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Narrative forms are used to talk about the past, often in stories and anecdotes.
They include the past simple, past continuous, past perfect simple and past perfect continuous as well as time conjunctions which can be used to connect an action or an event to a point in time.(when, after, before, until, since, while, once, as and as soon as)
E.g.:
- She was in a bad car accident when she was young
- We were listening to a CD while my brother was reading a book.

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1. Read the relevant parts from your coursebook;
2.  and write examples of the structures, how the structures are formed, what they mean and when to use the structures;
3. Present the information to your colleagues.
Example:

1. I wish I were taller.
2. I wish I had not eaten so much last night.
3. I wish my neighbours would stop fighting

1. Use wish + past tense to talk about something you wish were different in the present;
2. Use wish + past perfect to talk about something you wish had been different in the past;
3. Use wish + would (could for first person sg - I) for something that you would like to be different in the future but is unlikely to happen.

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1.We can use the present simple for:
-habits:
I clean my teeth every night.
-permanent or long-term situations:
I come from Australia.
They live near the sea.
-facts:
Ice melts in the heat.
Typical time words and expressions that are commonly used with present simple are: usually, always, never,hardly ever, whenever I can.

2.We can use past simple (with a time word/expression) for past habits
Every day I got up at 7 a.m. and went to work by bus.
3.We use used to + infinitive  for habits/ states wich are no longer true:
I used to go out every Friday.
We used to live in Bridgetown.
4.We can use would for habits(but NOT states) wich are no longer true:
When, I was younger, would help my mother in the kitchen.

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Verb patterns followed by -ing or infinitive - p.46

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Verb patterns followed by -ing or infinitive - p.46

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p24-25
1. They have been talking for the last hour.

2. She has been working at that company for three years.

3. What have you been doing for the last 30 minutes?

4. James has been teaching at the university since June.

1. The present perfect continuous is formed using has/have + been + present participle. Questions are indicated by inverting the subject and has/have. Negatives are made with not
2. The present perfect continuous expresses more temporary actions and situations which started in the past and continue to the present
3.

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p.24-25
Past Simple:
Form: regular verbs add -ed but other verbs with irregular forms change (see-saw-seen)
We USE it:
-completed actions in the past at a particular time: I WENT to Paris last week.
-for a sequence of actions or events: I WENT round the shops, then I WENT to the cinema.
-for permanent or long-term situations in the past: I really ENJOYED myself when I WAS a teen.
-for repeated events: My mother WENT to lots of concerts.She always ASKED for an autograph when she MET a singer.
Present Perfect Simple:
Form: has/have + past participle:I have written it.
We USE it:
-with SINCE or FOR about a period of time which continues up to the present moment: I HAVE LIVED here FOR two years.
-with HOW LONG: HOW LONG HAVE you LIVED here ?(you still live here)
-in the negative for unfinished actions often with STILL or YET: I STILL HAVE NOT SENT the letter.
-events repeated over a period of time until the present: You HAVE PLAYED yhe guitar every night.
-events which happened in the past at a time which is unknown: I HAVE STARTED my essay.( we don"t know when)

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p.59

A. Use these words with plural countable nouns.
-(a) few, fewer
-many, a great many, very many, not many.
There were a few people at the match but not many.
-several
-a small/good/a large/great number of

B. Use these words with uncountable nouns.
-(very) little, not much
There wasn't much interest in the village cricket match.
-a good/great deal of, a small/large amount of

C. Use these words with plural countable and uncountable nouns.
-a lot of, lots of, plenty of
-no....at all, none
-a lack of

--> There is a difference in meaning between few/little and a few/a little:
There are a few people. (=some)
There are few people. (=not many/hardly any)
There's a little time. (=some)
There's little time. (=not much/hardly any)