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