Unit 20: Telling stories
Narrative tenses
Select a unit
- 1Pop-ups
- 2Hidden talents
- 3Can't buy me love
- 4Travellers' tales
- 5The colleague from hell
- 6Jurassic mystery: unpacking the past
- 7Career changes
- 8Art
- 9Project management
- 10The dog ate my homework!
- 11The diary of a double agent
- 12Fashion forward
- 13Flat pack skyscrapers
- 14Extreme sports
- 15Food fads
- 16Me, my selfie and I
- 17Endangered animals
- 18A nip and a tuck: cosmetic surgery
- 19I'm really sorry...
- 20Telling stories
- 21Fakes and phrasals
- 22Looking to the future
- 23Becoming familiar with things
- 24From rags to riches
- 25Against the odds
- 26Our future on Mars?
- 27Where is it illegal to get a fish drunk?
- 28Dodgy dating
- 29Annoying advice
- 30I'll have been studying English for thirty weeks
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Session 1
3 ActivitiesLinking words
14 Sep 2015First we'll look at linking words, then we'll have a quiz and after that we'll have a party! All those things and more in this session, except the party.
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Session 2
3 ActivitiesNarrative verb forms
15 Sep 2015When we tell stories, jokes and anecdotes we use particular verb forms. Most of these, but not all, are past forms. Learn more and discover how you can also use the present to talk about the past.
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Session 3
1 ActivityTall stories
16 Sep 2015Narrative tenses are important when you're telling a story. Listen to Catherine, Neil and Rob from the Learning English team talking about some interesting experiences they've had. Not everyone is telling the truth! Try to work out who's telling porky pies (lies), then test your understanding.
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Session 5
1 ActivityDrama: The Importance of Being Earnest
18 Sep 2015Join us for the final episode of our drama, The Importance of Being Earnest. It's time to find out who the real Ernest is...