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Link to Language : Time in Book Reviews Book reviewers often use the Present Simple to describe the mam sequence of events in the story . This helps to give the reader a sense of the action in the story . The background events . such ^ those that took place before the story begins , 3 ^ told using a tense indicating a time in the past , such as the Past Simple or the Present Perfect . The sentences in the box below are from the review of "A Sound of Thunder . " These sentences show how the reviewer separates events that occur in the story from events that happened before the ^ כ / ץ began . 1 Read the sentences in the box and discuss the questions below . Which two sentences refer to events taking place within the time frame of the story ? Which sentence refers to events that took place before the time frame of the story ? 2 The following paragraph could have been included in the review of "A Sound of Thunder . " In your notebook , complete the paragraph using the correct form of the verb . When the story begins , we are told that the US presidental elections were held the day before Eckels goes on the time safari . Keith , a liberal man with democratic ideas , ( win ) the elections against Deutscher , a man with dictatorial ideas . When Eckels 2 ( enter ) the travel agency to go on the time safari , he ( begin ) talking about the elections . Eckels and the travel agent _ 4 _ ( be ) rather pleased that Keith _ 5 _ ( elect ) president . However , when the time travelers _ 6 _ ( return ) from their time safari , they _ 7 _ ( discover ) something startling : Deutscher ( be ) president of the US , and not Keith .

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