NARRATIVE TENSES
past simple
past continuous
past perfect
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NARRATIVE TENSES: Past simple
Examples
NARRATIVE TENSES
past simple
The police arrested the criminal.
past continuous
past perfect
I left my house at 9:00.
They went to the restaurant together.
She ate a big dinner.
It bothered me when he said that.
We laughed until we cried.
He burned his hand on the stove.
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NARRATIVE TENSES: Past continuous
Examples
NARRATIVE TENSES
past simple
The police were arresting the criminal when I arrived.
past continuous
past perfect
I was leaving school when I saw the time.
They were eating dinner when they heard the news.
She was watching the news.
They were swimming in the lake.
We were laughing at his joke.
He was singing a song.
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NARRATIVE TENSES: Past perfect
Examples
NARRATIVE TENSES
past simple
The police had arrested the criminal before noon.
past continuous
past perfect
I had left my wallet at my house.
They had clicked the wrong link.
She had seen the accident but she didn’t talk about it.
They had thrown out the dish hours before.
We had broken up before the holidays.
He had learned an important lesson.
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NARRATIVE TENSES: Practice
Practice
Use each of the verbs to make sentences with the past
simple, the past continuous, and the past perfect.
Example:
The robber was arrested.
He was arrested for robbing a store.
He had been arrested before.
arrest
steal
climb a mountain
teach
catch
drink
NARRATIVE TENSES
past simple
past continuous
past perfect
practice