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.