PAST PERFECTPAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS

1
PAST PERFECT/PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS
2
PAST PERFECT

• Past actions previous to other past actions

Train leaving. 7.15
Me getting at the station- 7.30
Past perfect
Past Simple
3
PAST PERFECT

• EX I got to the station at 7-30 but the train to
  London had already left.

4
PAST PERFECT

• Before/ after/By the time
• After he had asked for a loan, the owner decided
  not to sell the house.
• By the time he was sixteen, he had lived in
  twenty different countries.

5
Past perfect continuous

• HAD BEEN V-ING
• HADNT BEEN V-ING
• HAD YOU BEEN V-ING?
• EX. HE WAS OUT OF BREATH. HE HAD BEEN FLYING HIS
  KITE

6
Past perfect continuous

• YOU CAN SAY THAT SOMETHING HAD BEEN HAPPENING FOR
  A PERIOD OF TIME BEFORE SOMETHING ELSE HAPPENED
• EX. OUR GAME OF TENNIS WAS INTERRUPTED. WED BEEN
  PLAYING FOR ABOUT HALF AN HOUR WHEN IT STARTED
  TO RAIN

7
Past perfect continuous

• EX KEN GAVE UP SMOKING TWO YEARS AGO. HED BEEN
  SMOKING FOR 30 YEARS

8
PRESENT PERFECT C. / PAST PERFECT C.

• EX I hope the bus comes soon. Ive been waiting
  for 20 minutes.
• EXAt last the bus came, Id been waiting for 20
  minutes (before the bus came)

9
NEW VOCABULARY

• TRY THIS LINK
• http//www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/
  quizzes/crossword/091002_crossword_hospital.shtml