Telling Your Story: Narrative Tenses (B1 Grammar)
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B1 ⏱ 5 min
📖 Telling Your Story: Narrative Tenses
The night I left Sydney for the last time, I needed every past tense in English to explain what had happened.
📖 Three Narrative Tenses
- Past simple — main story events: I packed my bags.
- Past continuous — background: It was raining when I left.
- Past perfect — what happened BEFORE the story: I had worked in Sydney for 12 years.
✈️ My Story (Colour-coded)
Which tense is used for background context in a narrative?
‘By the time I arrived, she ___ already left.’ Which tense?
I ____________ (work) as a barista when the phone call changed everything.
She told me she ____________ (live) in Réunion for three years.
✏️ Write a Short Narrative
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