Telling a story

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Telling a story
 
Read these two versions of the same event. Compare the differences.
Both versions are correct. The alternative version is a natural way in spoken English of telling a story/joke or relating an anecdote.

Original version
I was in the cinema and I was watching a film and half way through the person next to me, their mobile phone rang and this person answered it and began to have a conversation. And lots of people were looking round and tutting and then the manager came in and he told me to leave. He thought it’d been me on the phone. So I had to go out and explain to him that it hadn’t been me, it’d been the man next to me. He apologised and because of the inconvenience he gave me some free tickets. And so actually it was OK because I hadn’t really been enjoying the film anyway.

Alternative version
Well, last night I’m in the cinema, watching this film and half way through the person next to me, their mobile phone starts ringing. He answers it and he begins to have this conversation. And lots of people are turning round and they’re looking and tutting and then in comes the manager and tells me to leave. He thinks it was me on the phone. So I have to go out and explain to him that it wasn’t me, it was the man next to me. And he apologises and because of the inconvenience he gives me some free tickets. And actually that was OK because I wasn’t really enjoying the film anyway.


 
Telling a story - some features
 
Verb forms
Compare the verb forms between the original and the alternative version:


past simple becomes present simple
past continuous becomes present continuous
past perfect becomes past simple
Word order
Compare the word order of phrasal verbs between the original and the alternative version:


"... the manager came in ..." becomes " ... in comes the manager 

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past simple becomes present simple
past continuous becomes present continuous
past perfect becomes past simple
Word order
Compare the word order of phrasal verbs between the original and the alternative version:



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past simple becomes present simple
past continuous becomes present continuous
past perfect becomes past simple
Word order
Compare the word order of phrasal verbs between the original and the alternative version:

thx shakar hunny

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