What can a story be about? What tenses do we normally use? Read the theory box and check.
Stories can be written in the first person (I/we) about real or imaginary events that happened to us or in the third person (he/she/they) about events that happened to someone else.
• A variety of past tenses are used to describe actions or events that started and finished in the past (past simple , to set the scene and to describe events in progress at a certain time (past continuous) or to give background information and describe events that happened before other past events (past perfect .
• Stories always have an introduction which sets the scene (who, when, where, what happened, etc) in an interesting way, a main body that develops the storyline and a conclusion to end the story and describe the characters’ feelings. A surprising ending makes a long-lasting impression on the reader.
(Paragraph plan
Introduction) Para 1 (set the scene
Main Body Paras 2-3 (events in the order they happened
Conclusion Para 4 (end the story, describe feelings