Touchstone 4 EL 701

Seminar 6

Past perfect We use the past perfect simple to talk about

what happened before a point in the past. It looks back from a point in the past to further in the past.

• I hadn't known the bad news when I spoke to him.

• I checked with the supplier and they still hadn't received the contract.

• She had already told him before I got a chance to give him my version.

The past perfect simple is often used when we report what people has said/thought/believed.

• He told me they had already paid the bill.• He said he believed that John had moved to

Italy.• I thought we had already decided on a name

for this product.

Exercise 1 Mix and match 1. By the time I got to her house, 2. When I turned on the TV, 3. It was nice to see Richard again, 4. I wasn’t hungry in the evening, 5. I went to see if the painters had finished, 6. I met Oliver’s wife at the party, 7. When I got home, I realised 8. I bought him a camera

a. but she had already got one.b. I’d had a huge lunch. c. I’d never met her before. d. the program had already started. e. I hadn’t seen him for years. f. but they hadn’t even started. g. she had already left. h. I had left the door open.

Answer for EXC 1 1. g2. d3. e4. b5. f 6. c 7. h 8. a

Exercise 2 What did they say? /hadn’t waited, had bought , had never been,

had just left, had sold, had tried/1. ‘I’ve never been here before.’= He said he

________________________ there before. 2. ‘She has just left. ’ = He said that she

________________________________ . 3. ‘They didn’t wait for me. ’ = She said that they

______________________________ for her.

4. ‘I tried to call her this morning.’= I told you I _________________________to call her this morning.

5. ‘Did you buy it?’ = I asked her if she ______________________ .

6. ‘have you sold your house yet? ’= I asked them if they ____________________ their house.

Answer key for EXC 2 1. had never seen 2. had just left 3. hadn’t waited 4. had tried 5. had bought 6. had sold

Responses with So and Neither So and NeitherSo and neither responses can be very difficult. Let's just

focus on what we say if we agree with someone. If someone says something negative and we agree with

them we can use neither. If someone says something positive and we agree with them we can use so.

We must also remember that the verb in the statement needs to agree with the verb in the response:

• "I am excited about the party.""So am I."

EXERCISE 1 Choose the correct one. 1. I don't like mushrooms.a. Neither don't. b. So do I c. Neither do I 2. I love going to the cinema.b. So am I b. So do I c. I can 3. I can't swim.a. Neither do I b. I can c. Neither can I4 . I haven't got a dogc. I have b. Neither have c. So have I 5. I enjoyed the concert.a. So have I b. So did I c. Neither did I

6. I want to go shopping.a. I am b. So do I c. So have I

7. I'm really tired.a. So have I b. So am I c. So did I

8. I don't agree.a. Neither do I b. Neither did I c. So do I

9. I wish it was Saturday! a. Neither do I b. So do I c. So can I10. I've got 3 sisters. a. So have I b. Neither have I c. So am I

Answer key for the EXC 1 1. C2. B3. C4. B5. B6. B7. B8. A9. B10.A