Narrative paragraphs

Write out the following sentences on to a piece of paper to form a paragraph. Provide the correct form of the verb in the past and the correct prepositions. Click on the arrow to check your answers.

• Yesterday evening Jack _____ (get) home _____ (preposition) half past five.
• He immediately _____ (make) himself a cup of _____ (preposition) coffee and _____ (sit down) to read a book.
• He _____ (read) the book _____ (preposition) half past seven.
• Then he _____ (make) dinner and _____ (get ready) to go out with his friends.
• When his friends _____ (arrive) they _____ (decide) to go out to see a film.
• He _____ (stay out) until midnight with his friends.
• Finally he _____ (fall) asleep _____ (preposition) about one o'clock.

Written Exercise II
Now that you have a good feeling for the form of a narrative paragraph. Fill in the gaps in this paragraph with information about what you did yesterday evening.
Yesterday evening ______________ at ________ o'clock. I immediately ______________. After ______________, I (or we) ________________. Then I (or we) __________________________. I (or we) _________________a while. Later I (or we) _______________________________. I (or we) finally _______________.







Practice
Try to write a number of similar paragraphs about what you did last weekend, on your last holiday, etc.