Narrative Tense Structures

Simple Past
The simple past is usually used to fix events in the past. We can use it to describe the main events of a story.
E.g: Trevor Baylis dozed off and had a dream.
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Past Continuous
The past continuous is often used in contrast with the simple past. We can use it to describe an activity that was in progress when the main events of the story happened.
E.g: Art Fry was listening to the sermon one Sunday when his mind began to wander.
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Past Perfect and Past Perfect Continuous
The past perfect can be used to refer to an event that clearly took place before the time of the main events of the story.
E.g: He had been demostrating his product to prospective customers.
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Past Perfect Continuous

Execises
Past Perfect and Past Perfect Continuous