We use narrative tenses to talk about the past. We can use them to tell a story or to describe past events, including personal anecdotes. When we tell a story in the past, we often use linking words ...
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1) before singular nouns that we have already mentioned with a/an: We saw an elephant. The elephant was standing under some trees. 2) before singular, plural or uncountable nouns when we say exactly ...