Life Level 3 Unit 9a
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1 © National Geographic Learning Level 3 Unit 9a Past perfect Life Form the past perfect with had + past participle. Affirmative and negative I / You / We / They / He / She / It had arrived on time. hadn’t Yes/No questions Had I / you / we / they / he / she / it had a problem? Short answers Yes, I / you / we / they / he / she / it had. No, hadn’t. TIP When speaking or writing informally, use ‘d instead of had: I’d arrived on time. Use the past perfect to make it clear that one action happened before another: 30 minutes Now He’d stopped to buy flowers. He arrived half an hour late. Linking words with the past perfect We often use linking words with the past perfect and simple past: I’d arrived on time, but he arrived half an hour late. He was late because he’d stopped at the store to buy me flowers. We’d gone to the same school, so he talked about school the whole time. As soon as we’d finished the appetizers, I made an excuse and left. Presentation Friend: How was your blind date? Woman: Terrible! Friend: Why? What happened? Woman: First of all, he arrived half an hour late because he’d stopped at the store to buy me f lowers. Friend: That was nice of him. Woman: No, it wasn’t! The f lowers were ugly. But it got worse. We’d gone to the same school so he talked about school the whole time. It was so boring! Friend: What did you do? Woman: As soon as we’d finished the appetizers, I made an excuse and left. Friend: That’s sad. I feel sorry for him.
Transcript of Life Level 3 Unit 9a
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Level 3 Unit 9aPast perfectLife
Form the past perfect with had + past participle.
Affirmative and negative
I / You / We / They / He / She / It
had arrived on time.
hadn’t
Yes/No questions
HadI / you / we / they /
he / she / ithad a problem?
Short answers
Yes, I / you / we / they / he / she / it
had.
No, hadn’t.
TIP When speaking or writing informally, use ‘d instead of had: I’d arrived on time.
Use the past perfect to make it clear that one action happened before another:
30 minutesNow
He’d stopped to buy flowers.
He arrived half an hour late.
Linking words with the past perfect
We often use linking words with the past perfect and simple past:I’d arrived on time, but he arrived half an hour late.He was late because he’d stopped at the store to buy me flowers.We’d gone to the same school, so he talked about school the whole time. As soon as we’d finished the appetizers, I made an excuse and left.
Presentation
Friend: How was your blind date?Woman: Terrible! Friend: Why? What happened?Woman: First of all, he arrived half an hour late because
he’d stopped at the store to buy me flowers. Friend: That was nice of him.Woman: No, it wasn’t! The flowers were ugly. But it got
worse. We’d gone to the same school so he talkedabout school the whole time. It was so boring!
Friend: What did you do?Woman: As soon as we’d finished the appetizers, I made an excuse and left.Friend: That’s sad. I feel sorry for him.
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Level 3 Unit 9aExercises
Exercises
1 Match the questions and answers.
1 Had she lived abroad before she got the job in Hanoi?2 Why were your children at home yesterday morning?3 Why didn’t you pay the plumber?4 Had they ever met before?5 Where had he been?6 What did they do after they’d checked in?
a At the store looking for flowers.b Because he hadn’t fixed the shower properly.c No, she hadn’t. She’d never lived outside of her own country.d They hadn’t gone to school because of the bad weather.e They went sightseeing.f Yes, they had, when they were at university.
2 Complete the conversation with the past perfect form of the verbs.
A: How was your blind date?B: OK, but it didn’t start very well. I was late and she 1 ‘d been (be) at the restaurant for half an hour
when I arrived. I 2 (took) the bus, because my car 3 (break down) in the morning. And then I 4 (stop) on the way to buy her some flowers.
A: Oh no. What did you talk about?B: Well, it was amazing because we 5 (go) to the same school and we 6 (study)
history together in the same class.A: What a concidence! So, are you going to meet her again?B: I’m not sure. As soon as we 7 (eat) the appetizers she had to leave.
3 Complete the sentences with the simple past and the past perfect form of the verbs in parentheses. Use one simple past and one past perfect form in each sentence.
1 We ate dinner as soon as everyone had arrived . (eat / arrive)2 I the hotel in advance, but when we arrived they a room for us.
(book / not have)3 They hungry because they all day. (be / not eat)4 It all night, so the children to school. (snow / not go)5 When Sue the station, her bus . (reach / leave)6 We in the same office for three years, but I to him for the first time at his
going away party last year. (work / speak) 7 We anything because we any money with us. (buy / not bring)8 I tired because I awake since three o’clock in the morning. (feel / be)
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