1: LANGUAGE FOCUS | Tiếng Anh 9 (Friends Plus) | UNIT 1: THEN AND NOW - Lớp 9 - Giáo Dục Việt Nam

 1 Study these sentences from the text. Then choose the correct options to complete the rules.

1 Had bicycles been an important means for many years before the advent of motorised vehicles?

2 They had played an essential role in Vietnamese daily life by the mid-20th century.

3 The motor vehicles on the roads had not increased dramatically until the 1990s.

2 Choose the correct options.

1 After Tom read / had read the email, he turned off/ had turned off his computer.

2 Did Jane learn / Had Jane learnt to read and write before she started / had started school?

3 We didn't have / hadn't had a foreign holiday until last summer.

4 We were/had been tired because we played / had played football all afternoon.

5 I visited/had visited five cities in southern Việt Nam by 2001.

3 Complete the sentences with the past perfect form of the verbs in brackets.

1 They ................ football until last week. (never/play)

2 ................  (you/buy) a ticket before you arrived at the station?

3 I was sad because she ................  (forget) my birthday.

4 when you called? ................  (he/ leave) the house

5 The children ................ (not/do) their homework, so they were in trouble.

4 USE IT! Work in pairs. Take turns to say what you think had happened before each situation.

1 Peter apolog Peter apologised to his brother.

Perhaps they had had an argument.

2 Anna didn't go to the cinema with her friends.

3 When Sally met her father at the station, she didn't recognise him.

4 George was late for school on Tuesday.

5 Ben and Helen were very excited.

Finished?

Imagine you were late for school because you had gone on foot instead of by bicycle.Write sentences about what happened to you using the past perfect.