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NARRATIVE TENSES

NARRATIVE TENSES. PAST SIMPLE: STARTED AND FINISHED. ACTIVE VOICE: Bell invented the telephone PASIVE VOICE: The telephone was invented by Bell. PAST CONTINUOUS. Focuses on the progress of an action in the past At 6 am I was sleeping

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NARRATIVE TENSES

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  1. NARRATIVE TENSES

  2. PAST SIMPLE: STARTED AND FINISHED • ACTIVE VOICE: Bell inventedthetelephone • PASIVE VOICE: Thetelephonewasinventedby Bell

  3. PAST CONTINUOUS • Focusesontheprogress of anaction in thepast • At 6 am I was sleeping • 2 actions at thesame time: Whileshewascooking, he wasdoingthewashing up Past Simple and Continuous I wasreading a bookwhenthe T.E. rang (thepast simple interruptedtheaction in progress)

  4. PAST PERFECT: Thepast of thepast • I was late, so when I arrivedthe film hadstartedand thebestseatshadbeentaken • PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS: Anaction in progress in thepast, whichsometimesexplainsthereason of something in thepast • Thegardenwaswet, ithadbeenraining • Hadyoubeenworkingfor a long time beforeyouweresacked?

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