Narrative Tenses in English
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 Published On Oct 25, 2019

In this English grammar lesson, you will learn about narrative tenses or the verbs we use when we tell or narrate a story: the past simple, the past continuous, the past perfect and the past perfect continuous. A must-see for all those taking exams in English, such as IELTS, and Cambridge Advanced, FCE or PET.

00:00 Intro
00:23 Which tenses are narrative tenses?
00:37 An example story using these tenses
01:43 the past simple
02:41 the past continuous
03:18 form of the past continuous
03:52 past simple and past continuous used together
04:34 past simple and paqst perfect used together
05:16 past perfect form
05:51 past perfect continuous
06:43 form of the past perfect continuous
06:59 write a sentence using a combination of narrative tenses in the comment section

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