NARRATIVE TENSES

1. NARRATIVE TENSES • past simple Unit 11 Crime and punishment • past continuous • past perfect • practice

2. NARRATIVE TENSES: Past simple grammar unit 11 Examples NARRATIVE TENSES • past simple The police arrested the criminal. 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. • past continuous • past perfect • practice

3. NARRATIVE TENSES: Past continuous grammar unit 11 Examples NARRATIVE TENSES • past simple The police werearresting the criminal when I arrived. I wasleaving school when I saw the time. They were eating dinner when they heard the news. She was watching the news. They wereswimming in the lake. We werelaughing at his joke. He was singing a song. • past continuous • past perfect • practice

4. NARRATIVE TENSES: Past perfect grammar unit 11 Examples NARRATIVE TENSES • past simple The police hadarrested the criminal before noon. I hadleft my wallet at my house. They hadclicked the wrong link. She hadseen the accident but she didn’t talk about it. They hadthrown out the dish hours before. We hadbroken up before the holidays. He hadlearned an important lesson. • past continuous • past perfect • practice

5. NARRATIVE TENSES: Practice grammar unit 11 Practice NARRATIVE TENSES Use each of the verbs to make sentences with the past simple, the past continuous, and the past perfect. • past simple • past continuous Example: • past perfect The robber was arrested. He was arrested for robbing a store. He had been arrested before. • practice • arrest • steal • climb a mountain • teach • catch • drink