FOURTH YEAR

LESSON 3

PAST PERFECT
Past perfect

Use the past perfect to talk about action that happened before another one.
Form the past perfect tense with had + the past participle at the action verb.
He had seen the movie before they showed it on TV.
Auxiliary verb + past participle of the action verb

Yes / No questions Wh- questions

Use the auxiliary verb had at the Use wh-words at the beginning of
beginning of interrogative sentences. interrogative sentences.

Had you called him before he arrived? What had he planned to do for summer?

Adverbs: already - yet

Already expresses that something occurred before the moment you are referring to. It
is placed before the action verb.
He had already done his English homework.
Yet refers to something that has not occurred, but we expect it to happen. It is placed
at the end of questions or negative sentences.
Had you studied for the test yet? They hadn´t called me yet.

1.Fill in the blanks with yet or already

a) I haven´t made the beds ___yet ___

b) Harold hasn´t taken a shower ________

c) Freddy has _________ called twice this morning.

d) No, I haven´t made them _________

e) It´s ___________ 8:30 p.m and Gloria hasn´t arrived ___________

2.Answer these questions.

a) Were the children in the park when you saw them?

Yes, they __had been__ (be) there for a while.

 No, they __had done__ (go) home.

b) Was the doctor in when you arrived?

Yes, he _____________ (be) there for two hours.

No, he _____________ (not / arrived yet.

3.Use already. yet and the words in parentheses to complete the sentences in past
perfect.

a) When I left school today, most of my friends _had already gone_(go)

b) I wanted to have lunch with my uncle but _______________________(eat)

c) When the guests arrived, I ___________________(make) dinner _____________.

d) My father went to the dealership to buy the car, but the owner_______________

it. (sell)

4.Complete the text with the correct form of the verbs in parentheses.

The day before yesterday, Juan Sánchez ___won__ (win) the final round of the National

Spelling Bee competition. He ___________ (be) a student from our school. I ___________

__________ (never / hear ) his name until he _____________ (start) to compete. I _____

__________ (see) him on the bus, at the cafeteria and at the library, but I _____________

__________ (never / talk) to him. Today, he ______________ (come) to school for the first

time after the competition. Everybody ______________ (want) to talk to him and shake

his hand. He _______________ (never / be) so popular.

5.Read each situation and answer the questions.

a) Jorge and Gabriela went to the movies. They didn´t know Spiderman IV was still playing

They had seen it already. They decided to go home and watch TV.
 Why did they decide to go home? __they decided to go home because they had already

Seen Spiderman IV.

b) Robert and Ana were on their way to New York on their honeymoon. Robert was happy

but Ana was nervous. This was the first time she traveled by plane.

Why was Ana so nervous? _________________________________________________

c) Gerardo left his hometown three years ago and stopped calling his friend Elisa. She lost

track of him. Last week, he called her again. She could not recognize his voice and could

not tell who was calling.

Why couldn´t Elisa recognize Gerardo´s voice anymore? ________________________

6.Read the text

Mr. Suarez, the English teacher, talked to Veronica´s

mother. 5e said he had scolded her because she had got
bad marks in the last exam. Veronica admitted she
hadn´t done enough work during the last few days, and
her friends offered to help her with English. She has
accepted their offer and has decided to change her
behavior,

Now, write True or False. Correct the false sentences.

a) Mr. Suarez is the school principal. _False_ Mr. Suárez is the English teacher__

b) Veronica had got bad marks in a test. ______ ______________________________

c) Veronica´s friends wanted to help her. _____ ______________________________

d) Veronica has refused their offer. _____ _____________________________

e) She didn´t accept she hadn´t worked hard ._____ _____________________________

7. Complete the text with the correct form of the verbs in parentheses

8.Give a negative and an affirmative long answer to each question.

a) Had he played the violin before the orchestra began playing?

____Yes, he had played the violin before the orchestra began playing. _____

____No, he hadn´t played the violin before the orchestra began playing.____

b) Had you heard him giving an interesting speech before?

______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

c) Had they bought the gift before receiving the invitation to the party?

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

d) Had she done her homework when her mother called?

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________
READ THE TEXT

GOING TO THE MOVIES

It is Friday night. You and your friends do Technological advances have contributed
not know what to do. Some suggest going to increase the audience. If you have
dancing, but not many agree. Others internet connection, checking the
propose going to somebody´s house and newspaper to decide on a movie is not a
order pizza. But that does not seem good problem anymore. Wasting your time
enough. So, you come up with a better while you are lining up to get the tickets is
plan: going to the movies and having not necessary, since they can be booked
dinner afterwards. Everybody agrees on through the net. And moreover, in some
that! people cases you do not
need to buy
Although going to the movies has been a
popcorn, cokes and
common activity for a long time, it has
snacks because you
become more popular in the last years. It
can be served as in a
is not only due to the fact that people
restaurant.
love having a good time together,
watching the trailers for upcoming
movies and discussing the movie soon
after.

AFTER READING
1.Read the text again. Underline the correct alternative in each of the following cases.

a) The most popular activity for a Friday night is …

 ordering a pizza
 visiting a friend´s house
 going to the movies

b) Technological advances have…

 made people stay at home

 increased the audience
 been very expensive

c) Buying the tickets can be …

 a terrible problem
 very expensive
 done via internet

2.Answer the questions according to the text.

a) What will you and your friends do after going to the movies?

___We will have dinner_________________________________________________

b)Why do people like going to the movies?

_____________________________________________________________________

c)Write an advantage of going to the movies nowadays.

______________________________________________________________________

3 Complete the summary of the text.

Among the possibilities available for a __Friday__ night, going to the ___________ is the

Best alternative. This activity has become very ____________ in the last years thanks to

The easiness that _____________ offers: you can choose the ____________ and get the
____________ through the internet.

4.Now answer
a) Do you like going to the movies? Why?

b) What kind of movie do you prefer?

c) What do you think is the best of going to the movies nowadays?

_________________________________________________________________________