Unit 2. Lesson 3.

The final
frontier
Competencies to develop in this unit:
-Understands and values the role of logical thought in communication
in daily and academic life
-Develops ideas and
cognitive processes.

solutions

to

problems

using

established

Language objectives:
-Grammar: Past Perfect: Time expressions (before, when, by, and
after)
-Vocabulary: History
Introduccin:
En esta leccin practicaremos el uso y estructura gramatical del tiempo: PAST
PERFECT.
Recordemos que una oracin en PAST PERFECT se utiliza para enfatizar que
algo ha sucedido en el pasado ANTES que otro suceso tambin en el pasado.
Ejemplo:

Para poder hacer oraciones en pasado perfecto debemos poner atencin a la

estructura:

+ had / hadnt + past participle

Generalmente cuando hacemos oraciones en Pasado Perfecto utilizamos
expresiones de tiempo, como: before, when, by, after y because.
Ejemplo:
He had worked very hard before he finally won.

She had cooked dinner when her mom arrived.

Para la PRIMERA ACTIVIDAD debers analizar la lnea del tiempo y completar

las oraciones con las formas correctas del verbo. Ya sea SIMPLE PAST o PAST
PERFECT. Pon atencin en las expresiones de tiempo que estn con rojo, y en
el orden de los eventos.

ACTIVITY 1
Check the following time-line and complete the sentences using the verbs in
SIMPLE PAST or PRESENT PERFECT.

1. I ____________________ by the time my friend picked me up.

2. We had arrived to the school when the class ____________________.
3. The class ____________________ before my mom called me.

4. Before the professor finished with the class my mom

____________________
5. By the time the hurricane ____________________ to the city, the professor
had finished with the class.

En la SEGUNDA ACTIVIDAD, practicaremos la estructura de este tiempo. Es

decir HAD + PAST PARTICIPLE y trataremos de identificar los elementos que te
ayudan a saber cundo se debe utilizar el verbo en pasado SIMPLE y en pasado
PERFECTO. Para eso, debers contestar el ejercicio que viene a continuacin.

ACTIVITY 2
Fill in the correct form of the past perfect or past simple as in the
examples.
1.

After Loren had turned on the alarm, she locked the door. (turn on)

2.

By the time Simone arrived, the police had already left. (arrive)

3.

Had you known about the contract they signed? (know)

1.

After the company _____Joe, he began to work on his first project. (hire)

2.

_____you _______ the news before you saw it on TV? (hear)

3.

Michael didnt want to see the movie because he _______ the book yet. (not read)

4.

The concert ______ already _______when we _______ the stadium. (begin/ enter)

5.

Until Anne ________ Mark, she ____ never ______in love. (meet, be)

6.

Bill __________ for years before he finally _______. (smoke/ quit)

7.

_______ Sara ever _______to London by herself before then? (drive)

8.

How many fish ______ the boys _____ by the time it started raining? (catch)

9.

You ________ them to go to the beach, hadnt you? (forbid)

10.

The girls _______ in weeks? Thats why they ______ so much afterwards. (exercise /
hurt)

Para la LTIMA ACTIVIDAD trabajaras en equipos. Debern crear un video

donde se grabaran cantando una cancin que ustedes mismos crearan. En esta
cancin ustedes mencionaran 20 verbos en presente-pasado y pasado
participio. Chequen el ejemplo que viene a continuacin.
Despus lo subirn a YOUTUBE, y publicaran el link en la pgina que se les
indicara.

ACTIVITY 3
You are going to work in teams. Together, you are going to record a
video of yourself singing a song you created. In this song you will
mention 20 verbs in present-past simple-past participle.
Take a look at the following example:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNaDvAYC0Jw
Once you have recorded yourself, you will upload the video to Youtube
and you are going to share the link on the following website: