Lesson four

When I was born…

when is your birthday?

Had internet been invented when you were born?

1960’s

Had the Ipod been invented when you were born?

2001

had cell phones been invented when you were born?

1946

Had the X-box been invented when you were born?

2001

had Play station been invented when you were born?

1994

had the Iphone been invented when you were born?

2007

had the Nintendo wii been invented when you were born?

2006

What tense do we use?

I had not seen the snow, until I went to Farellones.

Before I went to school… Instructions: write 4 sentences about things

you had NEVER done before you went to school.

Example: Before I went to school, I had never played

basketball.Before I went to school, I had never had a

boyfriend.

Simple past / past perfectLook at these two sentences, what is the

difference in meaning?

When I turned on the TV, the programme started

When I turned on the TV, the programme had started.

We use past perfect for …

Simple past / past perfectLook at these two sentences, what is the

difference in meaning?

When I turned on the TV, the programme started

When I turned on the TV, the programme had started.

We use past perfect for: a past action which happened before another past action or event.

Choose the correct answer and write it in your notebook.

Complete the story with the correct forms of the verbs in the simple past or past

perfect. Write the answer.

When do we use past perfect?Say one example of past perfect we saw in

this class.