内容正文:
Unit 2 Period 2 Grammar
【学习目标】
Learning Objectives
1 To know the usage of past perfect passive
2 To use past perfect passive correctly
【学习过程】
Learning activities
目标一: To know the usage of past perfect passive
Activity 1: Look at the sentences and answer the questions. Sentence (a) is from the reading passage.
a At the start of the detox, over 100 students had been persuaded to stop using social media, in ANY form, for seven days.
b At the start of the detox, people had persuaded over 100 students to stop using social media, in ANY form, for seven days.
1 Were the students in sentence (a) persuaded before the detox started, or afterwards?
2 What is the difference between sentence (a) and (b)?
3 Why does the author choose to use passive form instead of an active form?
Answers:
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Now look for more sentences with the past perfect passive in the reading passage, and summarise its uses in your own words.
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Activity 2: Read the sentences again and summarise the structure and concept of past perfect passive.
1) At the start of the detox, over 100 students had been persuaded to stop using social media, in ANY form, for seven days.
2) They had been promised money by family and friends for each day spent without using social media.
3) I am to find out just how many have been motivated enough to last the full seven days!
1) But on reflection, I can see how much of my time had been occupied with checking my phone.
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Activity 3: Read the sentences and summarise the four sentence structures with past perfect