To laugh. 5 Look at the updates showing what Callum did yesterday. Then write more sentences like the example. Use the past perfect and the past simple. 10000 @callum19 9:30 Just got up. It's late - but it's the weekend! 10:30 No milk! Toast for breakfast. 11:11 Shopping in town, looking for a new skateboard. 12:10 I've found a great skateboard! I'm buying it. 12:52 Meeting friends for lunch in town. I'm early! 15:45 Finished my homework. Phew! 17:29 Practising the guitar. Concert tomorrow! 19:04 Great! Pasta for dinner! 21:25 Watching a DVD - but it's boring. 22:15 Reading a magazine about extreme sports. 22:31 Time for bed. Good night! 1 get up/have breakfast After he'd got up, he had breakfast. 2 have breakfast / go shopping 3 buy a skateboard / meet friends for lunch 4 finish his homework/practise the guitar 5 have dinner / watch a DVD 6 read a magazine / go to bed Unit 7 Money 77
1. After getting up at 9:30, Callum had toast for breakfast at 10:30.
- Explanation: "After + past participle" is used to indicate an action that happened before another action in the past.
2. Callum had breakfast and then went shopping in town at 11:11.
- Explanation: This is a simple sentence using the past simple tense to describe two consecutive actions.
3. Callum had bought a great skateboard before meeting friends for lunch at 12:52.
- Explanation: "Before + past participle" is used to show that one action happened prior to another action in the past.
4. After finishing his homework at 15:45, Callum practiced the guitar at 17:29.
- Explanation: Again, "after + past participle" is used to indicate the sequence of events in the past.
5. Callum had dinner and then watched a boring DVD at 19:04.
- Explanation: This sentence describes two consecutive actions using the past simple tense.
6. After reading a magazine about extreme sports at 22:15, Callum went to bed at 22:31.
- Explanation: "After + past participle" is used to show that one action followed another in the past.
Overall, the past perfect tense (had + past participle) is used to express an action that happened before another past action, while the past simple tense is used to describe completed actions in the past.
- Explanation: "After + past participle" is used to indicate an action that happened before another action in the past.
2. Callum had breakfast and then went shopping in town at 11:11.
- Explanation: This is a simple sentence using the past simple tense to describe two consecutive actions.
3. Callum had bought a great skateboard before meeting friends for lunch at 12:52.
- Explanation: "Before + past participle" is used to show that one action happened prior to another action in the past.
4. After finishing his homework at 15:45, Callum practiced the guitar at 17:29.
- Explanation: Again, "after + past participle" is used to indicate the sequence of events in the past.
5. Callum had dinner and then watched a boring DVD at 19:04.
- Explanation: This sentence describes two consecutive actions using the past simple tense.
6. After reading a magazine about extreme sports at 22:15, Callum went to bed at 22:31.
- Explanation: "After + past participle" is used to show that one action followed another in the past.
Overall, the past perfect tense (had + past participle) is used to express an action that happened before another past action, while the past simple tense is used to describe completed actions in the past.