Welcome back!

I hope you had a refreshing holiday! Please write a few things that you did on your blog, using "had + past participle +plain verb.  For example:

I had planned to teach on Monday and Tuesday but instead I watched the hummingbirds in our yard.
I had wanted to send the knitted squares to South Africa last week but I had to wait until this week. 

I had bought some food for a big dinner on Thursday but we celebrated on Saturday instead.

I had hoped to do some yardwork but instead I watched it snow.

Please listen to the first chapter of the story, "My Name is Maria Isabel" here: Our ESL Stories

To work on your verbs, watch this video....Listen and REPEAT!