Past Perfect (vs. Past Simple)

Past Perfect
The plane had left by the time I got to the airport.
They lost many of the games because they had not practiced enough.
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This lesson contains 14 slides, with interactive quizzes and text slides.

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Past Perfect
The plane had left by the time I got to the airport.
They lost many of the games because they had not practiced enough.

Slide 1 - Slide

Grammar time!
Goal:
At the end of this class, 
you know how to use the 
Past Perfect (in combination
with the Past Simple).

Slide 2 - Slide

What is happening in this sentence?
When he arrived at the train station, the train had already left.

What happened
first?

Slide 3 - Slide

Slide 4 - Slide

🇬🇧 Past Simple 

🇳🇱 Verleden Tijd


ww+ed

(irr. verb = 2e vorm)



I saw him yesterday.



🇬🇧 Past Perfect

🇳🇱 Voltooid Verleden Tijd




🇬🇧 Past Simple 
🇳🇱 Verleden Tijd

ww+ed
(irr. verb = 2e vorm)

He arrived to the train station.


I decided to walk home.
🇬🇧 Past Perfect 
🇳🇱 Voltooid Verleden Tijd

had + ww+ed
(irr. verb = had + 3e vorm)

When he arrived to the train station the train had left.

I had lost my bike key so I decided to walk home.


The Past Perfect shows what happened first in the past.

Slide 5 - Slide

Fill in the Past Perfect:
When I walked in, the meeting ___already___ (start).

Slide 6 - Open question

Fill in the Past Perfect:
After he ______ (pass) his exam, he threw a party.

Slide 7 - Open question

Fill in the Past Perfect:
He was shocked because he ____ never ____ (see) anything like this.

Slide 8 - Open question

Great! Now let's practise a bit with the Past Perfect and the Past Simple.

In every question, look carefully at what happened first (past perfect) and what happened next (past simple).

Slide 9 - Slide

When they _______ (finish) school, they _______ (go) to the mall.
A
had finished - went
B
finished - had gone

Slide 10 - Quiz

They ________ (show) me the pictures they ________ (take) during their holiday.
A
had shown - took
B
showed - had taken

Slide 11 - Quiz

The boy _______ (be) sorry for what he ______ (do).
A
had been - did
B
was - had done

Slide 12 - Quiz

Making a sentence with the Past Perfect and Past Simple.
- Ben bought flowers for Jen.
- Ben arrived at Jen's house.

What happened first?

Slide 13 - Slide

Making a sentence with the Past Perfect and Past Simple.
- Ben bought flowers for Jen. (1)
- Ben arrived at Jen's house. (2)

What happened first? --> Past Perfect

Ben had bought flowers before he arrived at Jen's house. 
or
Before he arrived at Jen's house, Ben had bought flowers.

Slide 14 - Slide