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Communicative Activity Hi-IntAdvanced-Past Perfect
Communicative Activity Hi-IntAdvanced-Past Perfect
Communicative Activity Hi-IntAdvanced-Past Perfect
Procedure
1. As a warm-up, ask students a few
questions about nature vs. nurture. Use
the past perfect in your questions, for
example, Had you thought about this
subject before reading the articles about
twin studies? Had you thought that
family environment was more important
than genetics before you had your own
children? Encourage students to use the
past perfect in their responses.
2. Tell students that they will use past
perfect with time clauses to ask each
other questions about their childhoods
and their thoughts about family
influence. Introduce and define any
vocabulary on the cards that students
may be unfamiliar with (ancestor,
intrinsic, influence).
3. Pass out one card to each student.
You may copy step 2 and step 3 from
the Student’s Page onto the board for
students to refer to.
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Student’s Page
1 Cut out the cards and pass them out. Everyone gets one card.
2 Find a classmate. Ask your question and answer his or her question. Try to use the
past perfect in your answer. Exchange cards.
3 Find another classmate. Ask your new question, and answer your classmate’s new
question. Exchange cards again. Continue until your teacher calls time.
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