Past Perfect 3h (E- grammar, past perfect)

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Past Perfect

3h

7-1-2025

Past Perfect

Warming -up

Listen to the story and try to find as many past perfects as you can.

I know why I should learn and use the past pefect.

I know how to make a past perfect.

I know when to use the past perfect.

Explanation

Open your notebook and take notes during the explanation.

Write down:

• How do you make the past perfect?

• When do you use the past perfect?

How does it work?

Present Simple - I work hard every day.

Past Simple - I lost my keys yesterday.

Present Perfect - I have lost my keys.

Past Perfect - They had left before the show ended.

How does it work?

Past Perfect        -           had + past participle

something happened in the past before something else happened in the past.

Remember: 

part participle regular = verb + ed

past participle irregular = 3e rijtje onregelmatige werkwoorden

 

When do you use Past Perfect?

- If you want to add information to a story / text.

- If you want to tell something that happened before something else happened in the past.

It is the past of the past.

I had always walked home until I bought my first car.

I had been stuck in the lift for hours when a fireman finally came and rescued me.

What is the tense in this sentence? My computer has crashed.

A

Past Simple

B

Present Simple

C

Present Perfect

D

Past perfect

What is the tense in this sentence? I grew up in the Netherlands.

A

Present Simple

B

Past Simple

C

Present Perfect

D

Past Perfect

What is the tense in this sentence? They had travelled all over the world, before they settled in Ullapool.

A

Present Simple

B

Past Simple

C

Present Perfect

D

Past Perfect

Make a sentence using the past perfect: eat breakfast go to school

A

Yesterday I ate my breakfast and after that I went to school.

B

I have eaten breakfast before I went to school yesterday.

C

I had eaten my breakfast before I went to school yesterday.

D

I am having breakfast before I went to school yesterday.

Make a sentence using the past perfect. finish report walks in

A

I am finishing my report when she walks into the office.

B

I finished my report after she walked into the office.

C

I have finished my report as she walks into the office.

D

I had just finished my report when she walked into the office.

How do we make a sentence with the Past Perfect?

Make a sentence using the past perfect.

Make a sentence using the Past Perfect: celebrate - birthday - present