Narrative Tenses ESL Worksheets, Activities and Games

Act out my Story

Intermediate (B1) 30 minutes
ESL Narrative Tenses Activity - Grammar and Writing: Writing Sentences from Prompts, Story Writing, Acting - Pair Work

In this engaging narrative tenses activity, students practice using narrative tenses to tell a story for other students to act out. In pairs, students begin by... read more

Fairy Tale Fun

Intermediate (B1) 30 minutes
ESL Narrative Tenses Worksheet - Reading and Grammar Exercises: Binary Choice, True or False Reading Comprehension, Gap-fill

In this useful narrative tenses worksheet, students read fairy tale stories and complete them with the correct narrative tense verb forms. First, students... read more

Match and Mime

Intermediate (B1) 40 minutes
ESL Narrative Tense Games - Grammar: Matching, Gap-fill, Sentence Completion, Miming, Guessing - Pair Work

Here is a fun set of narrative tense games to help students practice or review narrative tenses. First, students play a pelmanism game where they take turns... read more

Narrative Tenses Practice

Intermediate (B1) 30 minutes
ESL Narrative Tenses Worksheet - Reading, Grammar and Writing Exercises: Binary Choice, Matching, Writing Sentences from Prompts, Gap-fill, Story Completion

In this free narrative tenses worksheet, students learn four narrative tenses and how to use them to tell stories... read more

Story Time

Intermediate (B1) 35 minutes
ESL Narrative Tenses Activity - Grammar and Writing: Matching, Short Answer Questions, Guided Story Writing, Sentence Completion - Group Work

This imaginative story writing activity helps students practice narrative tenses. First, students match the forms... read more

Tales from the Waiting Room

Upper-intermediate (B2) 30 minutes
ESL Narrative Tenses Worksheet - Reading and Grammar Exercises: Matching, Gap-fill, Binary Choice - Speaking Activity: Guided Discussion - Pair Work

In this creative narrative tenses worksheet, students work through a variety of grammar exercises in order to... read more

Tell me a Story

Upper-intermediate (B2) 30 minutes
ESL Narrative Tenses Worksheet - Grammar and Reading Exercises: Identifying, Gap-fill, Changing Word Forms, Matching - Speaking Activity: Story Telling - Group Work

In this productive narrative tenses worksheet, students review and practice narrative tenses to talk about past... read more