The past perfect

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Past Perfect Simple

What is happening in this sentence?

When he arrived at the train station, the train had already left.

What happened

first?

Making a sentece with the Past Perfect and Past Simple.

- Jen cleaned the house.

- Ben arrived at Jen's house.

What happened first?

Making a sentece with 

the Past Perfect Simple and Past Simple.

- Jen cleaned the house. (1)

- Ben arrived at Jen's house. (2)

                                        What happened first? --> Past Perfect Simple

       Jen had cleaned the house before Ben arrived..

                                                 or

       Before Ben arrived, Jen had cleaned the house.

Now let's practise a bit with 

the Past Perfect Simple and the Past Simple.

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

Now, write one sentence describing what happened using the Past Perfect and Past Simple:

use 'before'

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

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

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

When they _______ (to finish) school, they _______ (to go) to the party.

1. had finished - went
2. finished - had gone

The boy _______ (to be) sorry for what he ______ (to do).

1. had been - did
2. was - had done

What is the tense that is used in this sentence?
I grew up in Belguim.

1. Present Simple
2. Past Simple
3. Present Perfect
4. Past Perfect

Which tense is used in the second part of this sentence?
"They had travelled all over the world, before they settled in New York."

1. Present Simple
2. Past Simple
3. Present Perfect
4. Past Perfect

They … (to close) the bar after the last guest … (to leave).

1. closed, left
2. closed, had left
3. had closed, left
4. had closed, had left

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

She .... (to live) in China before she went to Thailand.

When I arrived at the cinema, the film .... (to start).

When we ... (to finish) dinner, we ... (to go) out.

The referee ... (to pull) a red card, because the player ... (to make) a foul.

She __________(to live) here for three years before I met her.

The plane_________(to leave) by the time I got to the airport

He____________(negative – to drive) a car before that accident. (full form)

I know the irregular verbs

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I know when to use the past perfect & the past simple

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