Writing a narrative
When we write a narrative, we use the past tense simple to talk about events and the past continuous to describe the scenes. Normally you would start your narrative by telling what part of the day it was, describing the place you were in, what you were doing, if there was anybody else and what they were doing. Describing the things and the people you see, what they are like and what they look like. You can use while to join sentences, like: while I was walking my dog a man was reading the newspaper. Normally, suddenly something happens that changes the turn of events, either you meet someone, someone attacks you, ‌ that’s the body of the narrative. Finally, there must be an end to your story, either happy or sad. When everything was going wrong, suddenly the police turned up and saved and you came back home safe and sound. You decide the end. To enumerate actions you can use first, second, then, later on To assess the ending you can say luckily, unluckily, fortunately, unfortunately And to finish you say: in the end, finally