Nível Fluente › Are there any safe drivers?
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- Use properly past perfect tenses
- Use words related to driving
At the end of this lesson you'll be able to:
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Vocabulário:
to be put into a state of extreme nervous exhaustion, to stay until the end of something boring, a small car accident that causes no injuries, one who travels back and forth regularly from home to work, a mirror in a vehicle that provides a view of what is behind, a wheel turned by the driver of a vehicle in order to change direction, an official notification of a parking or traffic offence, restraint or lack of emphasis in expression, as for rhetorical effect -
Gramática:
Uso de past perfect x past perfect continuous -
Categorias:
trânsito
PAST PERFECT X PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS
1) PAST PERFECT
Dialog: “I had just stopped at a traffic light when I looked in the rearview mirror…”
We use the past perfect to talk about something that had happened before a certain time in the past. We commonly use the words just, already, and yet with this tense.
FORM: HAD + PAST PARTICIPLE
• I’d just walked in the door when the phone rang.
• By the time I arrived at the party Jason had already left.
• Sarah wanted to borrow the book from me, but I hadn’t finished it yet.
2) PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS
Dialog: “I hadn’t been the only one listening to the traffic report.”
We use the past perfect continuous to talk about an activity that had been happening before a certain time in the past. We commonly use how long, for, and since with this tense.
FORM: USE HAD + BEEN + VERB (-ING)
• Jennifer had been waiting for half an hour before the bus arrived.
• How long had you been looking for a job before you started working here?
• I’d been sharing an apartment with my best friend since college, so I decided to get my own apartment.
Sobre esta aula
Traffic…It's dangerous, annoying and can drive us completely insane. But unless you live on a desert island, it's impossible to avoid it. Listen to this podcast and learn new words and expressions about this stressful part of life.
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