ACTIVITIES ON THE PAST PERFECT SIMPLE

1. THE REASONS OF MY FEELINGS

Write what had happened before you felt in a certain way. All answers to Why? will
use the past perfect simple.
Example : When was the last time you felt loved? Last night.
Why? Because my mother had kissed me.
Write short sentences. All answers should be different.
Pay attention to time expressions to answer When?: last night / yesterday morning /
last week / last year / two days ago / this morning / last Saturday evening / today at 10 /
When was the last time you felt…? Why? What had happened?
1.1. happy? …………….......... Because ………………………………….
…………...
1.2. sad? …………….......... Because ………………………………………………….
1.3. angry? …………….......... Because …………………………………….…………
1.4. scared? …………….......... Because ………………………………………………

2. BEFORE A FILM STAR WAS FAMOUS

Who is one of your favourite actor or actress? …………………………..
Complete the sentence:
name of actor / actress name of a famous film year
2.0. ………………………... starred in ……………………….………. in …..
What had he/she done before that? Find information in Simple English wikipedia
Use different past participle forms.
2.1. He/She had lived in ………………………………………..
2.2. He/She had acted in ……………………………………….
2.3. He/She …………………………………………………….
2.4. ……………………………………………………………..

3. AN INTRIGUING RIDDLE.
Answer questions in order to solve one of the riddles on the next page (Page 2)
Certain students will share the same one
Do not ask about states (happy, nervous, married, drunk…).
Instead, you should ask about actions so all questions will use the past perfect.
What number is your riddle? ……
3.1. Had ………………………………………..?
3.2. Had ………………………………………..?
3.3. ……………………………………………..?
3.4. ……………..................................................?

4. PRONUNCIATION. In your sentences, you must have used some past participles
ending in –ed. Write down the pronunciation of four of them. Use https://ttsdemo.com/
The word should be in the first line. Write the pronunciation below each of them.
Part participle in –ed : 4.1. ……….……… 4.3. ……….………
Pronunciation : ……………..… ……….………
Part participle in –ed : 4.2. ……….……… 4.4 ……….………
 Pronunciation : ………………. ……….………
PAST PERFECT RIDDLES

1) A man with a pack on his back went into the desert and died. But he
had food, drink, medicines... everything. He was perfectly healthy and he
died instantly.

2) A woman got into a lift. She pressed the button to get up to floor 9.
When she arrived there, she went up the stairs and got to floor 10. That is
where she wanted to get.

3) A man was sentenced to death. He committed a crime that is

punished with the death penalty. When they were going to execute him, the
judge changed his mind and the man was freed.

4) A man walked into a bar. He asked for a glass of water. Then the
barman took out a gun and pointed at him. The man said, ‘Thank you’ and
walked out really happy.

5) There was a small hut in the desert. It was empty except for a dead
man hanging by a rope from the roof and a small pool of water beneath
him. Outside stood a lorry.

6) A man went from town A to town B by train. In town B the man

had gone to see a person. After the meeting he was extremely happy. He
took the train back to A. When the train went into a tunnel he threw himself
from the train and died.

7) A woman was sentenced to death. In the last minute, she was

offered a chance to save her life. The executioner told her that he was going
to show her his both fists and that in one of them he was going to keep a
white ball, plus a black ball in the other hand. If the woman chose the white
ball, she was saved. But all that was a lie: she could see the executioner
putting a black ball in each of his hands. Although it was quite difficult to
succeed, she could save her life.