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Which tense is usually used for the main events in a story?
Past Simple
(Fill the gap):
She ______ (cook) dinner when the lights went out.
was cooking
Fill the gap:
He was exhausted because he ______ (work) all night.
had been working
(Past Perfect Continuous)
Which tense describes an action that was in progress when another action happened?
Past Continuous
What is the difference between Past Simple and Past Continuous in storytelling?
Past Simple = main events;
Past Continuous = background actions.
Why do we use Past Perfect in this sentence?
“She had forgotten her phone, so she went back home.”
Because forgetting happened before going back home.
Which tense do we use to talk about something that happened before another past action?
Past Perfect.
(Correct the mistake):
When I arrived, they were already left.
When I arrived, they had already left.
Choose the correct form:
While we ______ (have) dinner, someone knocked at the door.
were having
(Fill the gap):
We ______ (walk) home when it suddenly started to rain.
were walking
Fill the gap:
We didn’t know the way because we ______ (never/be) there before.
had never been
Error correction:
We were watching TV when suddenly the phone was ringing.
We were watching TV when suddenly the phone rang.
By the time we arrived, the film ______ (already/start).
had already started
Which tense is used here and why?
“I was driving home when I saw the accident.”
Past Continuous + Past Simple.
Continuous = background action,
Simple = interrupting action.
By the time the police arrived, the thief ______ (escape) and the neighbors ______ (try) to stop him.
had escaped
had been trying