ESL 0823E Week 10 Past perfect part 3

1. Past Perfect

2. When I was born…

3. Had internet been invented when you were born?

4. Had the Iphone been invented when you were born?

5. Had smartphones
been invented when
you were born?

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

7. Had Play Station been invented when you were born?

8. Had the Nintendo Wii been invented when you were born?

9. What tense do we use?

11. I had not seen the snow, until I went to the mountains.

12. Before I came to the
USA…
Instructions: think about 4 sentences about things
you had NEVER done before you went to school.
Example:
Before I came to the US, I had never eaten at
Wendy’s.
Before I came to the US, I had never seen snow.

13. Simple Past / Past Perfect
Look at these two sentences, what is the difference in meaning?
When I turned on the TV, the program started
When I turned on the TV, the program had started.
We use past perfect for … a past action which happened before another
past action or event.

14. Choose the correct answer and write it in your notebook.