Narratives and Recounts: tense forms
Matching exercise
Drag and drop the items on the right to match the items the function of the forms on the left.
ELT Concourse home
She wondered if the flight would be on time
Predictably, the taxi was late
She had already booked the flight
She was getting rather anxious when ...
"At last!" she says, "What kept you?"
She left early
She had been wondering what to do about ...
Having made sure everything was switched off, she ...
She had almost decided to telephone again to see what the problem was
Relative tense form to sequence events logically
Non-finite relative form to provide background
Relative tense form to show background and perspective
Catenative non-finite verbs to show intentions, causes and sequences
Absolute tense form to signal main actions and events
Future in the past
Adding vividness and immediacy
Absolute tense form to signal main actions and events
Relative tense form to show background and perspective