Good morning!

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• Identify structure and use of the Past Perfect tense to talk about past events that happened before other past events.

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Past Perfect TenseLook at Steve Jobs life…

1955 1973 1974 1984

He was adopted. He worked at ATARI. He spent his time The first Macintosh at HP. appeared.

Describe a busy schedule

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Look at these sentences...

• Clara and Paul had adopted Steve before he spent his time in HP.

• The first Macintosh appeared after he had worked in ATARI.

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Past Perfect• We use the past perfect to talk about

situations that happened before another past action.

HAD verb in past participle.Describe a

busy schedule

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Past Perfect VS Past SimpleOPast Simple OPast Perfect

Finished actions in the past.

Past action before another past action.

Describe a busy schedule

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Past Perfect Exercises

• http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/past-perfect-exercise-1.html• http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/

exercises/tenses/past_perfect_simple_past.htmDescribe a

busy schedule

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Past Perfect exercise Look at Albert Einstein’s life and write your own sentences. 1889 1905 1915 1921

He took music He completed his theory. lessons. He worked as a He won the Nobel

patent clerk. Prize.