If I were to write something on the board for students to scribble in their notebooks, it would be something like this:
The past perfect, a phrasal verb consisting of had plus past participle, is used to show a relation between two actions or events that happened in the past. More specifically, it indicates that one action occurred and was completed before another action in the past.
The question for me is whether I would write something on the board for students to scribble in their notebooks. In a discovery based approach, students would be asked to figure out how tense sequencing worked in English by examining passages.
In the example, the finding of Christ is an action that happened before she told someone about it.
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Terry
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From: Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Brad Johnston [[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2011 2:25 PM
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Subject: Re: On meanings of the past perfect
tj,
Click on corpus.byu.edu<http://corpus.byu.edu/> and enter 'had' plus the past participle of 'shared' or 'include' or 'use' (to take three verbs from your message) and you will see some. I know they're there without looking because it is a common occurrence.
Meanwhile, please tell me ...
What is it? What is the past perfect? What would you write on the board for them to scribble into their notebooks and carry away when the bell rings? "The past perfect is ..."
Thanks for participating.
.br-had.sun.13feb11.
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From: T. J. Ray <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Sun, February 13, 2011 11:13:49 AM
Subject: Re: On meanings of the past perfect
Brad,
As you seem to have the corner on the meaning of "past perfect," perhaps you
will share it with me. In doing so, please include a sentence or two that use
"had + a past participle" that is not past perfect.
Happy Valentine's Day.
tj
On Saturday 02/12/2011 at 7:45 pm, Brad Johnston wrote:
Welcome, T.J.,
What is it? What is the past perfect? What would you write on the board for them to scribble into their notebooks and carry away when the bell rings? "The past perfect is ..."
Please, please, please don't say "the past perfect is had + a past participle". If you want to get the jump on understanding it, note that all past perfects are formed by had + a past participle but all occurrences of had + a past participle are not past perfects.
You need a different source than the one you used below, which only got you one right out of three.
Thanks for stopping by.
.brad.sat.12feb11.
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