Past Perfect

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo k, g, t, mavo
• Leerjaar 3,4

- Ben bought flowers for Jen.

- Ben arrived at Jen's house.

What happened first?

Past Perfect

Past perfect

Je gebruikt de past perfect als je iets vertelt over twee dingen die in het verleden zijn gebeurd. De ene gebeurtenis vond plaats voor de andere gebeurtenis. 

Het is dus: 'the past of the past'. 

Voorbeeld: He had worked that night before he crashed his car. 

 

Past perfect

De vorm van de past perfect is:

had + voltooid deelwoord

voltooid deelwoord = ww + ed

                     of  

                                3e vorm onregelmatige ww

Past Perfect

• Als je wilt vertellen dat iets gebeurde voordat iets anders gebeurde in het verleden. 
•       

   I had never flown in an airplane, before I went to London.

🇬🇧 Past Simple 

🇳🇱 Verleden Tijd

ww+ed

(irr. verb = 2e vorm)

I 

I saw him yesterday.

🇬🇧 Past Perfect

🇳🇱 Voltooid Verleden Tijd

🇬🇧 Past Simple 

🇳🇱 Verleden Tijd

ww+ed

(irr. verb = 2e vorm)

He arrived to the train station.

I decided to walk home.

🇬🇧 Past Perfect 

🇳🇱 Voltooid Verleden Tijd

had + ww+ed

(irr. verb = had + 3e vorm)

When he arrived to the train station the train had left.

I had lost my bike key so I decided to walk home.

The Past Perfect shows what happened first in the past.

I had always walked home until I bought my first car.

What is happening in this sentence?

When he arrived to the train station, the train had already left.

What happened

first?

Check the following 

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Making a sentece with the Past Perfect and Past Simple.

- Ben bought flowers for Jen.

- Ben arrived at Jen's house.

What happened first?

Making a sentece with the Past Perfect and Past Simple.

- Ben bought flowers for Jen. (1)

- Ben arrived at Jen's house. (2)

                                        What happened first? --> Past Perfect

       Ben had bought flowers before he arrived at Jen's house.

                                                 or

       Before he arrived at Jen's house, Ben had bought flowers.

Fill in the Past Perfect:
When I walked in, the meeting ___already___ (start).

Fill in the Past Perfect:
After he ______ (pass) his exam, he threw a party.

Fill in the Past Perfect:
He was shocked because he ____ never ____ (see) anything like this.

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

She .... (live) in China before she went to Thailand.

When I arrived at the cinema, the film .... (start).

The referee pulled a red card, because the player ... (to make) a foul.

Extra oefenen.

Nu volgen er wat website waar je nog meer kunt oefenen met de past perfect en past simple combinatie. 

www.englisch-hilfen.de

www.englisch-hilfen.de

www.englisch-hilfen.de

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