Extreme Situations

Extreme Situations

Past Perfect Simple

vs

Past Perfect Continuous

Lesson 64/Close Up/Page 87

Success Criteria:

By the end of the lesson, I will be able to:

• change 2 affirmative sentences to negative sentences.

• answer 2 questions about the 2 Past Perfect Simple Tense sentences.

• state if the sentence about the Past Perfect Simple Tense is true or false.

• underline the verbs in 2 Past Perfect Continuous Tense sentences.

• match the use of the Past Perfect Continuous Tense with the correct sentence.

Open Ended

We had forgotten our passports, so we went home to get them.

Open Ended

He has travelled all over the world by his 30th birthday.

Multiple Select

In sentence 1, what happened first?

• went home to get the passports.

• forgot the passports.

Multiple Select

In sentence 2, what happened before his 30th birthday?

• He had travelled all over the world.

• He had celebrated his 30th birthday.

Multiple Select

Is the sentence below True or False?

We use the Past Perfect Simple for an action or situation that finished before another action, situation or time in the past.

• True

• False

Open Ended

Write a sentence that started in the past and were still in progress when another action occured in the past.

Open Ended

Write a sentence that were in progress in the past and had an effect on a later action in the past.

Multiple Select

The skier __________ to the hotel before the storm started.

• returning

• had returned

• returned

Multiple Select

Shelley ________ golf in her life, but she realised she was very good at it.

• have never played

• having been playing

• had never played

Multiple Select

________ a taxi by the time you arrived?

• Had they already called

• Had they already call

• Had they already calling

Multiple Select

Until 2008, we __________ sailing.

• had never be

• had never being

• had never been

Multiple Select

I _________ as an instructor for ages and was a bit bored with my job.

• had working

• had worked

• had work

Multiple Select

Dean and Fran ___________ in the Alps once and really enjoyed themselves.

• had walk

• had walked

• have walked

Multiple Choice

My grandfather __________ in his old house for ages before he moved in with us.

• has been living

• had been living

Multiple Choice

I ___________ with my problem for weeks before I found a solution.

• had been coping

• had being coping

Multiple Choice

________ against the disease for long before she died?

• Has she been fighting

• Had she been fighting

Multiple Choice

They _______ for long when they lost radio contact.

• had not been flying

• had not been fly

Multiple Choice

How long _________ before you found the buried treasure?

• had you been digging

• had you being digged

Multiple Choice

We _________ in the rain since midday, so we were very wet.

• had being played

• had been playing

Multiple Select

The survivors ____________ a village after days of walking.

• had finally reach

• had finally reached

• had been reaching

Multiple Select

The students ________ for their excursion for months.

• had been preparing

• had been prepared

• had prepared

Multiple Select

We ________ to find some water for days.

• had being hoping

• had been hoped

• had been hoping

Multiple Select

The man __________ to stay alive for 5 days before he was rescued.

• had been managing

• had managed

• had manage

Multiple Select

The explorer ________ that it would be so difficult to cross the river.

• had not imagine

• had not imagined

• had not imagining

Multiple Select

The young man _______ since he was a child.

• had been surfed

• had been surf

• had been surfing

Multiple Select

The skier __________ to the hotel before the storm started.

• returning

• had returned

• returned