NARRATIVES

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WRITING:

NARRATIVE
IES JOSÉ MARHUENDA PRATS
Teacher: Irene Martínez
WHAT DOES A NARRATIVE INCLUDE?

1. A series of events that tell a


story.

2. A difficult situation the


characters needed to
overcome.

3. What happened and the


character’s feelings.

4. How the situation was


resolved.
STRUCTURE Time
OPENING Introduces the topic Place
Characters

Events in the story.


Gives details about the Difficulties.
BODY topic. Climax. Feelings.

Ending of the story.


Summarises the topic and
CLOSING How difficulties
gives a conclusion
were resolved
TENSES
PAST PERFECT
SIMPLE PAST
To show that one CONTINUOUS PAST SIMPLE
action happened Action in progress in Finished action,
before another in the the past specific moment.
past.

When Voldemort arrived, Lily was


playing with Harry. Someone had
betrayed them.
TENSES
Ann had been hesitating if he
should open the door.
Eventually, he opened it very
slowly, looked carefully around
the room and walked in. The
window was open and the
curtains were blowing in the
wind. Clearly someone had
left in a hurry.
CONNECTORS
SEQUENCE
CONNECTORS
• At first (al principio) • While (mientras)
• In the first place (en primer lugar) • When (cuando)
• First of all (en primer lugar) • Until (hasta que)
• To begin (para empezar) • At this point (en ese momento)
• Then (después, luego) • Furthermore (además)
• After *(después de) prep. • Another (otro)
• Afterwards * (después) adv. • In addition (además)
• As soon as (tan pronto como) • Lastly (finalmente)
• Later (más tarde) • At the end (al final)
• Before (antes) • Finally (finalmente)
• Meanwhile (mientras tanto) • In short (en resumen)
• Subsequently (posteriormente) • All in all (después de todo)
• After a while (al poco tiempo) • Eventually (finalmente)
• During (durante) • At last (por fin, finalmente)
CONNECTORS
• But (pero)
• However (sin embargo)
• Therefore (por lo tanto)
• Consequently (consecuentemente)
• Then (después, luego)

ADVERBS
• Unfortunately, (desafortunadamente)
• Immediately (inmediatamente)
• Furiously (furiosamente)
• Impatiently (impacientemente)
• Extremely (extramadamente)
PAST TIME EXPRESSIONS
night five minutes

Monday an hour morning

YESTERDAY
week two days
afternoon
LAST

AGO
month six months
evening
January ten years
Christmas night
a long time
year many years
with times

with specific dates.

with years, decades,


and centuries

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