at the picture and complete th simple or past perfect form
to
• interes! • match • memory • sight
• temper • way • weight
1 He can't remember anything. He’s tost his memory.
2 She's been on a diet and she’s lost a lot of
3 When l’m angry, I lose my_.
4 Sorry l’m late. I lost my
5 We played badly. and lost the _ .
6 l’m bored now. I’ve lost_.
7 Where are they? I’ve lost__of them.
Grammar
Past perfect simple
Affirmative and negative
He had (’d) completely lost his memory.
He hadn’t forgotten how to do certain things.
Ouestions and short answers
What had happened to him?
Had they invented everything?
Yes, they had /No. they hadrTt.
Choose the correct option.
We use the past perfect to describe a past event that happened before/after another
past event.
Practice
7 Match 1-5 with a-e. Then make sentences. Use the past perfect and the past simple in each sentence.
1-b Doug Bruce had lived in the UK before he moved to the USA.
1I Doug Bruce (live) in the UK
2 He (be) on a train
3 Where (he/be)
4 The woman (identify) him
5 He (become) famous
a) because she (meet) him betore.
b) before he (move) to the USA.
c) after people (see) the film
d) before he (get) on the train?
e) before he (go) to the police station.
Tim had a terrible time last Sunday morning.
He d been (be) on hcliday in Spain for a week.
When he2_(get) home, he couldn’t get into his
house because he 3 (lose) his key. He4_(decide)
to get a ladder and climb in through a window.
Unfortunately. he 8 (tnp) because he *_(not
notice) his neighbour’s cat. Then the neighbour (cali) the police because he a_ (hear) a loud crash. The police were on their way when Tim
suddenly 3_(see) something - his key.
It1f _ (fali) out of his pocket. and it was lying on the ground.
Speak
9a In pairs, roleplay the rest of this conversation.
Tim’s friend: Hi, Tim. How was your holiday?
Tim: It was great. thanks. but I didn’t have a
very good t>me when I got home.
Tim’s friend: Why not? What happened?
b Tell your partner about something funny that happened to you.
O Extra practice
For morÄ™ practice, go to page 124. s O <J O
7 called 8 had heard 9 saw 10 had fallen
Optional Extra
Dictate the following sentence stems. Ss should compare and check the stems and then complete them so that they are true about themselves. When they have done so, they can tell a partner.
When I left the house this morning I had...
Before t started studying English rdstudied...
I hadn 7 done my homework so
Speak
9 a Ss complete the
conversation based on the text in question 8. b Ss tell each other stories of funny incidents that have happened to them. They can make a story up if needed. Monitor and then ask good stories to feedback.
Extra practice
See page 124 in the SB.
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Practice
Ask Ss to look at the sentences in the box and read them aloud. Ask them When did he lose his memory'. was it before or after he went into the police station? (before). Ss then choose the correct option in the question below. Point out that this tense forms questions and negatives in the same way as the present perfect tense, but uses had rather than has.
7 Look at the example and establish that in this exercise all the sentences relate to the story of Doug Bruce. Ss must first match the two halves of the sentence. then choose a form of the verbs to complete them accurateły. Point out that Ss must use one of each tense in each sentence.
Answer key
Answer key
before
2 e) had been. went 3 d) had he been. got 4 a) identified, had met 5 c) became, had seen
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