worksheet: Past perfect.

Past perfect:

INCREDIBLE BUT TRUE !!!

1. You are going to read three true stories. In each case a sentence is missing from the story.Match each of the sentences with the story and then re- insert the sentences in the appropiate position 1,2 or 3 .


a) She was now nearly 22 and hadn´t met the love of her life yet.
b) At that time Amy didn´t know that Ian had just started his journey from Sydney to London.
c) It was a reply from another Laura Buxton, who had found the ballon in her garden 225 kilometres away.


A. TWO LAURAS: Laura Buxton , 10, was celebrating her grandparents` golden wedding anniversary, whenshe had an idea .
(1)She decided to release a gold and white helium-filled ballom with her name and address and a note attached. In the note she asked the person who found the ballonto write back.Ten days later a letter arrived at her home.
(2)Both Lauras were aged 10 and both have three years-old black Labradors , a guniea pig and a rabbit.
(3)“ I chatted to Laura on the phone”, said the first Laura . “ I hope we can become best friends .We have a lot in common”.


B. WORLD APARTS: Amy Dolby took her seat on the flight from London to Sydney , Australia.She was going to Australia to surprise her boyfriend , Ian Johnstone (1) He wanted to propose to Amy on 1 july because this was the fifth anniversary of their relationship (2) They both stopped in Singapore to wait for connecting flights , but they didn´t know that they were sitting a few metres away from one another. 3. Ian arrived in Amy´s hometown just as she knocked on his door in Sydney.When they found out what has happened , Ian proposed over the phone , and Amy accepted .



C. TEXT BEFORE MARRIAGE: A clairvoyant had once told Emily Brown that she would meet her husband when she was 21. (1) One day, she tapped the next message , “ Do you want to talk? Into her mobile.She then invented a number and sent the message. She didn´t know that the number belonged to her future husband.(2) Peter Bladwin was at work 140 miles away wheb he got the message.He phoned Emiliy, and they chatted for about an hour.(3) They found that they had lots in common and made arrangements to meet.They got married six month later.


2. Work in small groups.Discuss these questions:


• Have you ever read about “incredible but true” stories like the stories in 1?.
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• Do you know any people (couple, friends , collegues) who have met in a strange way?
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• Have any strange coincides or “small world” incidents ever happened to you.



3. Complete the first exctract by choosing the most appropiate tense ( past participle or past perfect) for the numbered verbs .Listen and check your answers.

REINCARNATION :

Jenny Cockell was sure that she (1) lived/ had lived before. As a child , she remembered her past life in her dreams .In particular, she often dreamt about Mary Sutton , a young Irish women who (2) died /had died more than twenty years before Jenny was born.Over the years , Jenny became convinced that her dreams (3) were/had been real memories and that she (4) was / had been Mary in a previous life.

In her dreams she saw the house in Ireland where Mary and her family (5) lived/ had lived .As her visions continued and become more detailed , Jenny (6) realized/had realized that Mary (7) died/ had died in 1930 and that her children could still be alive.She (8) wanted/had wanted to find out and decided to travel to Ireland.