Stunt Double

Past Perfect Simple

Linh didn’t want to go the cinema with us because
she’d already seen the movie.

USE: to talk about a completed action that happened

before another PAST action

DRAW A TIMELINE!
Compare:

• When I arrived at the party, Mary left.

• When I arrived at the party, Mary had left.

 Past Perfect Continuous
We’d been playing tennis for about a half an hour before it
started to rain.

USE:actions or situations which had continued up to the past

moment that we are thinking about, or shortly before it

I was so tired when I got home last night. I had been working
hard all day.

USE: an event that explains a past situation

DRAW A TIMELINE!
Which is correct?
He had been believing in God all his life.
He had believed in God all his life.

Which is correct?
The boy's hair was messy and one of them had a black eye.
They’d fought.
The boy's hair was messy and one of them had a black eye.
They’d been fighting.
 Practise!

P.10
Exercises 3 and 4
 Homework

Workbook P. 9 exercise 4
and 6