Past simple vs past perfect

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 3

When do we use
the past simple?

Make a question:
She went to the cinema yesterday.

Make a question:
James saw an aligator on holiday.

Make negative:
Winnie wrote her name on the paper.

Make negative:
I wanted to go home.

Past Perfect:

• Een handeling voor een andere handeling in het verleden.
  When I arrived, the bus had already left.
• Als iets op een bepaald moment in het verleden een tijdje duurde.
  When I went to the Pax, I had done primary education for 8 years.
  
• Conditional sentences (if-zinnen)
  If she had left earlier, she might have been on time.
• Indirecte rede.
  "I did not go there." -  She said that she hadn't gone there.
  

Questions and Negations:

• I had worked for 3 hours when you arrived:
  Had I worked for 3 hours when you arrived?
  I hadn't worked for 3 hours when you arrived.
  
  

The wind (blow) away the paper serviettes that I (leave) on the garden table.

The teacher (correct) the essays that his students (write).

The girls (laugh) at the pictures that they (take) the day before.

Before we (take) Bob to the theatre, he (never see) a stage play before.

Wanneer gebruik je een
past perfect?

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