Past Perfect

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 3

PAST PERFECT

GRAMMAR CHAPTER 3

Lesson goals

I know when to use the past perfect.

I can use the past perfect in a sentence.

Past perfect use

Used to show that something happened before something else.

Example: 

John had gone out when I arrived in the office.

I had saved my document before the computer crashed.

When they arrived we had already started cooking.

He was very tired because he hadn't slept well.

Making the past perfect

Had + voltooid deelwoord

Example: She had given

She hadn't asked.

Had they arrived?

Hadn't you finished?

When I arrived at the restaurant, Victoria _________ a glass of water. (order / already)

1. already ordered
2. had already ordered
3. have already ordered
4. had already orders

He noticed that Peter ________
the old chair. (not/to paint)

1. had painted
2. had already painted
3. hadn't painted
4. hadn't paint

Before Emma laid the table, she
_______ her mother. ( to talk)

There were no sausages left when I came back. The dog
them. (to eat)

I did not wait for my brother because I
________ his text message. (to read / not)

I can use the past perfect in a sentence.

1. I totally can.
2. I think so.
3. Not really.
4. Not at all.

I know when to use the past perfect.

1. I totally can.
2. I think I can.
3. Not really.
4. Not at all.