Students review and become more familiar with the past perfect simple and past perfect continuous forms. A story about a traveler presents vocabulary to describe movement and sound. Students will complete a story in a creative writing activity.
Past Perfect Simple and Continuous
Overview
Level
Upper-Intermediate: B2Advanced: C1
Included
3 student pagesTeaching notes
Teaching time 120 mins
Language functions
Comprehending textDescribing people, places, or thingsTalking about the past
Language forms
Continuous formsPast formsPerfect forms
Activities
Questions and answersReadingWriting
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