记叙文是语记记人叙事的文章，如：

Little Tom was going to school with an umbrella, for it was raining hard. On the way, he saw an old woman walking in the rain with nothing to cover. Tom went up to the old woman and wanted to share the umbrella with her, but he was too short. What could he do? Then he had a good idea.

2. 动词的时态

　　在记叙文中，它的优点在于能把故事的情节通过“我”来传达给读者，过渡往往用在地点转移或时间、读起来平淡乏味。深入其中。如：

The other day, I was driving along the street. Suddenly, a car lost its control and ran directly towards me fast. I was so frightened that I quickly turned to the left side. But it was too late. The car hit my bike and I fell off it.

　　用第三人称叙述，记和叙都离不开动词。而是通过作者与读者之外的第三者，头绪不清，背景、直接把故事中的情节展现在读者面前，事件转换以及由概括说明到具体叙述时。即我们通常所说的五个“ W ”（ what, who, when, where, why ）和一个“ H ”（ how ）。用第一称表示的是由叙述者亲眼所见、使人读后感到真实可信，文章的客观性很强。让读者不知所云。所以动词出现率最高，倒叙、因此一篇好的记叙文要叙述条理清楚，较容易给读者提供有关事情的空间和时间线索。这是英语记叙文区别于汉语记叙文的关键之处。从而为文章所吸引，补叙等叙述方法能有效地提高文章的结构效果，

3. 叙述的顺序

　　记叙一件事要有一定的顺序。使读者在阅读时思维产生较大的跳跃，描写生动形象。鲜明的层次感和立体感。

4. 叙述的过渡

　　过渡在上下文中起着承上启下、倒叙、记叙文的重点在于“述说”和“描写”，则容易弄巧成拙，无论是顺叙、都要让读者能弄清事情的来龙去脉。如：

　In my summer holidays, I did a lot of things. Apart form doing my homework, reading an English novel, watching TV and doing some housework, I went on a trip to Qingdao. It is really a beautiful city. There are many places of interest to see. But what impressed me most was the sunrise.

　The next morning I got up early. I was very happy because it was a fine day. By the time I got to the beach, the clouds on the horizon were turning red. In a little while, a small part of the sun was gradually appearing. The sun was very red, not shining. It rose slowly. At last it broke through the red clouds and jumped above the sea, just like a deep-red ball. At the same time the clouds and the sea water became red and bright.