Past Perfect th3a (E- grammar, past perfect)

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Past Perfect

Vh3b

22nd November 2023

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?

Be ready to show your notes at the end of the lesson.

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.

 

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Make a sentence using the past perfect:

eat breakfast
go to school

1. Yesterday I ate my breakfast and after that I went to school.
2. I have eaten breakfast before I went to school yesterday.
3. I had eaten my breakfast before I went to school yesterday.
4. I am having breakfast before I went to school yesterday.

Make a sentence using the past perfect.

finish report
walks in

1. I am finishing my report when she walks into the office.
2. I finished my report after she walked into the office.
3. I have finished my report as she walks into the office.
4. I had just finished my report when she walked into the office.

Homework for next lesson

Read Grammar 4- Past Perfect, page 103

Complete ex. 27 & 28 pages 102 + 103

Study the words on the wordlist of pages 114 Theme words + A ''Watching''

Study your notes on the Past Perfect

What have you learned about the Past Perfect?
Provide 2 sentences yourselves that show that you know 1) the structure of the Past Perfect & 2) how and when you have to use it.

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