4V.En3 Past Simple vs Past Perfect

Today
- What is the past perfect?
- When do you use the past perfect?
- When do you use the past simple vs. the past perfect?
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This lesson contains 26 slides, with interactive quizzes and text slides.

time-iconLesson duration is: 60 min

Items in this lesson

Today
- What is the past perfect?
- When do you use the past perfect?
- When do you use the past simple vs. the past perfect?

Slide 1 - Slide

Past Perfect
Had + past participle

I had slept.
She had been.

Slide 2 - Slide

Past Perfect 1
To show that one action was finished when another began.
  • I apologised because I had left my money at home.
  • I watched TV after I had done my homework

Slide 3 - Slide

Past Perfect 2
To show that at some point in the past, an action or situation had been going on for a while.
  • When I started to work at that supermarket, I had worked in a restaurant for two years.
  • They had known each other for six months when they got married.

Slide 4 - Slide

Slide 5 - Slide

Timeline

Slide 6 - Slide

Let's practice
Fill the correct form of the verbs into the gaps. Use the past perfect or the past simple.

Slide 7 - Slide

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

Slide 8 - Open question

When I ____ (arrive) at the cinema, the film ____ (start).

Slide 9 - Open question

The lights went off because we _____ (not pay) the electricity bill.

Slide 10 - Open question

She ____ (watch) a video after the children ____ (go) to bed.

Slide 11 - Open question

They ____ (ride) their bikes before they ____ (meet) their friends.

Slide 12 - Open question

Activity
You will be given a situation. Come up with a cause and an effect of the situation, then make a grammatically correct sentence using the past perfect for each. We will do this in groups of 3.

I had a fight with my sister last month
Cause: I had a fight with my sister last month because she had borrowed my bike and scratched it.
Consequence: I had had a fight with my sister, and so I didn't talk to her for three days.

Slide 13 - Slide

I was very tired.

Slide 14 - Mind map

I was completely broke.

Slide 15 - Mind map

I got lost.

Slide 16 - Mind map

I was fired last week.

Slide 17 - Mind map

A series of 4 pictures... what do you think happened? use tenses correctly. Write it down... 

Slide 18 - Slide

Irregular verbs. Give the past participle.
to break - …….
A
breaked
B
broke
C
broked
D
broken

Slide 19 - Quiz

Irregular Verbs. Give the past participle.
to lie
A
lied
B
lay
C
lain
D
laid

Slide 20 - Quiz

Irregular verbs. Give the past participle.
to teach
A
tought
B
thought
C
thaught
D
taught

Slide 21 - Quiz

Irregular Verbs. Give the past participle.
to drink
A
drunk
B
drank
C
drunken
D
dranked

Slide 22 - Quiz

Irregular Verbs. Give the past participle of 'to see'

Slide 23 - Open question

Irregular Verbs. Give the past participle of 'to lay'

Slide 24 - Open question

Irregular Verbs. Give the past participle of 'to weep'

Slide 25 - Open question

Irregular Verbs. Give the past participle of 'to hide'

Slide 26 - Open question