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. VOCABULARY
JOBS
Look at the groups of words. Can you add any more
to each group?
media

emergency services journalist newsreader cameraman

lifeguard
rescue squad
paramedic
construction construction
. GRAMMAR

PAST PERFECT SIMPLE b u ild er p painterer plumberer
builder
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Read the examples. Which action happened
first and which happened second? Then
complete the rule.
PAST PERFECT SIMPLE
• By the time I left, I had given up sweets altogether.
• Sam had sent a CV to the company before she got + past participle
the job. We use the Past Perfect Simple for an action which
• Yesterday, we took the kids to the zoo. We hadn’t had happened before another action in the past.
been there before. © MM Publications

. PRACTICE
Complete with the Past Simple or the Past Perfect
Simple of the verbs in brackets.
A: Hey, William. you (take) the car to the garage today?
B: Yeah, but listen to this. When I (get) there, they (close) for lunch. So
I (park) outside and (go) for a walk. Then I (remember)
something. I (leave) my wallet and my keys in the car! I (run) back but the
car was gone.
A: What?
B: I was shocked! But then I realised what (happen). The mechanic (take) the car
inside to fix it.
A: Without asking?
B: Well, he (see) the keys in the car and thought it (be) OK to take it.

. SPEAKING
Make a timeline of events in your life, like
this one. Write the events on a piece of Had you passed your driving test before you went to university?
paper, in random order, and give them to Yes, I had.
your partner. Then talk in pairs. Ask each
other questions as in the example.

get a bike finish school pass driving test go to university get first car
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