Past Perfect

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo, havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 3,4

Past Perfect

Past perfect

Je gebruikt de past perfect als je iets vertelt over twee dingen die in het verleden zijn gebeurd. De ene gebeurtenis vond plaats voor de andere gebeurtenis. 

Het is dus: 'the past of the past'. 

Voorbeeld: He had worked that night before he crashed his car. 

 

Past perfect

De vorm van de past perfect is:

had + voltooid deelwoord

voltooid deelwoord = ww + ed

                     of  

                                3e vorm onregelmatige ww

Past Perfect

• Als je wilt vertellen dat iets gebeurde voordat iets anders gebeurde in het verleden. 
•       

   I had never flown in an airplane, before I went to London.

🇬🇧 Past Simple 

🇳🇱 Verleden Tijd

ww+ed

(irr. verb = 2e vorm)

I 

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.

What is happening in this sentence?

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

What happened

first?

Check the following 

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- Ben bought flowers for Jen.

- Ben arrived at Jen's house.

What happened first?

Making a sentece with the Past Perfect and Past Simple.

- Ben bought flowers for Jen.

- Ben arrived at Jen's house.

What happened first?

Making a sentece 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

They ________ (show) me the pictures they ________ (take) during their holiday.

1. had shown - took
2. showed - had taken

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

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

They … (close) the bar after the last guest … (depart)

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

As soon as the meeting … (finish), they … (go) out for a drink.

1. finished, went
2. finished, had gone
3. had finished, went
4. had finished, had gone

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

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

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

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

Now, practise some more

Check the exercises in paragraph 2.4

read carefully!