Tenses to narrate the past

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Tenses to narrate the past

Según la declaración del testigo, el ladrón _____ por la ventana. The correct answers were escapará and escaparía. But why is escapa not also correct? I thought the present tense could be used to narrate past events in literature as well.

This question relates to:Spanish lesson "Using the simple conditional/the simple future to narrate past actions in Spanish"

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InmaNative Spanish expert teacher in Kwiziq

Hola Bonnie

True, we do use the present sometimes to narrate past events so I changed that option from the menu.

Gracias y saludos

Inma

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Tenses to narrate the past

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