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UNIT 6: He’d never been abroad!
CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS DE IDIOMAS – CEDI

Student’s name:________________________________________ Group_____ Date:__________

Goals: -Tell about a travel story

-Be able to describe events.
-Read the story: “After the Crash”
General instructions: The student must be able to:
Practice the vocabulary on page 36 on his student’s book
Listen and practice the conversation on page 37 (Smart Choice)
Study the language practice: The past perfect, page 38 (Smart Choice)
To do oral listening and writing practice along the unit
The past perfect
El "past perfect" hace referencia a un tiempo anterior al pasado reciente. Se emplea para señalar que un
evento ocurrió antes que otro en el pasado. No importa cuál de los eventos se mencione primero, porque el
tiempo verbal deja claro el orden temporal en que acontecieron.

En estos ejemplos, el Evento A es el que primero ocurrió y el Evento B tuvo lugar a continuación, es el más
reciente:

Evento A Evento B

John had gone out when I arrived in the office.

Evento A Evento B

I had saved my document before the computer crashed.

Evento B Evento A

When they arrived we had already started cooking.

Evento B Evento A

He was very tired because he hadn't slept well.

https://www.ef.com.co/recursos-aprender-ingles/gramatica-inglesa/past-perfect/
Exercise 1
Complete the sentences. Use the simple past or the past perfect
1. By the time he arrived (arrive) at the airport, his plane had left.
2. They Sold (sell) all the tickets before we had been (be) able to buy any.
3. I hadn´t been (not be) abroad before, so I didn´t know (not know) what to expect.
4. She didn´t know (not know) what to do after she had lost (lost) her passport).
5. Until they travelled (travel) to Europe, they never had stayed (never stay) in a hostel.
6. I hadn’t been (not be) to the beach until I went (go) last year.
 Exercise 2

When he arrived, I had already left (Cuando él llegó, yo ya me había ido).

Had already left*

Already had left

had left already

1. Jane called Tom at 9 a.m. but he had already left (Jane llamó a Tom a las 9 de la mañana pero él
ya se había ido).

had called / was already left

called / have already left

Called / had already left*

2. After they had finished their homework, they had a shower (Después de Haber terminado sus
deberes, se ducharon).

had finished / have

finished / had

Had finished / had*

3. I had read that book two times before I watched the film (Había leído ese libro dos veces antes de ver
la película).

had readed

readed

had read*

Remark
For more explanation go to the following link:
http://www.tuaprendesahora.com/clases/past-perfect-1/2436
Bibliography: Smart Choice, 3.Tthird edition page 38
This workshop is for presenting virtually in group of 3 students next class!