P AST P ERFECT Aim: Past Perfect – structure and use

U SE THE KEY WORDS TO GUESS WHAT HAPPENED IN THE STORY AND COMPLETE THE SUMMARY. antique shop = a shop where old and valuable things are sold break-in = provala burglar = a person who breaks into houses or shops bus shelter = nadstresnica na autobuskoj stanici fields = polja footprints = otisci stopala police constable = police officer police dog railway line = pruga river silver wood = š uma

P AST P ERFECT - U SE We use the Past Perfect to talk about an event or situation in the past that happened before other past events. The police arrested the man who had broken into my house. Mary overslept because she had forgotten to set the alarm clock. Compare: When I arrived, she left. (I arrived and then she left) When I arrived, she had left. (She left and then I arrived)

F ORM : HAD +3 RD COLUMN / VERB - ED I had met him before. You had met him before. He had met him before. We had met him before. You had met him before. They had met him before.

Had I met him? Had you met him? Had he met him? I hadn’t met him. You hadn’t met him. He hadn’t met him. Had we met him? Had you met him? Had they met him? We hadn’t met him. You hadn’t met him. They hadn’t met him.

1. Had they heard 2. hadn’t arrived 3. had never seen 4. had already begun 5. hadn’t eaten 6. Had anyone died 1. … because their last album had been unsuccessful. 2. … because he had lost his job. 3. … because it had eaten the family’s dinner. 4. …. because the driver had fallen asleep. 5. … because Mr Smith had got a pay raise. p. 25 ex. 8p. 25 ex. 9

P. 30 EX was sailing 2. was raining 3. didn’t feel 4. hadn’t had 5. hadn’t caught 6. heard 7. was flying 8. hit 9. destroyed 10. got back 11. didn’t believe 12. showed 13. had told 14. was flying 15. had gone 16. had thrown