05
📘Grado 9°
Periodo 2
Tema 2 de 3

Past Narrative

Contar una historia con los cuatro tiempos del pasado.
Colegio Ángeles del NorteInglés · L. R. Montaño Rincón
❓Antes de aprender · pregunta problematizadora

How do you tell a story that people want to hear?

01Piensa en una historia corta que sepas.
02¿Dónde está el escenario y dónde el giro?
03Ordena los hechos antes de contarla.
🎯Al terminar este tema podrás

Desempeños

I
Combinar simple past, past continuous y past perfect en un relato.
II
Usar conectores narrativos para dar ritmo.
III
Escribir una narración con inicio, nudo y desenlace.
💡La idea central

Cuatro tiempos, una sola historia

Una buena narración alterna: el past continuous pinta el escenario, el simple past mueve la acción y el past perfect explica lo anterior.
“It was raining. Suddenly the door opened. Someone had forgotten to lock it.”
El ritmo nace del contraste entre los tres.
PASTNOW
🧩La arquitectura
Escenario
past continuous
+
Acción
simple past
+
Trasfondo
past perfect
She was reading when the phone rang; she had been waiting for that call.Los tres tiempos aparecen en casi todo relato bien escrito.

Inicio · Nudo · Desenlace

Setting
It was a cold night.
Everyone was sleeping.
past continuous
Complication
Suddenly, a noise woke him.
He got up and looked out.
simple past
Resolution
In the end, it was only the cat.
He had left the window open.
past perfect al cerrar
🔗El ritmo del relato

Conectores narrativos

SECUENCIA
FirstThenAfter that
LaterMeanwhileSoon
In the endFinallyAt last
DRAMA
SuddenlyAll of a suddenUnexpectedly
FortunatelyUnfortunatelyLuckily
To my surpriseWithout warningJust then

Recursos de un buen narrador

Detalle sensorial — qué se ve, se oye, se huele
The rain was hitting the roof.
Diálogo directo — da vida a la escena
"Who is there?" she asked.
Frase corta — acelera el momento clave
Then it stopped.
Adverbios — colorean la acción
He walked slowly.
Flashback — past perfect
She had met him years before.
Cierre con giro — la última línea sorprende
It had been a dream.

Escenario vs. Acción

Escenario
The wind was blowing.
Descripción continua. No avanza la historia: la ambienta.
Acción
A branch fell on the road.
Hecho puntual. Cada uno empuja la historia hacia adelante.
Alterna: dos frases de escenario, una de acción.
📖Lectura contextualizada

The Night of the Blackout

It was raining hard and the family was watching television when the lights went out. Nobody moved. Sofía remembered that she had bought candles that morning. Ten minutes later they were sitting around the table, laughing. It became the best night of the year.

past continuoussimple past / perfect
✅Opción múltiple · 1 de 3

______, the door opened and everyone went quiet.

AFinally
BSuddenly
CMeanwhile
DAfter that
✅Opción múltiple · 2 de 3

The sun ______ when we left the house.

Ashone
Bwas shining
Chad shone
Dshines
✅Opción múltiple · 3 de 3

He was tired because he ______ all night.

Aworked
Bwas working
Chad worked
Dworks
🤔True or False

¿Verdadero o falso?

El past continuous sirve para describir el escenario.
TRUE
FALSE
Suddenly introduce una interrupción.
TRUE
FALSE
El past perfect avanza la acción principal.
TRUE
FALSE
Un relato puede combinar los tres tiempos del pasado.
TRUE
FALSE
Los conectores narrativos no afectan el ritmo del texto.
TRUE
FALSE
🔗Asociar · matching

Función → conector

Haz clic en la función y luego en el conector adecuado.
Empezar el relato
Marcar una interrupción
Dos acciones a la vez
Cerrar la historia
In the end
Meanwhile
Suddenly
Once upon a time
📝Completar el espacio

Fill in the blanks

was
Finally
Suddenly
had
1. It   raining when we left.
2.   , the lights went out.
3. She   bought candles that morning.
4.   , everyone went to sleep.
🔢Ordenar la oración

Build the sentence

moved
went
nobody
and
Suddenly
out
the
lights
🔍Encontrar el error

Find the mistake

It rained when the phone rang
He was tired because he worked all night
Meanwhile , the door opened suddenly
🏁Después de aprender

Lo esencial

continuous para el escenario · simple past para la acción · past perfect para el trasfondo · conectores para el ritmo.
Tarea: escribe una narración de doce líneas con los tres tiempos y al menos cuatro conectores.
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