Past Simple and Past Perfect

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo
• Leerjaar 3

Past Simple and Past Perfect

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Past simple practice

Past perfect practice

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Learning Goal

After this lesson, students can use the past simple and past perfect to tell what they have done during the weekend.

Past Simple

Events that happened in the past.

Words that tell you to use the Past Simple:

- Yesterday

- In 2003

- Last week/month/year

Past Simple

How to make the Past Simple form of a verb:

1. Hele werkwoord + -ed 
Walk = walked,  look = looked, play = played etc. 

2. Irregular verb form

Bring = brought, cut = cut, stand = stood, eat = ate etc. 

Yesterday, I ... (to walk) home.
We ... (to listen) to the teacher last week.
He ... (to open) the museum in 2010.
They ... (to film) a TikTok this morning.

You ... (to go) to the zoo last month.
She ... (to catch) the ball during PE class yesterday.
The chef ... (to cut) his finger last week.
They ... (to eat) pizza last night.

What do you remember of the Past Perfect?

Past Perfect

Events that happened before another event in the past.

He had dropped his phone before he went to school.

Words that (usually) tell you to use the Past Perfect:

- before

- after

Past Perfect

How to make the past perfect form:

I                                    had                             hele ww + -ed (volt dw.)

You                             had

He/She/It                 had                             OF

We                               had

You                              had                             derde rijtje irregular verbs

They                           had                              (volt. dw)

The children ... (to play) games before they went to school.
They brought him cookies after he ... (to finish) the race.
After he ... (to pass) his exams, he worked really hard.
You advised me before I ... (to make) my decision.

The teacher ... (to teach) English before teaching mathematics.
The dog ate the bone after she ... (to drink) her water.
3a was in English class after they ... (to have) PE.
We ... (to see) them before they went on holiday.

We ... (to work) before we ... (to have) football practice.
The car ... (to break) after the boys ... (to play) outside.
The students ... (to study) well after they ... (to fail) the exam.
I ... (to finish) my homework before I ... (to come) to class.

Form 3 sentences about things you did this weekend.
For example:
I played football after I had worked all morning.

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