V4 - Past Perfect

Past Perfect

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This lesson contains 20 slides, with interactive quizzes and text slides.

Lesson duration is: 45 min

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Past Perfect

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Today

- What is the past perfect?

- When do you use the past perfect?

- When do you use the past simple vs. the past perfect?

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Past Perfect ( voltooid verleden tijd

Had + past participle (voltooid deelwoord)

Toen Jeroen 25 was, had hij al 5 jaar gewerkt.

had+ voltooid deelwoord

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2 acties in de verleden

1. iets gebeurde in het verleden voordat iets anders gebeurde.( ook in het verleden).

2. De 1ste gebeurtenis: past perfect: had+ voltooid deelwoord.

2. De 2nd gebeurtenis: past simple: +ed/2nd woord van de rij.

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Past Perfect 1

To show that one action was finished when another began.

I apologised because I had left my money at home.
I watched TV after I had done my homework

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Past Perfect 2

To show that at some point in the past, an action or situation had been going on for a while.

When I started to work at that supermarket, I had worked in a restaurant for two years.
They had known each other for six months when they got married.

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Examples

1. I apologised because I had left my money at home.

2. I watched TV after I had done my homework

3. When I started to work at that supermarket, I had worked in a restaurant for two years.

4. They had known each other for six months when they got married.

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Timeline

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Let's practice

Fill the correct form of the verbs into the gaps. Use the past perfect or the past simple.

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After they ____ (eat) the shellfish, they began to feel sick.

Slide 10 - Open question

When I ____ (arrive) at the cinema, the film ____ (start).

Slide 11 - Open question

The lights went off because we _____ (not pay) the electricity bill.

Slide 12 - Open question

She ____ (watch) a video after the children ____ (go) to bed.

Slide 13 - Open question

They ____ (ride) their bikes before they ____ (meet) their friends.

Slide 14 - Open question

Activity

You will be given a situation. Come up with a cause and an effect of the situation, then make a grammatically correct sentence using the past perfect for each.

I had a fight with my sister last month

Cause: I had a fight with my sister last month because she had borrowed my bike and scratched it.

Consequence: I had had a fight with my sister, and so I didn't talk to her for three days.