PAST PERFECT/NEVER/ALREADY/BY THEN/ BY THE TIME

ROBERTA'S TERRIBLE DAY

Past Perfect Tense Revision

Have you ever had a really bad day? When did it happen? What happened?

I had a terrible day today. It'd started badly and just got worse. I woke up late because I'd forgotten to set my alarm clock. Because I was late, I ran to the train station but when I got there I realised I hadn't brought my season ticket. I missed my train. By the time I arrived at work, the staff meeting had already started. I really wanted to finish work at the usual time of 5pm because I wanted to see my favourite band at a concert. However, I couldn’t leave on time because I hadn’t completed the report my boss had asked for. I left work late - and by the time I arrived at the concert venue, the band had already finished playing. I wept like a child.

ROBERTA'S TERRIBLE DAY

Have you ever been late because you forgot to set your alarm clock? How would you feel if you were in Roberta's shoes?

"It'd started badly and just got worse." What happened first?

The day had started badly.

"I woke up late because I’d forgotten to set my alarm clock." What happened first?

Roberta'd forgotten to set her alarm clock.

"By the time I arrived at work, the staff meeting had already started." What happened first?

The staff meeting'd started.

"But couldn’t leave on time because I hadn’t completed the report." What happened first?

She hadn't completed her report.

"I ran to the train station but when I got there I realised I hadn’t brought my season ticket." Which order of events is correct?

A 1) She ran to the station 2) She realised that her ticket was still at home 3) She left home without her ticket B 1) She left home without her ticket 2) She ran to the station 3) She realised that her ticket was still at home C 1) She ran to the station 2) She forgot her ticket at home 3) She realised that her ticket was still at home

"...by the time I arrived at the concert venue, the band had already finished playing. I wept like a child." Which order of events is correct?

A 1) She arrived at the concert venue 2) The band stopped playing 3) She cried B 1) The band stopped playing 2) She arrived at the concert venue 3) She cried C 1) She cried 2) She arrived at the concert venue 3) The band stopped playing

What happened first: my son made a cake What happened second: I arrived When I arrived home, my son had already made an enormous carrot cake. My son had made an enormous carrot cake when I arrived home.

When my parents got to the station, they realised they had left the tickets at home.

The police asked Maria and Helen about the accident they had seen the previous week.

By the time Mark arrived at work, the manager had already started talking.

I woke up early because I’d set my alarm clock the night before.

I didn't leave work on time because I hadn't finished my work.

How long hadJohn played tennis before he joined the club? He had played tennis for ten years before he signed up for the club.

Had you finished your homework before the movie started? Yes, I had. No, I hadn't.

When I arrived at the concert venue, the band had already started playing.

I had never seen such huge trees before I went at Sequoia National Park, California.

By the time we got to the party, all the food had gone.