past perfect

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo t
• Leerjaar 3

Past perfect

Learning goals:

- I can talk about things that happened in the past before something else.

PAST PERFECT

• The past perfect gebeurt voor een andere gebeurtenis in de verleden tijd
  
  
• had + ww + ed
• had + derde rijtje

What happened first?
They had painted the entire wall, before they realized it was the wrong color.

1. They had painted the entire wall
2. before they realized it was the wrong color.

What happened first?
We left the house after we had fed the dog.

1. We left the house
2. after we had fed the dog.

What happened first?
When the mechanic arrived, Alex had already fixed the car herself.

1. When the mechanic arrived
2. Alex had already fixed the car herself.

How do you form the
past perfect ?

Use past perfect:
The waiter brought the drink that I _______ (to order).

1. order
2. ordered
3. had ordered

Use past perfect:
The storm destroyed the sandcastle that we _______ (to build).

1. build
2. built
3. had build
4. had built

Use past perfect:
She _______ (not - to ride) a horse before that day.

1. didn't ride
2. hadn't ride
3. hadn't ridden
4. hadn't rode

Use past perfect:
The grass was yellow because it ______ (not - to rain) all summer .

Use past perfect / past simple:
When I .....(to arrive) at the cinema, the film _______ (to start).

Use past perfect / past simple:
After they ______ (to eat) the shellfish, they ..... (to begin) to feel sick.

Use past perfect/past simple:
The lights .... (to go off) because we ___ (not - to pay) the electricity bill (uitschrijven).

How well do you understand the past perfect? Give yourself a grade between 1-10.

Done!