课件17张PPT。Unit3 Amazing peopleGrammar and usage
Past perfect tenseUpon entering the tomb, Carter’s lucky pet bird, which had led him to the place, was eaten by a snack. Past Bird led him to the place bird was eaten presentWe use the past perfect tense when we want to talk about something that happened at an even earlier time in the past.Carter said that they had emptied the tomb of everything it contained. Past had emptied Carter said presentWe can also use the past perfect tense in reported speech to refer an action that had already happened at the time of speaking.
I had done my homework this morning before I went to the museum. Past had done… went to… presentThe use of the past perfect tense simply indicates that an action comes before another past action.
Then a few months after Carter had opened the tomb, Lord Carnarvon fell ill with a fever and died. Past had opened… feel ill and died presentWe often use the past perfect tense with time expressions such as when, after, before, as soon as, until, since, by, for, and already.
Howard Carter had received money from Lord Carnarvon before he made his most amazing discovery. Past had received made…discovery presentWe form the past perfect tense by using had and the verb-ed form.
Amelia Earhart was born on 24th July 1897. She had an exciting childhood. Before she moved to Des Moines, she ⑴ _____ already _____ her first aero plane. She ⑵ _____ home again, back to Chicago, six years later.
She worked as a nurse in the First World War and became interested in flying. She⑶ _____ already _____ flying lessons before she bought her first plane .
Then her interest in flying really began to grow. In 1929, she organized an air race for women. A year earlier, she ⑷_____ the first woman air passenger to fly across the Atlantic
She married George Putnam in 1931. They ⑸ _____ three years before when he interviewed her in New York . In 1932, she became the first woman to fly alone across the Atlantic.
By 2nd June 1937, she ⑹_____ her round-the-world flight. The flight went in June. She reached New Guinea on the 29th . She ⑺ _____ flying nearly a month earlier.
When base tried to contact Amelia at 9.30 p.m. 0n 2nd July 1937, she ⑻ _____ already _____ missing. hadseenmovedhadtakenhad becomehad methad begunhad starthadgoneThe Titanic
When the Titanic was built, people thought it would never sink.
However, this passenger ship ⑴ _____ (surprise) everyone when it sank on its first journey.
The Titanic⑵ _____ (build) in Belfast, Ireland. Its markers⑶ _____ -(spend) a great deal of money building the ship. When it⑷ _____ (finish), it was the largest and most comfortable ship ever built.
The Titanic set sail on 10th April 1921. ‘I ⑸ _____ (want) to set foot on the Titanic ever since it was built,’ said Molly Brown, a Titanic survivor. ‘I never thought it would sink.’
On 13th April, the Titanic was sailing at full speed towards New York. surprisedwas builtspentwas finishedhad wantedThe captain ⑹ _____ (receive) warnings about icebergs all day, but had paid little attention to the warnings as they ⑺ _____ (arrive).
At 2.20 a.m., the Titanic sank into the sea. It ⑻ _____ (hit) an iceberg just over two hours before. Of the 2,200 people on the ship, only 705 ⑼ _____ (survive).
Explorer Robert Ballard ⑽ _____ (search) for the Titanic for more than 20 year before he found it. ‘When new technology was developed, we (11) _____ (use) it to send cameras down into sea. Finally, we found the ship .’ With his cameras, he was able to find the hole along the side of the ship which _____ (cause) it to fill with water and sink.had receivedarrivedhad hithad searchedusedhad causedsurvivedPresent perfect or past perfect? The present perfect tense is used when we are talking about a past event which relates to the present time.
e.g. Howard Carter is one of the most famous explorers the world has ever known.
The past perfect tense is used when we are discussing the past and want to talk about an even earlier event.
e.g. Not long after the tomb had been opened, people in Carter's team began to fall ill and die strangely. The inventor of paper
Cai Lun is a famous Chinese inventor, known for inventing paper. Cai invented paper in AD 105, but ⑴ _____ many other times. Before his invention worked, Cai⑵ _____ using many different parts of trees and plants, and old fishing nets to make paper! After Cai invented paper, people all over Asia used it.
At that time in the West, no one ⑶ _____ of Cai or paper. They did not learn how to make paper until AD751. Westerners who ⑷ _____ several Chinese paper makers during a war told people in the West about Cai's invention. Once the paper makers ⑸ _____ people how to make paper, it was used all over the world.had failedhad triedhad heardhad caughthad showen/showed1. Tom___ into the house when no one looked.
A. slipped B. had slipped
C. slipped D. slips
2. By the time he was twelve, Edison _____ to make a living by himself.
A. would begin B. has begun
C. had begun D. was begun
3. She _____ Robert for a year.
A. married
B. married with
C. has been married
D. has been marred to ACD4. This is a photo of the power station that _____ in my hometown.
A. has set up B. has been set up
C. was setting up D. is set up
5.I’ll go with you as soon as I_____ my work.
A. will finish B. shall finish
C. finish D. finished
6.Doctors_____in every part of the world.
A. need B. are needing
C. are needed D. will need
7.We all agree that he was stronger than_________.
A. I looked B. I was looked
C. he looked D. he was looked BCCC8.Great change _____ in the city, ahd a lot of factories_______.
A. have been taken place; have been set up
B. have taken place; have been set up
C. are taken place; are set up
D. were taken place; were set up
9.Do you think Sam will call his old teacher as soon as he________ in town?
A. will be arrived B. is arrived
C. arrive D. will arrive
10.That dinner was the most expensive meal we_______________.
A. would have B. have had
C. had never had D. had ever had BCDHomework Review the tenses we have learned.
Finish the exercises on page 104.Thank you !