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Speaking Strategy
Narrating a story
A. You may use ‘simple past’ and ‘past progressive’ together to narrate
a story. Past progressive is sometimes used to give background/
situation to the story.
Last night at 8 o’clock we were sitting in the hall. We were talking
about our day. Suddenly we heard a noise. My father went out to
see what was making the noise. When my father was walking in the
yard, we went to the kitchen. We saw a kitty in the kitchen. It was
eating a cookie. The Poor kitty was hungry.
You may use the following patterns to ask and answer about stories
that happened in the past. 3
What were you doing (yesterday at 8)? LESSON
What was happening (yesterday at 8)?
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