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5
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• Practice structure of tag questions.
• Speaking: Practice small talk.
• Identify use and structure of the Past
perfect to talk about past events that
happened before other past events.
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Exercise: Tag questions and small talk
O http://www.englisch-
Make a small
talk
hilfen.de/en/exercises/questions/question_
tags3.htm
O Active book p. 5 (pronunciation)
O Active book p. 4 (listening)
O Speaking: Imagine you find a colleague at
the elevator. Have a small talk with your
classmate. Don’t forget to use question
tags.
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Past Perfect Tense
Look at Steve Jobs life…
1955
Describe a
busy
schedule
1973
1974
1984
He was adopted.
He worked at ATARI.
He spent his time
The first Macintosh
at HP.
appeared.
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Look at these sentences...
• Clara and Paul had adopted Steve
before he spent his time in HP.
Describe a
busy
schedule
• 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
Describe a
busy
schedule
verb in past
participle.
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Past Perfect VS Past Simple
O Past Simple
Describe a
busy
schedule
Finished
actions in the
past.
O Past Perfect
Past action
before another
past action.
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Past Perfect Exercises
O http://www.perfect-english-
Describe a
busy
schedule
grammar.com/past-perfect-exercise1.html
O http://www.englischhilfen.de/en/exercises/tenses/past_per
fect_simple_past.htm
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Past Perfect exercise
Look at Albert Einstein’s life and write your own
sentences.
1889
Describe a
busy
schedule
1905
1915
1921
He took music
He completed his theory.
lessons.
He worked as a
He won the Nobel
patent clerk.
Prize.
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Past Perfect exercise
Look at Albert Einstein’s life and write your own
sentences.
1889
Describe a
busy
schedule
1905
1915
1921
He took music
He completed his theory.
lessons.
He worked as a
He won the Nobel
patent clerk.
Prize.
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