Narrative tenses are used to talk about past events and to tell stories. Narrative tenses
are
four tenses that we often use for talking about past events.
Past Simple
We use Past Simple to describe main events of the story in chronological order.
Example:
I
visited Fethiye last week. It was
a sunny Monday morning. We were strapped in our little
seat of
the parachutes.
Past Progressive
We use Past Progressive to set the scene and to describe actions or situations that were in
progress (not finished) at a certain point in the story.
Example: I was amazed by the beauty of marine life. Hundreds of transparent glassfish
were
swimming around Mike.
Past Perfect
We use Past Perfect to show that one action happened before the other.
My friends were new in scuba diving, but me and Mike had gained some experience at the Great
Barrier Reef.
Past Perfect Progressive
We use Past Perfect Progressive to show that a past action already started and continued up to
another action or time in the past.
Though we had been trying different extreme sports for
almost 5 years, it was a completely new
thing for us.