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What are you going to do?

Now it's your turn. What are your plans for the near future? *Write a short narrative like mine: My plans for the weekend Certainly, I’m not going to do many significant things. First, I’m going to finish  some of my pending work. Next, I’m going to order a tasty pizza and enjoy it. Later, I’m going to watch a TV series via streaming, but not as many episodes  as in binge watching.  Then I’m going to sleep for eight hours. In the morning, I’m going to prepare breakfast, because I’m going to have guests, so I’m going to do some house cleaning, before.  Finally I’m going to read a really nice book,perhaps one about vampires  or zombies. I used the weekend  but remember  you could choose the end of semester, your birthday or vacations if you want to. In addition to  connectors of sequence  you can use  days  like:  On Saturday I’m going to… On Sunday I’m going to… But you have to use  and ,...

Writing your story using the past continuous

  *When you write a story, use time linkers such as: -when When I returned, Harry wasn’t there . -while While you were looking for your glasses, I heard a noise in the yard. -as soon as As soon as my friend heard it, he said, “No way! We’ll get in trouble! Also, use adverbs such as: -suddenly Suddenly, we heard a strange noise. -luckily Luckily, I found a taxi quickly . -unfortunately We went downstairs, but unfortunately, the lights weren’t working. *Have a look at these two stories. One is about a suspenseful anecdote, and the other one is an account of a trip. You can find the features mentioned above in both texts. They are marked as follows: Completed actions in the past - Actions in progress in the past - Time linkers - Useful adverbs SUSPENSE NARRATIVE Last weekend my brother Quentin and I went on a day trip to the forest near our town. While we were walking , we saw a small lake and stopped to have lunch there. We were very hungry!...

Past continuous in stories