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viernes, 6 de febrero de 2026

COOKING A NARRATIVE TEXT: HOW TO BEGIN AND FINISH AND GOOD SENTENCES FOR THE LAST PARAGRAPH

✍️ Narrative Writing – Useful Sentences

Use these expressions to improve your stories: openings, reflections, and endings.

📌 1. How to Start a Narrative

  • You won’t believe what happened to me on my way home yesterday.
  • I still can’t forget what happened that cold winter morning.
  • Everything changed the moment I opened that door.
  • It all started on a day I thought would be completely normal.
  • At first, I didn’t realise that this would be the most unforgettable day of my life.
  • What began as an ordinary afternoon quickly turned into a real adventure.
  • I never imagined that such a small decision would cause so many problems.
  • Looking back now, I wish I had listened to my instincts that day.
  • The strangest experience of my life happened when I least expected it.
  • That was the day everything went wrong.

📌 2. Impossible Conditionals (Third Conditional)

  • If I had listened to my parents’ advice, I wouldn’t have got lost that night.
  • If we had left the house five minutes earlier, we wouldn’t have missed the last train.
  • If she hadn’t trusted that stranger, she wouldn’t have found herself in so much trouble.

📌 3. How to End a Narrative

  • From that day on, I promised myself I would never make the same mistake again.
  • It was a lesson I will remember for the rest of my life.
  • Since then, I have looked at things in a completely different way.
  • In the end, everything turned out better than I had expected.
  • That experience taught me how important it is to stay calm in difficult situations.
  • I will always be grateful for what I learned that day.
  • Looking back now, I realise how lucky I was.
  • After that day, nothing was ever quite the same again.
  • It was an unforgettable moment that changed me forever.
  • Even today, I still smile when I think about what happened.
💡 Writing Tip: A good story usually has a strong beginning, a clear problem, and a reflective ending. Try to use at least one expression from each section.

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