INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO DE SONORA

Área de Idiomas

Advanced English II Past Perfect – Past Perfect Continuous Jan – May 2022

The Day after Tomorrow – Tokyo Hailstorm

A. Preparation/discussion

Do you like disaster movies? Why/why not?

Why do you think disaster movies are so popular?

Do disaster movies serve any practical purpose?

B. Watch the segment and identify the order of the actions below.

5 People have umbrellas up.

6 The man walks away from the café.

1 A police car is driving around giving information.

9 The policeman is hit on the head by a hailstone.

11 The man puts his case on his head for protection.

2 A man stops at a street side cafe and drinks some tea.

8 The man is talking on his phone.

7 The café owner closes his café up.

4 The man’s telephone rings.

12 Everyone starts running around screaming.

13 A hailstone hits the man and he falls down.

3 The policeman is arguing with an old man.

10 A motorbike drives into a shop window.

Consider which of these actions had finished when the hailstorm hit and which of these actions were
taking place during the hailstorm. Some of the actions may have been continuing throughout the clip.
C. Fill in the blanks with the past perfect or the past perfect continuous form of the verbs in
parentheses. Consider carefully whether the first action was completed or taking place when the
second action happened.

A man ___had been drinking____ (drink) tea at a street side café when his telephone rang.

The man ___had already walked___ (already, walk) away from the café when the first hailstone hit.

The café owner _____had closed______(close) up his café before the hailstorm.

The policeman ____had been arguing____(argue) with a man when the hailstone hit him on the head.

People _____had been walking______(walk) around with umbrellas before the hailstorm hit.

A man ______had ridding_______(ride)

a motorbike during the hailstorm but then crashed into a shop window.

The man _____had put____(put) his case on his head for protection but still got hit.

Past perfect = had + past participle

Past perfect continuous = had+ been + ing

1.-Before Jacques had co-developed an air tank system in1943

2.- drivers had used large metal helmets

3.-he realized that there was no underwater camera good enough to use with it

4.- he had designed a new ship to do even more underwater exploring.

1.- Find a job BEFORE move to another city

I had found a job when I moved to another city.

2.-visit museum BEFORE buy a camera

I had visited a museum when I bought a camera.

3.- Rent a car AFTER go sightseeing

I had rented a car when I went sightseeing

4.- Take a cruise AFTER arrive at the hotel

I had taken a cruise when arrived at the hotel