Past Simple: to describe the main events of a story., did\didn't, Ved or V2, Chris believed that it was important to save energy on a long-distance race., Suddenly, a local runner overtook him at high speed., He knew his rival would get tired later in the race., He didn’t speed up., he looked round and saw a large rhinoceros., to present a short action, Past Continuous: to set the scene, to present a longer unfinished action, was\were + Ving, Chris Stewart and two other British athletes were competing in a 20-kilometre race in Kenya., He wasn't running very fast., Chris was leading when suddenly..., The large rhinoceros was chasing after them., Past Perfect: to make it clear that one past action happened before another past action, had + Ved\V3, They hadn’t competed in Africa before., A large rhinoceros had crashed through the trees next to the road.,

Focus 3 U2.2 Narrative tenses

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