内容正文:
Grammar and usage (Ⅰ)
Past Perfect Tense
汉寿二中 王 霞
Unit 1
The mass media
To explore the rules of past perfect tense.
To work out the rules.
To apply the rules.
1. Do you remember the form of the past perfect tense?
Step 1 Preparation
S+ had (not) +V-ed+其它成分
Had+S+V-ed+其它成分?
特殊疑问词+had+S+V-ed+其它成分?
2. 课文原句呈现
1)By this time, the fire had extended to the
15th floor.
2)There is concern that the construction
company that built the tower block had
not followed fire safety rules.
Step 2 Presentation
Activity 1: Exploring the rules
Read the the short life story of
Joseph Pulitzer in Part A on page
6, and find the sentences that use
the past perfect tense. The first one
has been done for you.
Find the sentences using the past perfect tense in part A.
1. He regularly visited the library and studied English and Law-by then he had learnt very little English. (Para.1L4)
2. ... by the age of 25, he had become a publisher. (Para.2L1-2)
3. He used the same business strategy he had employed ... (Para.2L6-7)
Activity 2: Scan part A on page 6 and complete the True or False exercise.
1. He regularly visited the library and studied English and Law-by then he had learnt very little French. ( )
2. By the age of 25, he had become a teacher. ( )
3. He used the same business strategy he had employed at the
St Louis Post-Dispatch and sales of the newspaper mounted up until it was the bestselling newspaper in the country. ( )
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English
F
publisher
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1. When and where was Joseph Pulitzer born?
2. When did Joseph Pulitzer found the newspaper the St Louis Post-Dispatch?
3. In 1892, what did he offer Columbia University money to start?
4. When were the first Pulitzer Prizes were awarded?
Activity 3:Read again and answer the following questions.
1. When and where was Joseph Pulitzer born?
Joseph Pulitzer was born on April 10, 1