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The Boarded Window

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Hear the past perfect passive and descriptions.

Listen to each sentence and write what you hear.

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Words to know

log house
A house made from tree trunks.
beard
Hair that grows on a man's chin and cheeks.
aging
Becoming old.

Answer key

  1. His little log house had a single door.A log house is built from tree trunks. “Single” means only one.
  2. And no one knew why it had been closed.“Had been closed” is the past perfect passive.
  3. Something other than years had been the cause of his aging.“Something other than years” means time alone did not make him look old.
  4. His hair and long, full beard were white.Two nouns take the plural verb “were”.
  5. He began the hard work of creating a farm.“The hard work of creating” uses an -ing form after “of”.

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