Narrative tenses CoU

1) I was watching TV when the children were playing outside.
2) When Sarah was speaking to Fred, Peter was trying to get her attention.
3) When I was studying, Danny called me.

WORD ORDER
1) When I was studying, he called me.
2) I was studying when he called me.
3) While I was studying, he called me.
4) As I was studying, he called me.
when + past simple or continuous
while/ as + past continuous

Present vs past

Habits and routines in the present
1. I get up every day at 6 a.m. and go to work.
Habits and routines in the past
1. When I was a kid, I got up every day at 7 a.m. and went to school.

An action in progress now or around now
1. I am talking right now. I’m teaching level intermediate this semester.
2. While I’m talking, you’re listening.
An action in progress at the moment in the past or around it
1. This time last year I was talking too, but I was teaching upper-intermediate level that semester.
2. While I was talking, my students were listening.

A completed action in the past, result in the present
1. She doesn’t want to watch this movie because she’s seen it already.
2. I am sad because
I’ve lost my notebook.
A completed action in the pre-past, result in the past
1. She didn’t want to watch this movie because she’d seen it already.
2. I was sad because
I’d lost my notebook.

A completed action before the present (experience)
1. I ‘m so happy to finally visit the Bahamas. Look! I’ve never seen such a beautiful sunset before!
2. My sister loves travelling. She’s been to 10 countries by now/ up to now.
A completed action before something in the past (experience)
1. I was so happy to finally visit the Bahamas.
I’d never seen such a beautiful sunset before. (before I visited the
Bahamas)
2. My sister loved travelling. She’d been to 10 countries by (then/ 2017/ the time she turned 18).

Don’t come in! I haven’t finished cleaning yet.
I hadn’t finished cleaning when my friend tried to enter the room.

Present perfect – no exact time
1. I have visited the USA in 2015.
I visited the USA in 2015.
Past perfect – possible to use exact time
1. She had visited the USA once in 2015 before she moved there in 2017.
Past perfect with ‘thinking’ verbs: realize, understand, find out, learn, remember…
1. I came to the office and realized I’d left my wallet at home.
2. As he was telling the joke, I remembered I’d heard it before.

Let’s practise, shall we?

Zenyk and Angelina missed their flight because…

while Angelina ____(pack), Zenyk ____ (watch) TV.

while Angelina was packing, Zenyk was watching TV.

When they ___(drive) to the airport, their car ___(break).

When they were driving to the airport, their car broke.

When they finally ___(get) to the airport, the plane ___(already/leave).