Unit 2 - Lesson 3 - Y3

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Y3 - Unit 2

Lesson 2

In class today:

narrative tenses

Kahoot to see what you know.

1. Past Simple / Past Continuous / Present Perfect

2. Past Perfect

To practice for the test (do individually):
Video narrative tenses

Slides explaining each tense

Exercises

It .... (work) for two days, but it ... (not/work) since Tuesday.

1. worked, was not working
2. was working, has not worked
3. worked, has not worked
4. was working, was not working

I think the wheel button ... (break).

1. broke
2. has broken
3. was breaking
4. has breaked

How ... it ... ? (happen)

1. has ... happened
2. was ... happening
3. did ... happen
4. did ... happened

Since then it ... (be) quiet.

1. has been
2. was being
3. is
4. was

You need a new one. I ordered some, but they ... (not arrive) yet.

1. not arrived
2. were not arriving
3. have not arrived
4. did not arrive

What is happening in this sentence?

When he arrived at the train station, the train had already left.

What 

happened

first?

🇬🇧 Past Simple 

🇳🇱 Verleden Tijd

ww+ed

(irr. verb = 2e vorm)

I 

I saw him yesterday.

🇬🇧 Past Perfect

🇳🇱 Voltooid Verleden Tijd

🇬🇧 Past Simple 

🇳🇱 Verleden Tijd

ww+ed

(irr. verb = 2e vorm)

He arrived to the train station.

I decided to walk home.

🇬🇧 Past Perfect 

🇳🇱 Voltooid Verleden Tijd

had + ww+ed

(irr. verb = had + 3e vorm)

When he arrived to the train station the train had left.

I had lost my bike key so I decided to walk home.

The Past Perfect shows what happened first in the past.

Fill in the Past Perfect:
When I walked in, the meeting ___already___ (start).

Fill in the Past Perfect:
After he ______ (pass) his exam,
he threw a party.

Fill in the Past Perfect:
He was shocked because he ____ never ____ (see) anything like this.

Great! Now let's practise a bit with the Present Perfect and the Past Simple.

In every question, look carefully what happened first (past perfect) and what happened next (past simple).

When they _______ (finish) school, they _______ (go) to the mall.

1. had finished - went
2. finished - had gone

They ________ (show) me the pictures they ________ (take) during their holiday.

1. had shown - took
2. showed - had taken

The boy _______ (be) sorry for what he ______ (do).

1. had been - did
2. was - had done

Past Simple

When to use?	When referring to: (Short) finished actions in the past
How to form?	Affirmative sentence: Verb + ed OR irregular verb: 2nd row (see SAW seen) Negation: didn't + verb did not + verb Question: Did + subject + verb

I walked home.	Did I walk home?	I didn't walk home. I did not walk home.
You walked home.	Did you walk home?	You didn't walk home.
He / She / It walked home	Did he walk home?	She didn't walk home.
We walked home.	Did we walk home?	We didn't walk home.
You walked home.	Did you walk home?	You didn't walk home.
They walked home.	Did they walk home?	They didn't walk home.

Example:
His soldiers demolished a large warehouse.

Past Simple

Past Simple

When to use?	When you talk about more than one moment in the past, the thing that happened longest ago is written in the past perfect.
How to form?	Affirmative sentence: had + past participle Negation: had + not + past participle Question: Had + subject + past participle

As soon as I had finished my breakfast, I went to school.	Had I finished my breakfast before leaving for school?	I hadn't finished my breakfast before leaving for school.
Before they went to the city, they had finished the game.	Had they finished the game vbefore they went to the city?	Before they went to the city, they had not finished the game.

Example:
It had not rained for months when the fire started.

Past Perfect

Past Simple

When to use?	When referring to: Something that was going on for a period of time in the past at a specific moment and is often interrupted.
How to form?	Affirmative sentence: was / were + verb + ing Negation: was/were + not + verb + ing Question sentence: was / were + subject + verb+ing

I was studying when she called.	Was I studying when she called?	I wasn't studying when she called.
You were cleaning your room when your mom walked in.	Were you cleaning your room when your mom walked in.	You were not / weren't cleaning your room when your mom walked in.
She was studying when she called.	Was she studying when she called.	She was not studying when she called.

Example:
London was sleeping.

Past Continuous

Past Simple

When to use?	When reffering to: An action that started in the past and continued up to another point in the past.
How to form?	Affirmative sentence: Had + been + verb+ing Negation: Had + not + been + verb+ing Question: had + subject + been + verb+ing

You had been waiting there for more than two hours when she finally arrived.

Had you been waiting there for more than two hours when she finally arrived?

You had not been waiting there for more than two hours when she finally arrived.

Example:
The fire had been raging for almost four days.

Past Perfect Continuous

Match the tenses to the sentences

Past perfect

Past simple

Past Continuous

Past Continuous

Past Perfect Continuous

Match the tenses to the sentences

Past perfect

Past simple

Past Continuous

Past Continuous

Past Perfect Continuous

While the people in the bakery ... bread, a small fire ... .

1. were making, started
2. made, was starting

While they ... how to stop the fire, it ... clear that little could be done.

1. thought, was becoming
2. thinked, became
3. were thinking, became

A man ... for his family when he ... a baby in the street.

1. was looking, found
2. looked, was finding
3. had been looking, was finding

When they ... how serious the situation was, they ... their possessions and ... to get away.

1. noticed, were taking, tried
2. noticed, took, tried
3. had noticed, had been taking, were trying

Complete the conversation:
I had a real scare yesterday. As I ... (walk) up to our house, I ... (see) some coming from the window.

Complete the conversation:
... something ... ?
(burn)

Fortunately not. I ... (run) into the house, ... (open) the kitchen door and there was my brother.

He ... on the floor in shock.
(sit)

He ... science experiments!
(do)

One of them ... wrong and exploded.
(go)

Now go to your online workbook and practice:

Link to the workbook:

https://www.cambridgelms.org/main/p/splash

Complete as many tasks as you have

time for in the following order:

Grammar

Vocabulary

If you've finished continue with:

Listening

Cambridge English: Towards First