Turning points

- turning point = the time when a situation starts to change in an important way

Exercise 2

Amanda Phillip
How old was she / he?

before the turning point worked in a ___ studied ___

practiced ___ lived with ___
did a course in ___ applied for a ___ course

after the turning point started ___ became ___

Exercise 3 Grammar spot – The Past Perfect Tense

I had quit my job before I made a drastic change in my life.

I had read hundreds of books before I was ready to start.
I decided to try because I’d seen an ad in the newspaper.
Before I went there, I’d never spent so much time on my own.

1 Which verbs are in the Past Simple?

2 Which verbs are in the Past Perfect?
3 Which action happened first in each sentence?

We use the Past Simple / Past Perfect for an action that happened before
another action in the past.

Form
Positive: When Sarah arrived at the party, Paul ___ already ___ (go) home.
Negative: The people sitting next to me were nervous. They ___ (fly) by plane
before. / They ___ never ___ (fly) by plane before.
Question: The woman looked familiar – where ___ I ___ (see) her before?