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B1 Level B1 · TEF Canada Writing: A1 to C2

B1 · Narrate an event in the past

Learn to tell an event like a journalist: third person, past tenses, chronology, witnesses.

15 min · 8 activities

In this lesson you will

  • Narrate in the third person with past tenses
  • Organise events chronologically
  • Report what a witness said
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Lesson summary

The key points to remember, for revision.

  • 1TEF section A: continue a news story, at least 80 words, 25 minutes.
  • 2Passé composé (events), imparfait (circumstances), plus-que-parfait (earlier actions).
  • 3Witnesses: selon un témoin, d’après la police, un passant raconte que…
  • 4Chronology: ce soir-là, quelques minutes plus tard, peu après, finalement.

Key vocabulary

la panneoutage, breakdown
rétablirto restore
le témoinwitness
improviséimpromptu
éteindreto put out