narrative tenses U7

To describe past actions we use ____

"When the train________, they had already left the station"

To describe future events from the perspective of a past narrative we use ___

"I (had seen) him before we went to the party"

"They ____ at the cafe when we passed by"

To make a story sound more exciting and immediate we use _____

Example of past perfect continuous

"By the time we arrived, they ______ the meeting"

A narrative is an account of a sequence of events, such as a report, anecdote or story.

"He _____ the book when I called him"