Facultad de Comunicación, Lingüística y Literatura

Escuela de Lenguas
Coordinación de Inglés Semipresencial

Self-study Worksheet U6LA

Name: __________________________________ Date: ____________________

At the end of this lesson, you will be able to:

 talk about coincidences using the past perfect.

Before you watch

A. Have you ever
had a déjà vu? experienced a coincidence? experienced telepathy? seen a UFO?
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While you watch

A. Vocabulary preview
Write your own notes to help you understand/remember the underlined words/phrases below.

1. I saw someone driving a van. _______________________

2. My friend called out of the blue. _______________________
3. You’ll never believe it. _______________________
4. An old friend just appeared out of nowhere. _______________________
5. When I met my husband-to-be, he was an engineer. _______________________
6. I enjoy having company when I go to the movies. _______________________
7. One thing that sticks in my mind about last year is my trip to Spain. _______________________
8. I was in the outback in Australia. _______________________
9. One day we set up camp. _______________________
10. It turned out (that) one of them had been in my class. _______________________
11. Have you ever run into an old friend you knew in school? _______________________
12. I haven’t heard from her since I left school. _______________________
13. When we showed up at the restaurant, our friend was there. _______________________
14. It’s difficult to tell what someone is thinking. _______________________
15. I didn’t have a chance to go to the party. _______________________
16. She failed to get in touch with her family on her birthday. _______________________
 Facultad de Comunicación, Lingüística y Literatura
Escuela de Lenguas
Coordinación de Inglés Semipresencial

B. Grammar: The past perfect

Watch the presentation on the past perfect. Read the example.

Years ago, I was out in the Australian outback.

One night, I had set up camp and was
cooking, and this van appeared out of
nowhere with two guys in it.

1. Complete the time line with the text in the box.

I was cooking. I set up camp. The van appeared.

NOW

2. Choose the correct words according to what is stated in the example above.
 The man was cooking before / at the same time / after the van appeared.
 The man set up the camp before / at the same time / after the van appeared.
3. The past perfect is h______ + p_______ p___________.
4. Use the past perfect to talk about things that happened before / at the same time / after another
event in the past.
5. Read the situation below. Complete the time line and the sentence.

I went to a party last week. Tom went to the party too. Tom went home at
10.30. So, when I arrived at 11 o’ clock, Tom wasn’t there.

 When I arrived at the party, Tom wasn’t there. He _____ ______ home.
6. The past perfect is often used to give ______________ or ____________ why things happened.
Examples:
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Questions and short answers in the past perfect.

A: ______ you ______ by yourself? A: _______ they ______ in touch? A: Where _____ they _______ to?
B: Yes, I ________. (go) B: No, they _________. (be) B: To Spain. (move)

After you watch

A. Think of an amazing coincidence you have experienced in your life. Prepare a short presentation about
it. Make sure you use the past perfect tense.