You can do the exercises online or download the worksheet as pdf. Narrative tenses b2 upperintermediate lesson plan for esl. Speakout 9781408217023 upper intermediate students book. This exercise focuses on the difference between the past simple and the past perfect.
Exercise 2 narrative tenses solutions oxford university press. Use the past continuous a to set the general scene of a story. 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. Exercise 3 fill in the gaps with the most appropriate narrative tenses of the verbs in brackets. Upper intermediate level tense revision busy teacher. Watch all of our upper intermediate level english video lessons here. Students solutions advanced grammar exercise 2 narrative tenses. English grammar practice exercise, upperintermediate advanced level. The following esl efl resources are available for narrative tenses grammar.
Practise and improve your writing skills with these texts and exercises. Narrative tenses upper intermediate english language linguistics. When we tell a story in the past, we often use linking. Past simple we use the past simple to talk about past events in chronological order. Narrative tenses upper intermediate english language. Classroom activities to teach narrative tenses british council. A worksheet to practice past tenses narrative tenses. My upperintermediate students will do it and theyll write they own story by using narrative tenses. Students result english result upper intermediate grammar unit 2 narrative tenses. Jan 3, 2017 students fill in the gaps with the correct narrative tense.
The exercise can be used either to revise or introduce the past perfect. The expedition narrative tenses tenses, narrator, collective nouns. My upperintermediate students will do it and theyll write they own story. Strong intermediate and above could be adapted for lower or higher.
Mixed tense revision complete the sentences with the suitable form of the verbs in brackets. There is an easier gap fill exercise where students must put the verbs into the. English verb tenses exercises advanced level esl agendaweb. Free interactive exercises intermediate and advanced level esl. 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. When i saw the boy coming towards me, i said hello. My upper intermediate students will do it and theyll write they own story by using narrative tenses. We can use them to tell a story or to describe past events, including personal anecdotes. Fill in the gaps with the most appropriate narrative tenses of the verbs in brackets. Story ordering and gap fill exercises for a simple story using narrative tenses. Students result english result upperintermediate grammar unit 2 narrative tenses. Intermediate b1 writing learnenglish teens british council. Narrative tenses are verb tenses that are used to talk about the past. Are you an intermediate cefr level b1 learner of english.
English esl narrative tenses worksheets most downloaded. All downloads are in pdf format and consist of a worksheet and answer sheet to check your results. Grammar activities two upper intermediate book cover. 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. Ive prepared this worksheet to practice narrative tenses. The cards can be used to highlight the difference between. This time were going to be taking about narrative tenses, which are story tenses. Narrative tenses use the past simple for completed actions in the past which tell the main event in a story. Narrative tenses upper intermediate free download as pdf file.