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Narrative tenses
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What happened?
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Simple Past Tense: A verb tense that indicates an action that has already been completed. Main events in a story Past Continuous Tense: describes an action that was ongoing at a specific time in the past. A long action and an interruption. Past Perfect Tense: used to describe an action that has already been completed before another action in the past. Past perfect continuous: used to describe an action that had been in progress before a moment in the past.
Concepts:
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Once upon a time, there lived a beautiful princess who had long golden hair. She had been locked away in a tall tower by an evil sorcerer. One day, a brave prince rode his horse to the tower and climbed up to rescue her. When he reached the top, the princess was laughing with joy in her face.
Example: A Fairy Tale Extract Using Past Tenses
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The past perfect form is used when referring to something that happened before another action in the past. It is formed with 'had' + past participle of the verb. Ex. I had gone, she had written, he had thought.
Past Perfect Form
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"What had you done before class?"
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The past continuous expresses an action that was ongoing at a specific point in the past It is formed using 'was/were' + ING. It is used to describe an ongoing action in the past, interrupted by a short action in the past.
Understanding the Past Continuous Tense
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Question: What famous were people doing at 11am? Clues: • Think about the events or activities that were happening at 11am. Choose a famous person and draw him or her.
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Which sentence uses past simple tense correctly?
- I walked to the store yesterday.
- I have been walking to the store yesterday.
- I was walking to the store yesterday.
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Which sentence correctly uses past perfect tense?
- I was eating breakfast before I went to work.
- I ate breakfast before I went to work.
- I had eaten breakfast before I went to work.
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Which of these sentences uses past perfect continuous tense correctly?
- John had slept for hours before his roommate woke him up.
- John had been sleeping for hours before his roommate woke him up.
- John was sleeping for hours before his roommate woke him up.
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Which sentence uses past continuous tense correctly?
- She was studying for her exam when her phone rang.
- She studied for her exam when her phone was ringing.
- She studied for her exam when her phone rang.
13. Open question
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Write some examples of when you would use the simple past, past perfect simple and continuous, and past continuous tenses in the some sentences.
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Draw a pizza dreaming of being a superhero flying through the city
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