NIVELACION DE 11 - PASADO PERFECTO

NIVELACION DE INGLÉS

NOMBRE: ________________________________ GRADO: ____________ FECHA: ___________

Past Perfect

Where were they? What happened? What had they done?

 Last night, Dane and Emily danced in a competition. They danced a salsa dance. They had practiced for 6 months before they danced in the competition. They were very good. Dane and Emily's friends were in the audience. Before that night, they had never seen Dane and Emily dance. In fact, Dane and Emily had never danced in front of anyone before the competition. After everyone had danced, the judges announced the winners. Dane and Emily won! They were the best dancers in the competition. Emily said she had never practiced so hard before! She was glad they had practiced a lot.

1 – Exercises

 A. Answer the following questions. Use the Past Perfect tense.

1. How long had Dane and Emily practiced before the competition? 

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2. Before that night, who had seen Dane and Emily dance? 

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3. What happened after everyone had danced? 

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 B. Rewrite the following sentences as positive or negative sentences, yes/no questions, WH-questions (using the underlined word or phrase)  Examples for the sentence

 “Nick had finished before noon.

 Negative: Nick had not finished before noon.

Yes/No Question: Had Nick finished before noon?

WH-Question: Who had finished before noon?

1. They had practiced for 6 months

Negative: _____________________________________________________

Yes/No Question: ______________________________________________

WH-Question: _________________________________________________

2. Before that night, they had never seen Dane and Emily dance. Negative____________________________________________

Yes/No Question: ______________________________________________ 

WH-Question: _________________________________________________ 

3. They had practiced a lot. 

Negative: _____________________________________________________ 

Yes/No Question: ______________________________________________ 

WH-Question: _________________________________________________ 

Turn the following sentences into Past Perfect. 

1. They _______________ (finish) the game before it rained. 2. She _______________ (save) her money for 2 years before she bought the car. 3. I _______________ (meet) him before he was my boss. 4. Tina said she _______________ (find) my purse in her car. 5. She woke up early because she _______________ (take) a new job.