Past Simple en Past Perfect

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Past Simple en Past Perfect

I can use the Past Simple and the Past Perfect correctly.

1. The Past Simple

Wanneer gebruik je deze tijd?

Je gebruikt de Past Simple voor iets dat in het verleden gebeurde en afgelopen is.

Voorbeelden

• I played football yesterday.

• She went to school last Monday.

• We watched a film last night.

Signaalwoorden: yesterday, last week, two days ago, in 2024.

De regel

• Positief: I played football.

• Negatief: I didn't play football.

• Vraag: Did you play football?

Let op: na did of didn't gebruik je het hele werkwoord.t

Check your understanding!

Which sentence is correct?

.

A

I didn't went to school

B

I didn't go to school.

C

I don't went to school.

The Past Perfect

Wanneer gebruik je deze tijd?

Je gebruikt de Past Perfect voor iets dat al gebeurd was vóór een ander moment in het verleden.

Voorbeelden

• I had finished my homework before dinner.

• She had left before I arrived.

• They had eaten before the film started.

De regel

• Positief: I had finished.

• Negatief: I hadn't finished.

• Vraag: Had you finished?

De formule is had + voltooid deelwoord (past participle).

Voorbeelden van voltooid deelwoorden:

• play → played

• go → gone

• see → seen

• eat → eatent

What happened first?

Vergelijk de twee zinnen.

Past Simple

When I arrived, the film started.

Ik kwam aan en toen begon de film.

Past Perfect

When I arrived, the film had started.

Toen ik aankwam, was de film al begonnen.

Onthoud: Past Simple = wat gebeurde er? Past Perfect = wat was er al gebeurd?

Put the events in order

Example: When Tom arrived, his friends had left.

1. Friends had left

Past Perfect

2. Tom arrived

Past Simple

De Past Perfect staat bij de gebeurtenis die het eerst plaatsvond.