Revision: Past continuous tense &

Past perfect tense

A: Harry looks upset.

B: He had a bad day today.

A: Why? What happened?

B: He broke his leg when he was playing soccer.

And he had never played soccer before.

our mail carrier

bitten by a dog

George

have a car accident

1. She went home on the underground at 17:30 p.m.

yesterday.

2. He said he has finished his homework.

3. By the end of last year, I haven’t seen Lisa for over

20 years.

4. Before the teacher had told me how to solve this

maths problem, I worked it out.

5. I met Linda in the library yesterday. We haven’t

seen each other for 2 months.

Correct the mistakes in tense we’ve made before in the following sentences.

had

told

had worked hadn’t

hadn’t

was going

6. I didn’t recognize him. He has changed a lot since I left the city.

7. When our class teacher was entering the classroom, we listened to the recording.

8. Last night my friend asked me to go to the cinema with him, but I didn’t, because I have seen it before.

9. Jack’s father was surprised at the great progress his son has made.

10. When she came in, her mother was cooking , while her father read the newspaper.

had

entered

were listening

had

had

was reading

An unlucky day I had a terrible day yesterday. When I got up at 7:00, I found that the pet dog ___1_____ my breakfast Mum _____2____ for me before she left home. At 8:00, I turned on my computer and was surprised to see that all the songs I kept in it last night ___3___ without any reason. And I was cut by the scissors while I ___4_____ a piece of paper. What a pity! At noon, I went out for lunch. After I shut my door, I suddenly realized I ___5___ my key and mobile phone at home, but at that time both of my parents ___6_____ outside. I had to wait for them until they came back from work. When the night came, I found I ____7____ any homework the whole day, so my mother was unhappy with me. I looked at the calendar and found it was July 13th today. That was why I was so unlucky today, I think. I really hope tomorrow will be better.

Choose the proper verbs to complete the passage below, using the past continuous tense or the past perfect tense.

A. cut B. go C. work D. not do E. prepare F. leave G. eat

hadn’t done

were working had left

was cutting had gone

had prepared was eating

Jack had an unlucky day

Suggested sentence patterns:As/When/While … was doing … , …

did ….After… had done … , … did ….Before/When … did … , …had done

….

Jack had an unlucky day

Jack was really unlucky this morning. As he was leaving his apartment building, he was hit on the head by a flowerpot which had just fallen from a windowsill. While he was walking to the bus stop, a fierce dog bit him and made him very frightened. And when he got to the bus stop, the 8:00 Bus had just left. What a pity! It seemed that he would be late for work. After he had waited for 15 more minutes, the next bus arrived. He got on it in a hurry. However, while he was riding on the bus, a pickpocket who was standing behind him stole his wallet. All his money and identification cards were taken. As he was walking into his office building, he was accidentally knocked down by a mail carrier who was rushing in from behind him. And when he finally arrived at work, his boss had waited for him for half an hour, and became very angry. Poor Jack! He was really unlucky and was fired by his boss that day!

Jack had an unlucky day

Assignment:

1.Write a story ---- an unlucky day which happened to you after class.

2. Finish an exercise paper.