Year 4 - Past Perfect

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 4

Grammar review: Past Perfect

Before I knew it, I had already prepared a LessonUp about this!

Past Perfect

Form: 

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I had slept.

She had worked.

Past Perfect

Use: something happened before something else in the past.

• I had read the instructions carefully before I started preparing the meal.

• When I started working at that supermarket, I had worked in a restaurant for two years.

Timeline

After he had opened the safe, the thief took the jewels

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Let's practise

Fill the correct form of the verbs into the gaps. Use the past perfect or the past simple.

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

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

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

After the children ____ (go) to bed, she ____ (watch) a video.

John ____ (finish) his homework before he ____ (meet) up with his friends.

I now understand how to use the past simple and the past perfect

1. Yes, totally!
2. Not totally, but I'll manage
3. Not really, still need some help
4. No, absolutely not!

Follow Up Activities §2.4

1) Practise what you've just learnt -> §2.4 ex 16 & 17

2) Then choose what you want to work on:

Practise writing: exs 13, 14 and 15 (vocab / phrasal verbs)

Practise reading: exs 2-9

Try the linguistic puzzle on the next slide :)

How, by adding punctuation, can you make this sentence make sense?

James while John had had had had had had had had had had had a better effect on the teacher