F2F Class Notes (Li)
Today we focused on:
Past perfect + past perfect continuous
Vocabulary
function: the use/purpose 功能,用途
eg. What is the function of this camera?
eg. Is this even a useful function? I don’t know how this works.
the function/usage is the same
once/twice/three times/four times
plating: 摆盘
eg. The waiter had been plating before the restaurant opened tonight.
Grammar
past perfect – ‘the past the in the past’/completed actions/time not specific
had + past participle (third tense: been/eaten/played/gone/bought)
ex. When Jane arrived at the party, Alex had left.
ex. I had stayed here for 10 days before I travelled to Korea.
ex. When I arrived, he had cooked.
*Keywords: when/by the time/after
ex. By the time she had finished her homework, the teacher already went home.
ex. After he went swimming, his friends had eaten already.
ex. By the time I watched Game of Thrones, my friends had (already) watched it twice.
ex. After I came to the office, my boss had left.
past perfect continuous – actions that had been happening up to the time you’re thinking about/may or may not continue after
had + been + verb -ing
ex. I had been working for 6 hours before she came home from work.
ex. He had been playing the piano for 20 minutes before his father called him on the phone.
ex. When I arrived, he had been cooking for 20 minutes.
*Keywords: by the time/when
ex. Before I came to the office, my boss had been writing the price quotes.
ex. By the time I went to the restaurant the chef had been cooking for 1 hour.
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