高考英语专题之过去完成时

高考英语专题之过去完成时 一. 教学内容： 过去完成时 二. 教学目标：掌握过去完成时 三. 教学重难点：过去完成时与一般过去时、现在完成时的区别 （一）Past perfect tense 1. We use the simple past tense to talk about a past action. When we want to talk about something that happened at an even earlier time in the past, we use the past perfect tense. eg. Upon entering the tomb, Carter’s lucky pet bird, which had led him to the place was eaten by a snake. 2. We can also use the past perfect tense in reported speech to refer to an action that had already happened at the time of speaking. We can change the simple past tense and present perfect tense in direct speech to the past perfect tense in reported speech. eg. ‘We emptied the tomb of everything it contained,’ said Carter. Carter said that they had emptied the tomb of everything it contained. 3. The use of the past perfect tense simply indicates that an action comes before another past action. It does not mean that the past action happened a long time ago. eg. I had done my homework this morning before I went