The document discusses when to use the past perfect tense, which is to describe an action that was completed before another past action. It provides the example "By 9:00 a.m., I had already exercised" to show using past perfect to contrast two past times. It then asks the reader to complete sample sentences using the past perfect tense and asks what activities one had never done or had already done before coming to the US.

1. Past Perfect

2. When do we use the
past perfect?

3. When do we use the
past perfect?
To contrast two past
times or events and
make the order clear.

4. Think About Yesterday:
Example:
By 9:00 a.m.,
I had already exercised.
or
I hadn’t woken up yet.

5. Complete the sentences:
• By 11:00am this morning, I
• By the end of the day yesterday, I
• By the time I came to help, they

6. Before I came to the U.S.
What are some activities that you
had never done before you
came to the US?

7. Before I came to the U.S.
What are some activities that you
had already done before you
came to the US?