PAST PERFECT

The present perfect is a verb tense which is used to show that an action has taken place once or
many times before now.
The present perfect is formed using has/have + past participle.
Example: I have been in this restaurant many times.

Complete the sentences as in the example.

Mr. and Mrs. Davis were in an airplane. They were very nervous as the plane took off
because they had never flown before.

The woman was a complete stranger to me. (see)

I _____________________________________________________________________________
Margaret was late for work. Her boss was very surprised. ( be/late)
She __________________________________________________________________________
Jane played tennis yesterday - at least she tried to play tennis. She wasn’t very good at it because
(play)
She __________________________________________________________________________
It was Keith’s first driving lesson. He was very nervous and didn’t know what to do. (drive)
He____________________________________________________________________________

Write sentences about what these people had already done or had never done before. Use
Past Perfect and already or never.

Ex: Last summer Mary won a gold medal for the third time.
She had already won two gold metals before that.

Last year Ken visited Scotland for the first time.

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Last weekend Tome rode a horse for the first time.
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Last summer Jeff ran in a marathon for the sixth time.
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Last week Susan wrote a poem for the first time.
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Last week Ann again on TV.
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Last month we took a train for the first time.
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You are lucky. You won the caption competition again.
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My children are going to a summer camp next week for the first time.
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On Saturday I saw a shark for the first time.
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Yesterday I went to the movies with my friend to watch Godfather for the third time.
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Next summer I am going to Egypt to admire the pyramids and I’m very excited.
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