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CIENTOS: HUNDRED
MILES: THOUSAND
MILLON: MILLION
Hay que recordar que la última cifra de un número mayor a 100 se une por lo general con la partícula and.
No debemos confundir última cifra con el último número
Example:
585: five hundred and eighty five (La cifra es 85, el último número es 5)
4.793.133: Four thousand seven hundred ninety three thousand one hundred and thirty three
WRITE IN ENGLISH
1. 1,460: _______________________________________________________________________
2. 13,956: ______________________________________________________________________
3. 42,723: _______________________________________________________________________
4. 1,875,290: _____________________________________________________________________
5. 3,297,654: _____________________________________________________________________
6. 66,976,201: ____________________________________________________________________
7. 19,000,002: _____________________________________________________________________
8. 760,654,222: _____________________________________________________________________
9. 1’000,000,301: ____________________________________________________________________
10. 901’009,001: _____________________________________________________________________
El pasado perfecto tiene dos partes: primero, el verbo auxiliar had, y luego el participio pasado
.
La forma corta del
auxiliar had es ‘d.
I had = I’d
You had = you’d
He had = he’d
She had = she’d
It had = it’d
We had = we’d
They had = they’d
El verbo auxiliar had no cambia según la persona, solo tiene una forma. Y el participio pasado tampoco
cambia: es la forma de la tercera columna de la lista de verbos irregulares – o si se trata de un verbo regular,
termina en -ed.
ACTIVITY 1
A. COMPLETE THE SENTENCES USING PAST PERFECT SIMPLE:
10. She __________________ (call) to shelters around the city but no one had a room for her.
1. ______________________________________________________________________________
2. ______________________________________________________________________________
3. ______________________________________________________________________________
4. ______________________________________________________________________________
5. ______________________________________________________________________________
6. ______________________________________________________________________________
7. ______________________________________________________________________________
8. ______________________________________________________________________________
9. ______________________________________________________________________________
10. ______________________________________________________________________________
PAST SIMPLE VS. PAST PERFECT
El past perfect suele ir acompañado del past simple para indicar que algo había
sucedido antes de que otra cosa tuviera lugar. Por ejemplo:
When I got home, she had already left. (Cuando yo llegué a la casa, ella ya se había ido)
En la oración anterior hay dos tiempos verbales: el primero es el pasado simple (I got
home / Yo llegué a la casa) y el segundo es el pasado perfecto (She had already
left / ella ya se había ido).
¿Cuál acción ocurrió primero: “llegar a la casa: get home” o “marcharse de la casa: leave home”?
La acción “marcharse de la casa / leave home” ocurrió primero. Es muy importante recordar
que SIEMPRE la acción que ocurrió primero es la que usa el PASADO PERFECTO.
otros ejemplos
The thieves had already escaped when the policed arrived. (Los ladrones ya se habían escapado cuando
la policía llegó)
When I woke up, the house had flooded. (Cuando me desperté, la casa se habían inundado)
Richard had finished the report before his boss called him (Richard había terminado el reporte antes de
que su jefe lo llamara)
When they called us, the party had just started. (Cuando ellos nos llamaron, la fiesta apenas había
comenzado)
The football game hadn’t ended when he woke up. (El juego de futbol no había terminado cuando él se
despertó)
ACTIVITY 2
A. CHOOSE THE BEST OPTION
1. Last week John ______________ (went / had gone) to catch the 10 a.m. train, but he ____________(had
arrived / arrived) at 10.05 a.m. John _______________ (missed / had missed) the train because
he _______________ (arrived / had arrived) late and the train ________________ (had gone / went)
2. Yesterday ________________ (had been / was) Vanessa's birthday. Tom ______________ (had given
/gave) her blue dress, her sister __________________ (had given /gave) her blue dress and Aunt
Sarah _____________ (had given /gave) her blue dress. Tom, her sister and Aunt
policewoman ______________________ (had helped / helped) him to push the car to the side of the road.
Steve _________________ (had been / was) very embarrassed when he __________________ (found / had
found) the petrol tank was empty. He _________________ (had forgotten / forgot) to fill the tank. He
4. They were surprised because they ___________________ (didn’t hear / hadn’t heard) the news.
5. They _________________ (turned / had turned) back because they had lost their keys.
6. By the time the plane reached its destination, one of the passengers _____________________________
B. COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES WITH PAST SIMPLE OR PAST PERFECT. USE SHORT
FORMS WHEN NEGATIVE:
1. When the police ___________________ (arrive) the thieves __________________(steal) everything.
2. We ___________________ (arrive) at 11 o'clock in the morning but Sue _____________ (not be) at home
3. Steve _________________ (tell) us Mary _______________ (not buy) that car the month before.
5. When we _______________ (arrive) at the bus station, the bus _______________(leave / already).
6. I ________________ (live) with my wife for five years when we ______________(get) married.
7. They _____________ (go) to the cinema after they _______________(finish) their music lesson.
9. I ______________ (see) Titanic for the first time yesterday. I ________________(see) it before.
ACTIVITY 3
A. MY WEDDING DAY
It was December 8, my Wedding Day. It was 9:00 a.m. and I hadn’t woken up because the alarm
clock hadn’t rung. It wasn’t until 9:30 that my mom arrived and woke me up. I had only one hour
to get ready and leave because the ceremony was at 11:00, but I hadn’t even taken a shower. I
was desperate. By 10:00 I had already done it and also I had eaten breakfast but I hadn’t gone
to the beauty salon yet. When I got there, it was closed. My hairdresser had left the keys at home.
So, we went back home, and my mom helped me with my hair, makeup and dress.
Later, I received a call; it was the priest telling me that he had gone out of town and he couldn’t
preach that day. Luckily, my mom could get another priest.
It was 12:00 and the car hadn’t picked us up yet. Immediately, we took a taxi to the church and
arrived at 1:00. The guests had been waiting for three and a half hours.
Last night, Dane and Emily danced in a competition. They danced a salsa dance. They had practiced for 6
months before they danced in the competition. They were very good.
Dane and Emily's friends were in the audience. Before that night, they had never seen Dane and Emily dance.
In fact, Dane and Emily had never danced in front of anyone before the competition.
After everyone had danced, the judges announced the winners. Dane and Emily won! They were the best
dancers in the competition. Emily said she had never practiced so hard before! She was glad they had practiced
a lot.
2. Before that night, who had seen Dane and Emily dance?
________________________________________________________________________________________
B. Rewrite the following sentences as positive or negative sentences, yes/no questions, WH-questions
(using the underlined word or phrase)
.
Examples for the sentence “Nick had finished before noon.
Negative: Nick had not finished before noon.
Yes/No Question: Had Nick finished before noon?
WH-Question: Who had finished before noon?
Tag Question: Nick had finished before noon, hadn't he?
2. Before that night, they had never seen Dane and Emily dance.
Negative: _____________________________________________________
Yes/No Question: ______________________________________________
WH-Question: _________________________________________________
Tag Question: _________________________________________________