3. the past perfect
LSP
i. Structure：…had done…
ii. Meaning：the past perfect is used when an action
or state had stopped before a past time or action
(finished); the past perfect is also used when an
I’m sorry, but it’s first time that I have made so silly mistakes.
It/This/That is the first/second…/last time (that) …have done… It /This/That was the first/ second st time (that) …had done…
e.g. It was the first time she had been at a summer school and she thoroughly enjoyed it.
2. the past progressive
LSP
i. Structure
1) …was (were) doing…, while…was (were)
It/This/That is/was sb’s first/second…/last time to do… *** It is (high) time that… ???
• It is (high) time that （past tense of verbs are used in the sub-clause or should + verb， should cannot be omitted) (subjunctive mood)
words：contest, game, play, sport, tourney, etc.) e.g.
city. A. has been B. was C. came D. had been It was the third time______we had done the experiment. A. since B. before C. which D. that This is the second time______he has been out with
I had been walking for 8 days when we
arrived.
• difference • I have eaten the apples. • I aten holiday
• 2) take part in a chess tournament • 3) tournament n. 比赛；竞赛；锦标赛. (related
• It is time that the children went to bed.
• It is high time that the children should go to bed.
• It was about time that the children should go to bed.
doing…
2) 2) when…did…was (were) doing…
ii. Meaning：过去进行时常用来表示两个动作在过 去某一时间里同时进行或某一动作在过去某 一时间点正在进行。
e.g. What were the Class Three students doing while the Class One students were having a Chinese lesson? When I got up this morning, it was raining.
e.g. It is the first time that I’ve heard Jazz.
It will be the second time (that) he has
climbed that mountain.
Note：It was the first/ second/ etc. time that…(The past perfect过去完成should be used in the clause.)
her alone. A. that B. after C. when D. since
Translation： 1.那时我很幸运，因为那是我第三次访问中国了。
I was lucky then because it was the third time that I had visited China. 2.我很抱歉，但这是我第一次犯这么低级的错误。
• It’s time for the children to go to bed.
1. the present perfect
LSP
i. It is/ will be the first/ second/ etc. time that…
have/ has done…
ii. Meaning：It is sb’s first time to do sth.
action or state had begun before a past time or
action, but it would still go on (unfinished).
e.g. Tom flew home, but his father had already
died.
By six they had worked for 12 hours.
• 这是我第一次徒步去丹霞山旅行。 • 那是我第一次利用假期组织晚会。
It is the first time that she ____ before a crowd. A. has performed B. performs C. performed D. had performed That was the first time that the old man_____in this