V4 - Past Perfect

Past Perfect
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Past Perfect
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Slide 1 - Slide

Answer these questions for yourself:
- What is the past perfect?
- When do you use the past perfect?
- When do you use the past simple vs. the past perfect?

Slide 2 - Slide

Past Perfect
Had + past participle

I had slept.
She had been.

Slide 3 - 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 4 - 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 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

Did you get the past perfect?
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Slide 13 - Poll