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Storytelling

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Storytelling

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Join me for a ghost story and all the tenses I use to tell it.

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Do you like telling stories?

How to tell a story - any story - in English

Past Simple Past Continuous Past Perfect

When I lived in New York I worked at a wonderful restaurant.

Past Simple

Past Simple = I worked...

It all began when she thought her house had been broken into.

Past Perfect

Past Perfect = ...had been broken into.

She was driving to the store, the supermarket.

Past Continuous

Past Continuous = She was driving...

She was driving to the store, the supermarket.

Past Continuous

...the alarm went off.

Past Simple

...since it didn’t seem like anything had been taken.

Past Perfect

...it was moving out of the house, it was leaving.

Past Continuous

It still gives me the chills! 😱

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Where was my friend's mother going when the alarm went off?

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When she got home, she found that one window was open.

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What do we call it when people wrongly believe that something dangerous has happened/is happening.

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She saw something strange on the video footage.

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Do you think the camera captured a ghost?

How to tell a story - any story - in English

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How to tell a story - any story - in English

Past Simple Past Continuous Past Perfect

When I lived in New York I worked at a wonderful restaurant.

Past Simple = I worked...

It all began when she thought her house had been broken into.

Past Perfect = ...had been broken into.

She was driving to the store, the supermarket.

Past Continuous = She was driving...

She was driving to the store, the supermarket.

...the alarm went off.

...since it didn’t seem like anything had been taken.

...it was moving out of the house, it was leaving.

It still gives me the chills! 😱

How to tell a story - any story - in English

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