FOR INTERMEDIATE AND FC STS HOW TO TELL A STORY

 HOW TO TELL A STORY

If you have watched the first scene in the video EMPOWER B1 series, you must remember how Annie, and Rachel ,two old friends living in London ,met in the street 

How can you tell your mates about their conversation ? 

You may say : 

Annie and Rachel are walking along the street. Rachel and Annie are old friends but they haven t seen each other for several years now 

All of a suffen, Raches can see a familiar face : It s her old friend Annie who is walking in the opposite direction 

Rachel shouts : Annie !! 

Rachel and Annie meet after so many years They are surprised to see each other in the street. 

Rachel is with ayoung man beside her : her husband . Rachel and MArk have got married . When Annie learns they have married, she is surprised . Rachel says they ve been married for 5 months and March says they ve been married for 8 months. Rachel corrects him and he agrees . He has made a mistake 

Annie is going to the pub in the corner where she is meeting her boyfriend Leo 

, so she invites them to go for a coffee together Racher and Marck agree. 

OR  

You may say : 

Annie and Rachel, two old friends , were walking along the street some time ago when Rachel recognized Annie who was walking in the opposite direction 

Rached shouted : Annie !! 

They were surprised to see each other after several years . They spoke about where they lived and discovered they lived quite near 

Rache was with her husband Mark who introduced himself to Annie , who was really surprised to learn that they were married . 

They disagreed over the date of marriage, but finally Mark admitted to having made a mistake . As Annie was going to the pub round the corner to meet her boyfriend Leo, she invited them to have some coffee together .   Rachel and Mark agreed to go and the four met at the pub 

YOU MAY TELL A STORY BY USING THE PRESENT TENSES OR THE PAST TENSES BUT YOU MUST REMEMBER TO STICK TO ONE TIME FRAME . DON T MIX TENSES