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Narrative tenses - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Series of events in somebody's life
        
        "Jane was born in New York. She grew up in a poor neighborhood and she went to a public school."
      - Stories
        
        "She didn't know where she was or how she got there, but she knew she had to get out of there as soon as possible".
      - Dialogues
        
        'Did you heard what the teacher said?'
        'He said we had to do exercise number one'.
    - - S + past tense
  - - - Background information
        
        "I was studying when she called"
      - Progressive actions
        
        "I was sleeping in my room"
      - Describing an scene that continued in the past
        
        "The dog was barking at 7 a.m."
    - - S + be (past tense) + -ing verb
        
        "I was eating"
        
        "They weren't listening"
    - - Used for
        
        Talking about a progressive action that is interrupted by a completed one in the past
        
        "I was sleeping when my mother called me"
  - - - An action that started in the past and continued up until another time in the past
        
        "It had been raining all day"
    - - S + had been + -ing verb
        
        "I had been staying all day"
        
        "She had been working"
  - - - Actions that happened before another action in the past
        
        "I had cleaned my room before hanging out with my friends"
    - - S + have (past tense) + past participle
        
        "I had reading the book"
        
        "She hadn't cleaned the table"
    - - The action that happened first goes in past perfect, while the one that happened later goes in past simple
        
        "I had cleaned my room when my mother arrived"
- - - - I used to watch anime every weekend, but know I don't.
    - - There used to be a building in there.
    - - I used to like horror movies
    - - I used to be a manager, but now I'm a singer
  - - - I used to play football.
    - - I didn't use to like football.
    - - Didn't you use to work in a McDonald's?
    - - Did you use to work in a McDonald's?
  - - - John didn’t use to go shopping often, but now he does.
- - - - I used to play football, but now I don't.