Past Perfect and continuous students

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IFPA
INGLÊS II
Profa. Alessandra Gaia
Past Perfect and continuous
1.
Sarah went to a party last week. Paul went to the party
too, but they didn’t see each other. Paul left the party at
10.30 and Sarah arrived at 11 o’clock. So:
When Sarah arrived at the party, Paul wasn’t there.
He had gone home.
2.
1. She was diagnosed with sarcoma in her right thigh. (1st event)
2. The doctors told Christina not worry about the ‘lump’ in her leg. (2nd event)
Doctors had told Christina not worry about the lump in her leg before she was
diagnosed with synovial sarcoma.
3.
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5. (From: dictionary.cambridge.org)
We use the past perfect simple with action verbs to emphasize the completion of an event. We use the past
perfect continuous to:
a) show that an event or action in the past was still continuing.
The builders had put up the scaffolding around the house.
The builders had been putting up the scaffolding when the roof fell in.
b) focus on the activity and duration of the activity.
I’d waited an hour for the bus.
I’d been waiting an hour for the bus.
c) imply that something is temporary.
She’d always lived with her parents. (we don’t know how long)
She’d been living with her parents. (Suggests a temporary situation)
6.
1. Use the sentences to complete the paragraphs below. These sentences are in the order in which they
happened – so (1) happened before (2), (2) before (3) etc. The paragraph begins with the underline sentence,
so sometimes you need the past perfect.
a) (1) Somebody broke into the office during the night.
(2) We arrived at work in the morning.
(3) We called the police
We arrived at work in the morning and found that somebody had broken into the office during the night. So
we ______________________________________.
b) (1) Laura went out this morning.
(2) I tried to phone her.
(3) There was no answer.
I tried to phone her, but_____________________________no answer. She ______________out.
c) (1) Jim came back from holiday a few days ago.
(2) I met him the same day.
(3) He looked very well.
I met Jim a few days ago. ________________just ________________holiday.
______________________very well.
d) (1) Kevin sent Sally lots of emails.
(2) She never replied to them.
(3) Yesterday he got a phone call from her.
(4) He was very surprised.
Yesterday Kevin____________________from Sally. He ________very surprised. He_________________lots
of emails, but she___________________________.
2. Past perfect or past simple?
a) ‘Was Paul at the party when you arrived?’ ‘No, he had gone (go) home’.
b) I felt very tired when I got home, so I_______________(go) straight to bed.
c) The house was very quiet when I got home. Everybody___________________(go) to bed.
d) Sorry I’m late. The car _________________(break) down on my way here.
e) We were driving along the road when we___________________(see) a car which
_______________(break) down, so we_________________(stop) to help.