Subtitles section Play video Print subtitles today Pete and I are meeting with the consultant who will help us with our new show. Yesterday. Pete had promised to meet me here at 8 a.m. But he did not come on time. Oh, it's bad to be late for a business meeting, but while we wait for P, let's talk about a new verb. Pets has perfect. You know, the past ends, right? Like Pete had promised to meet me here at 8 a.m. S. Perfect is a little different When we talk about two things in the past, we can use the past Perfect for the first event put ad before the past participle. He had promised he would meet on a Here's your assignment. Find sentences with the past. Perfect tense, remember or bad You two are late. Exactly 43 minutes late. What happened? He had to get his special coffee. Special coffee. She had to feed her birds. Her birds. Course I have to feed the birds. Whose? It's very special. Coffee. Ok, OK. I can see already that you two need my help. You can both talk at the same time. You have to take turns. All right. Ah, no, you go first? Sure, Kelly. See, Pete and I live in the same building, so we decided to meet at 8 a.m. 8 a.m. To come to work together. I had waited 15 minutes when Pete arrived. After Pete had wasted time waiting for coffee. We were late. I left you a message. I didn't get that message. Oh, sorry. Paid on a left. A message. That's the right thing to do. Did you find some examples of the past? Perfect tense? I did, Ana said. After Pete had wasted time waiting for coffee, we were late. Look at that coffee. It looks more like dessert. Okay, keep watching or past Perfect. Yeah, That's not why we're late. This is why relate. I had arrived on time at 8 a.m. but didn't see Ana. She was standing behind a tree. I think she was hugging it. I always walk toe work, but she said that would take too long and that a scooter would be faster. It was awful. I hated it, and it added too much time to our commute. Then Una stopped by a pond to feed the birds. She had named them after characters from books and yelled the names out loud. Romeo Juliet? Sure. Lock. By the time she had fed all the birds, we relate. This is what I think you to see. The same event very differently. Does this happen often with you too? Yeah. Yes. What you told? OK, this is good. This is good. It's good to see things differently. I have a new idea. We will call the show, he said. She said, For every story you tell a different point of view. That is a great idea. Kelly. Pete, we are different. That's why I thought of you for this job. I think you to understand perfectly. Let's get to work. She named the birds. Really? Yeah, of course. On a named the birds, everyone should have a name. And everyone should learn. Ask. Perfect. Remember, you can use it to talk about two different things that happened in the past.
A2 VOA pete perfect promised feed perfect tense Let's Learn English Level 2 Lesson 3: He Said - She Said 17 1 林宜悉 posted on 2020/07/03 More Share Save Report Video vocabulary