narrative tenses
Worksheets: narrative tenses
B1-B2
30 mins
groups: 3-4
correction
Twenty-four cards with sentences for correction, MC, or verb transformation tasks. Can be used alone or with a snakes and ladders board.
B1-B2
sentence completion
Eight personalized sentences with multiple choice endings. Students complete and then make questions to find their partner's answers. Concept checking statements are included to check students' understanding of past tenses.
B1-B2
20-30 mins
groups: 3-4
correction
Twelve error correction slips for past and present perfect tenses, would and used to. Includes explanatory notes.
B1-B2
20-30 minutes
groups: 2-3
ordering
gap fill
Story ordering and gap fill exercises for a simple story using narrative tenses:
past simple, past continuous and past perfect (including some passives).
The exercise can be used either to revise or introduce the past perfect.
The cards can be used to highlight the difference between the true chronological order of events and the order in which events are mentioned when using the past perfect tense.
B1-B2
30 mins +
groups: 10 (minimum)
gap fill
ordering
Story ordering activity about an incident on a flight with follow-up gap-fill task.
Uses past simple, past continuous and past perfect tenses.
B1-B2
45 minutes
groups: 13 +
gap fill
ordering
Story about a woman getting locked out of her flat. Uses past simple, past continuous and past perfect simple tenses. Includes ordering and gap-fill tasks, and event sequencing with cards to highlight the difference between the chronological order of events and the order in which they are mentioned in the story.
Four sheets including complete text for reference.
B1-B2
40 minutes
groups: 3+
gap fill
ordering
Cut up urban myth (14 strips) about a madman with a knife. (Not for the faint-hearted!) Grammar gap-fill follow up.
B1-B2
gap fill
ordering
Cut up story (office impostor) and analysis
B1-B2
1 hour
groups: pairs / whole class
gap fill
question writing
Split bank robbery story with gaps (pair work) leading to alibis game (whole class).
(7 sheets including instructions sheet and answers.)
