Talking about the past
This is Tim Brown.
What has he done this week?
has written
has learnt
has read
has shaken
has cut
has taken out
the garbage
hands with friends
a tasty pizza
a Maths test
a grammar rule
a fantasy book
has broken
has gone
has begun
has done
has bought
all his homework
a new bike
tennis trainings
to the Art club
his favourite plate
a lot of damage
What have you done this month?
written begun done
learnt bought cleaned
read enjoyed seen
cut played phoned
gone eaten lost
Ask each other
Have you …. yet?
Have you seen the spaceship yet?
A new material
It was
By the 1st of September
the teacher had visited the London Eye.
By the 1st of September
the 9th form had had a party.
By the 1st of September
Shafi had travelled to India.
By the 1st of September
Nataly had gone on a picnic
with friends.
The past perfect tense
had + V3
Let us practise using this form
Task 1. Match the parts of the sentences
John had gone out when I arrived
in the office
I had saved my document before the computer
crashed
He was very tired
He hadn’t read the book before he went to bed
John had gone out
I had saved my document
He was very tired
He hadn’t read the book
before the computer crashed
before he went to bed
when I arrived in the office
because he had worked day and night
Complete the sentences
1._________________ because he had earned pocket money.
2.His classmates had bullied him, that’s why he____________.
3.I had made a lot of friends so_______.
4. He could become independent because___________.
