The narrative tenses by Viv Quarry
www.vivquarry.com/wkshts/narrative.htmlNarrative tenses are the grammatical structures that you use when telling a story, or talking about situations and activities which happened at a defined past time. When narrating past events, DO NOT mix past and present tenses (avoid using the present perfect and present simple), as these will confuse the reader/listener about when things really happened.
Narrative Tenses | English Grammar B2 Level
open.books4languages.com › narrative-tensesGenerally, narrative tenses are used in stories and past events. Narrative tenses are: past simple, past continuous, past perfect and past perfect continuous. For example: “One day we were chatting in the kitchen, when suddenly the front door opened with a slam and in entered Thomas. He was breathing heavily as if he had been running all the ...