Prime Time 4, Coursebook

b) Match the words in blue from 2a with the definitions below. There are two words you do not need. 1. to take the first steps in building something 2. a line of water moving across the sea 3. a person in your family who lived a long time ago 4. the condition of being extremely poor 5. a situation in which people have no freedom nor opportunities 6. a famous building or place that is easily recognised Focus on form: Past perfect tense a) Read the sentences about the history of New York. Highlight the part of the sentence that happened first. 1. After the English had won against the Dutch, they renamed the city New York. 2. Before the five boroughs were added, New York had consisted only of Manhattan. 3. After the French had given the Statue of Liberty to New York, it became a symbol for freedom. b) Read the grammar box and fill in the correct tense of the verb. 1. After European immigrants had landed 1 (land) in New York, they 2 (build) their own little neighbourhoods. 2. Many 3 (live) in poverty before they 4 (come) to New York. 3. The Dutch 5 (call) the city New Amsterdam after they 6 (found) it as a trading post. 4. After they 7 (be) on a ship for a long time, immigrants 8 (feel) hopeful at the first sight of the Statue of Liberty. 3 Grammar For more details see 1 G 1 Past perfect tense When I got to school, the lesson had already started . The students had just sat down when the headmaster came in. After we had eaten the fish, we started to feel ill. 1 st action: we had eaten the fish 2 nd action: we felt ill G 1. Between 1892 and 1954, an estimated 12 million people landed on the island 4. New York city grew, and by 1898 consisted of five parts 2. Wall Street, in Lower Manhattan, has become the centre of the US financial industry. 5. Finished in 1886, the statue symbolises freedom 3. Another island that has been important for the city’s history is Ellis Island. 6. New York has always been a city of immigrants, 17 2 seventeen Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv