6． bus left

5． had some breakfast

4． took shower

3． woke up late

2． father went to bathroom

1． alarm clock didn’t go off

6． I am here now．

　I was at home last night．

　I had been here for 20 years by the end of 2003．

Step Ⅱ 3a

This activity provides reading and writing practice using the target language．

Show the vocabulary on the screen by a project:

Point to the words one by one and teach the students to read them． Do it several times． Then ask several students to read the words to see if they can pronounce each word correctly．

Ask the whole class to read the instructions together． There is an article in Activity 3a． Your task is to read the story and write the events in the correct order．

Have a look at the sample answer on the right of the article before you start． Then let the children complete the work on their own． After a while, ask some students to report their answers to the class． Write the events on the blackboard as they report, putting the events in the correct order．

After checking the answers, tell students to read the article again more carefully．

Tell them to find out the words or sentences which they can’t understand this time．

A few minutes later, let the students ask questions on the words and sentences which they can’t understand． Do some explanation and make sure that the students make everything clear about the article．

Then ask the students to read the article aloud． Move around the classroom while they are reading, offering help as needed．

Next ask students to pick out the sentences with the Past Perfect Tense． Tell them to underline them and come up with the reason to use the tence．

Ask two students to read their answers and explain the sentences．

Answers

5． The hell rings at 8:10 every morning．

　The bell rang at 7:10 this morning．

　When I got to school, the first bell had rung．

4． Tina seldom oversleeps．

　Tina overslept this morning．

　Tina said she had never overslept before．

3． The meeting start at 3:00 every Wednesday afternoon．

　The meeting started at 3: 30 last Wednesday afternoon．

　As soon as Mr． Jones got to the meeting room, the meeting had already started．