It be tuesday evening and i get ready to go to bed when the phone ring. This is a lesson plan designed to help students practice past narrative tenses. Narrative tenses guess the year game past continuous past perfect simple past perfect continuous think of one year in your past, e. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb past and past perfect.
Narration tenses other english exercises on the same topic. While finally and although however as soon as then before when. Using the right time find someone who 2 past tense simple. Complete the story using the past simple, past perfect, or past continuous of the verbs in brackets. He picked up his phone and sent a text to his friend james. Learning how to use verbs properly is an important part of learning how to communicate in english. This grammar exercise tests your ability to use tenses correctly. This exercise focuses on the difference between the past simple and the past perfect.
This lesson offers exercises for you to practice verb conjugation and tenses. One evening paul was watching the television and eating his supper when the door suddenly opened and a burglar. My upper intermediate students will do it and theyll write they own story by using narrative tenses. You will need to listen to the cassettecd for some exercises. Print one copy each of page two and three of the pdf template for this exercise. Pre intermediate but adaptable to higher levels by increasing the demands imposed in the collaborative writing stage. Intermediate learn english 10 nancy has been collecting money since the beginning of september present perfect progressif. Strong intermediate and above could be adapted for lower or higher. While i was away on holiday, my sister fall fell ill and i had to come home. Intermediate english exercise recognize tenses created. The focus is mainly on the use of past perfect simple and continuous level. Telling a story teachingenglish british council bbc. U p p e r i nt e r m e d i a t e g r a m m a r e x e r c i s e.
Upper intermediate level grammar worksheets tricky choices face the students here with a choice of past perfect, past perfect continuous and past continuous past tense worksheet. That the different tense forms will be slightly confusing, yet approachable when. Theres also a phrasal verb question in there, too see number 3. It was raining outside when sam got out of bed and looked out of the window. Narrative tenses study guide by speak2ana includes 11 questions covering vocabulary, terms and more. Upper intermediate level tense revision busy teacher. Fill in all the gaps, then press check to check your answers. Mr bean narrative tenses past perfect and past continuous. B2 upper intermediate esl lesson plan from the team tefl b2 coursebook about narrative tenses. Before that two cars had crashed past perfect after that i saw an accident at the same time i was coming past simple past continuous 2. Where no verb is given, put one of the following linking words into the gaps. Speakout 9781408217023 upper intermediate students book. In this unit we will learn how to use narrative tenses to talk about a story in the past.
You have to fill each space with either the past continuous, past perfect simple or past perfect continuous 1. To establish the distinct use of the narrative tenses. The letters next to each exercise show you which sections of the left. You may not get exactly the same answers as i have. When she opened the door, she pretended that we werent there and she went to her room he called me and told me to go, but when i arrived he wasnt there we also use the past simple to talk about past habits or past states we often went to the bar for a drink. We met on holiday, we talked about art and music, we fell in love, i asked her to marry me and when she said yes i kissed her passionately on the lips. This worksheet is designed to be used in conjunction with unit 3.
Twentyfour cards with sentences for correction, mc, or verb transformation tasks. Story ordering and gap fill exercises for a simple story using narrative tenses. Exercise 3 fill in the gaps with the most appropriate narrative tenses of the verbs in brackets. Note that you will lose points if you ask for hints or clues. We use the past perfect simple with stative verbs to talk about states or situations that had started earlier in the past. Teachers get 35 of our exercises and worksheets in printable pdf format to hand out in. Todays lesson is for high upper intermediate english students. Open unit selector close unit selector unit 26 narrative tenses. Past simple, past perfect, past continuous 1 gapfill exercise. The next activity is done in pairs to test your understanding of narrative tenses. My family have bought buy some land in southern france recently. Narrative tenses intermediate 1 linkedin slideshare. She took a deep breath, tried to calm down and then spoke. A worksheet to practice past tenses narrative tenses.
Use the hint button to get a free letter if an answer is giving you trouble. Use the past continuous a to set the general scene of a story. Ive prepared this worksheet to practice narrative tenses. Feb 11, 2015 feedback to confirm the different uses of the narrative tenses. Verb tenses tutorial exercise 1 simple present present. Where were you when student handout where were you when teachers notes leadin show image of mj. U p p e r i nt e r m e d i a t e g r a m m a r e x e r c i. The topic is remembering where you were when big events happened. Narrative tenses a story i saw an accident on the road when i was coming to work this morning. Mixed tenses exercises intermediate exercises upper intermediate level home. The multiplechoice and gapfill exercises in this section cover areas such as tenses, collocations, idioms and phrasal verbs. Past simple or present perfect placement test 1 modal. U p p e r i nt e r m e d i a t e g r a m m a r e x e r c. Oneclick print document 70 sentences to practice the most common tenses.
Quizlet flashcards, activities and games help you improve your grades. He call from his mobile and he was very annoyed because he lose his keys and he cannot get into his flat. Watch all of our upper intermediate level english video lessons here. And were going to try and do the whole thing in 90 seconds. Exercise 2 narrative tenses solutions oxford university. Practise your english grammar and vocabulary with these quick exercises for upperintermediate and advanced learners of english. The present progressive expresses an activity that is in. Story telling game to practise narrative tenses this is a quick game for intermediate level students and above. Im steve, a motor mechanic and this is the story of something strange that. Every monday, sally drive her kids to football practice. Classroom activities to teach narrative tenses british. As i mentioned already, read the sentences carefully for clues on which tense should be used. Nov 12, 2009 narrative tenses past simple tense form. On the left hand page are explanations and examples.
Past simple we use the past simple to talk about past events in chronological order. Practise task reading and writing feedback reading and speaking. Narrative tenses b2 upperintermediate lesson plan for esl by. Where no verb is given, put the following linking words into the gaps.
To develop the ability to understand and accurately use a range of narrative tenses. The day anne died, they had been married for 48 years. The exercise can be used either to revise or introduce the past perfect. A number of additional exercises are included for further practice of particular areas. Download the teachers notes and student handout below.
English esl narrative tenses worksheets most downloaded. Andy and mary are going go to a concert tomorrow night. Students solutions advanced 3rd edition grammar exercise 2 narrative tenses. We are going to have dinner at a seaside restaurant on sunday. There are 4 parts in here, starting from easier to hardest. They have been looking forward to look forward to it the whole week.
A diagram of the different times for the different tenses could look like this. This time were going to be taking about narrative tenses, which are story tenses. Lesson planning example the narrative tenses qualified. Classroom activities to teach narrative tenses british council. Students need to put the verbs into brackets at the right tense. That the grammatical terms have been investigated to some degree. Here are the most common narrative tenses and how they are used. Just check if there are ant direct speech sentences, you can find present tenses there. Try to combine the pairs or groups of sentences below into one true sentence about. When she opened the door, she pretended that we werent there and she went to her room he called me and told me to go, but when i arrived he wasnt there we also use the past simple to talk about past habits or past states we often went to the bar for a. Narrative tenses use the past simple for completed actions in the past which tell the main event in a story. Review of past tenses a thorough revision of past tenses and narrative tenses, with concept checking and practice.
Use the time expressions and the past perfect tense to. You can find details of this in the contents pages. Fill in the gaps with the most appropriate narrative tenses of the verbs in brackets. Narrative tenses cards correct order mike astbury 2017 story cards correct order 1.
Theres also one with a trick, a bare infinitive which goes after a modal verb. Mixed tense revision complete the sentences with the suitable form of the verbs in brackets. Narrative tenses guess the year game esl lesson plans. There is an easier gap fill exercise where students must put the verbs into the. Tenses t 20 fill in the correct form of the verb all tenses 1. A collection of english esl worksheets for home learning, online practice, distance learning and english classes to teach about mixed, tenses, mixed tenses 70 sentences to practice the most common tenses. Advice narrative tenses never use the present perfect in a narrative. Where i will try to illustrate a language point with a story, no doubt with varying degrees of success. Narrative tenses are used to talk about past events and to tell storiesnarrative tenses are four tenses that we often use for talking about past events. This worksheet has different types of exercises such as a cloze text, finding mistakes, actives or passives as well as an answer key in the end. The four narrative tenses are the past simple, past continuous, past perfect and past perfect continuous and one or more of these can be used in a sentence.
My upper intermediate students will do it and theyll write they own story. I made it as a mingle for new students to get to know each other but over time it has shown that its a good exercise for practising the narrative tenses. The past perfect or the past simple at autoenglish sep 24, 2018 image credit. Past simple common mistakes common mistakes correct version why. Complete the following sentences using an appropriate verb form. Each card has one of the 16 sentences above, but the narrative tense is missing on the question side. Past simple, past perfect and past continuous brickfield. T074 narrative tenses past and past perfect tense english grammar exercises. Give information about your situation in the middle of that year, using only the past perfect i had been done etc. When i saw the boy coming towards me, i said hello. Narrative tenses photocopiables sorted out tefltastic.
It is a great teaching resource for upper intermediate or advanced students but would be quite adaptable for pre intermediate and intermediate students. The lesson also includes a grammatical focus session that aims to develop understanding of the meaning and form of narrative tenses. You can check your answers to the practice exercises, additional exercises and study guide in the key. To complete a sentence using all four tenses, for tl practise. Put the verb in brackets into the correct form in the gap after the verb. Thank you for sharing this excellent teaching resource. Is sometimes used to explain the condition of people or things at the time of the main events in the story. They are building build a summer house there at the moment. We thought that we were on the right path when suddenly we 1 run into a very familiar rock and 2 realise that we 3 walk in circles for quite a long time.