The film had already started when we arrived

Aim of this lesson: Learn about and use the Past Perfect and understand the difference between the tense and Past Simple. Vocabulary that will be taught is related to cinema.

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Speaking about films

Work with a partner, if you can, and ask/answer these questions. If you're on your own you should think about these questions and write your answers instead.

What's your favourite kind of film?
What films have you seen this year?
Who is your favourite male or female actor?
What's the best film you've ever seen?
Do you prefer watching films at home or at the cinema?

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Grammar - Past Perfect

Past perfect is used in English to indicate that an event occured before another past event.

Form	Example
+ positive	subject + had + past participle	I had just eaten dinner when the phone rang.
- negative	subject + hadn't (had not) + past participle	I hadn't started making dinner when the electricity went off
? questions	had + subject + past participle	Had you ever worked in a bar before getting this job
* It is very unusual to use past perfect on its own. This tense is almost always used with past simple or another tense as you can see in the examples above.
* the negative form of the past perfect isn't very common
* "I had just eaten dinner when the phone rang" - first I ate dinner and then the phone rang.

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Further examples of past simple and past perfect

How many hours had you slept for when your alarm clock went off this morning?
My mother was angry because I had crashed her car.
She didn't realise that she had forgotten her credit card until she got to the cash machine.
I had only walked 100 metres when it started raining.

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Vocabulary - Entertainment

Look at the table below. Do you know the correct definitions for this vocabulary related to cinema? Click on the 'show' button on the right for the correct answers.

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