Past Simple - Past Perfect

Past Simple - Past Perfect
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Past Simple - Past Perfect

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Goals
- After this lesson you can use, form and understand the past simple tense.
- After this lesson you can use, form and understand the past perfect tense.
- After this lesson you can use the two tenses in a sentence together.

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When do you use a past perfect?

Slide 3 - Open question

Grammar: Past simple
PAST SIMPLE

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Past Simple
What
Past simple
When
To say that something happened in the past.
How/Form
Add –ed OR an irregular form.
Signal words
Yesterday, last week, last month, two days ago, four days ago, months ago, a second ago, etc.
Examples
He walked her home last night.
I talked to him on the phone yesterday.
She tried to close her book but a fly got caught in between the pages.

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Past Perfect
Had + 3rd form (irregular verbs) /verb + ed (regular verbs)
Earlier action in the past:
I had cleaned the table before he came in.
Before he came in, I had cleaned the table.
He came in after I had cleaned the table.

  • Earlier action/First action in the past = past perfect
  • Later action/Second action in the past = past simple

               past perfect                       past simple                                                          
______________X___________________X_______________________________now

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Past perfect
Form: had + past participle (3e rijtje): had eaten, had left


Use: 2 moments in the past: Simple Past and Past Perfect
The first action gets the past perfect. The second action gets the past simple.





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past simple & past perfect

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Time for a quiz!

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De Past Perfect
gebeurde eerst,
daarna de Past simple
A
waar
B
niet waar

Slide 10 - Quiz

Past Simple <> Past Perfect
Before we ____ (to go) to the party, we _____ (to go) to the cinema.
A
went / went
B
had gone / had gone
C
went / had gone
D
had gone / went

Slide 11 - Quiz

Past simple / past perfect:
__________ (to phone) Angie before he __________ ( to go) to London?
A
Did he phone - went
B
Did he phoned - gone
C
Did he phone - had gone
D
Had he phoned - went

Slide 12 - Quiz

Past simple / past perfect:
The storm _______ (to destroy) the sandcastle that we _______ (to build).
A
destroys - build
B
had destroyed - built
C
destroyed - had build
D
destroyed - had built

Slide 13 - Quiz

Past Simple <> Past Perfect
After Richard _____ (to study) biology, he _____ (to study) maths.
A
studied / studied
B
had studied / had studied
C
studied / had studied
D
had studied / studied

Slide 14 - Quiz

Past simple / past perfect:
The waiter __________ (to bring) the drink that I _______ (to order).
A
bring - order
B
had brought - ordered
C
brought - had ordered
D
brings - was ordering

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Past Simple <> Past Perfect
Before Clark _____ (to call) the police, Sue _____ (to call) the fire department.
A
called / called
B
had called / had called
C
called / had called
D
had called / called

Slide 16 - Quiz

Any questions?

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