Language focus

Contents Past simplePast perfect Relation between PS &PP Practice Content Past simple Past perfect RelationPractice

Past simple Ex: I spent all my childhood in Scotland. S+ V2/V-ed Usage: Past simple tense talks about many kinds of past events: short, quickly finished actions and happenings, longer situations, and repeated events. Scotland PastFuture Now Content Past simple Past perfect RelationPractice

Past Perfect 1.Jim arrived at the party at 6 pm. Then, his wife called him, so he left the party at 7pm. 2.Sue came to the party at 7.30 pm and she couldn’t meet Jim. When Sue arrived at the party, Jim had already left. S + HAD + PAST PARTICIPLE Usage: to express an action which finished before a point of time or another action in the past. Content Past simple Past perfect RelationPractice

Relation between Past Simple &Past Perfect Past simple is used for the action coming after Past perfect is used for the action coming before. Relation Ex: After he graduated from high school he became a taxi-driver. Content Past simple Past perfect RelationPractice

Put the verbs in parentheses into the correct form. A: What kind of language ______Helen Keller (1)________before Braille? (learn) B: It (2)_____ a kind of sign language. Do you remember the way Ann Sullivan(3)__________ the alphabet in Helen’s hand to teach her the word “water”? (be, tap out) A: Oh, yeah. And by nightfall Helen (4) ___________ 30 words. (learn) B: Exactly. She(5) ______ so gifted that she (6)_______ learn 625 words within six months. (be, can) A: So…when ______she (7)______ Braille? (learn) B: When she (8)_______ ten…as I remember. (be) learned was tapped out had learned could was did learn had Content Past simple Past perfect RelationPractice