Tenses
👋
Inglés 7
empezar
1/9
Index
Past Simple
Practice
Past Perfect
Past Continuous
Tip
Past Simple and past Continuous
Video
2/9
Past Simple
We use the past simple to describe the main events of a story in the order they happened: We met each other a few years ago. He offered to help me fix my car. Later, we became good friends.
3/9
Past Continuous
We use the past continuous:
- to describe the situation at the beginning of a story
That day, I was driving home from university for the summer.- for longer actions in comparison with shorter actions in the past simple
Where were you going when I saw you by the road? I was trying to get home with some heavy bags when he stopped to help me.- when actions are interrupted by main events in the past simple.
I was skiing in the French Alps when I had my accident.4/9
Past Simple and past Continuous
We can connect past simple and past continuous actions with as, while and when: Somebody stole my bag when I wasn't looking. Your sister phoned while you were out shopping. He looked out of the window while the train was going through the countryside. The car broke down as I was driving down the road. We met our friends while we were trying to get home.
5/9
Past Simple and past Continuous
Don't use the past continuous for state verbs. Use the past simple instead: We met when I was a student. NOT when was being a student
6/9
Past Perfect
We use the past perfect to describe an event that happened before the story started, or earlier in the story than a main event: That summer, I had just finished my second year at university. When we met, my car had broken down by the side of the road.
Past I hadn't taken my phone with me, so I couldn't phone for help.
7/9
Tip
We can use by + a time with the past perfect to show what happened sometime before a point in the past: I started reading it on Monday and by Friday I'd read the whole book. They were really late for the party. By the time they arrived, everyone else had gone home.
8/9
Video
9/9
Practice