past perfect

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PAST PERFECT = HAD+ -ed

He bought a Ferrari when he HAD WON the lottery.

The oldest action, that happened first is in PAST PERFECT.

De Past Perfect
gebeurde eerst,
daarna de Past simple

1. waar
2. niet waar

past simple or past perfect?
Mary won the lottery last year.

1. simple past
2. past perfect

past simple or past perfect?
Mrs Corrigan had never eaten a pizza until 1972

1. Past simple
2. Past Perfect

After Wendy …. (finish) the last bit of paperwork, she …. (take) the bus home.

1. finished, took
2. had finished, took
3. had finished, had taken
4. finished, had taken

Before she … (start) her job at the pharmacy Ann … (work).

1. started, worked
2. started, had never worked
3. had started, worked
4. had started, had never worked

They … (close) the bar after the last guest … (depart)

1. closed, departed
2. closed, had departed
3. had closed, departed
4. had closed, had departed

As soon as the meeting … (finish), they … (go) out for a drink.

1. finished, went
2. finished, had gone
3. had finished, went
4. had finished, had gone

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).

When we ... (finish) dinner, we ... (go) out.

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

write down 2 examples of past perfect

Mama, life ... just ...,

And he said things he ... ... before

Sometimes I wish that it ...just ...,

After Coraline ... through a purple tunnel she ... a nice room.

1. had gone, saw
2. went, had seen

Before she ... her mother cooking, she ... something nice

1. had seen, smelled
2. saw, had smelled

After her father ... to her, she ... him supper was ready.

1. sang, had told
2. had sung, told

Caroline ... a milkshake when she ... the chicken.

1. drank, had eaten
2. had drunk, ate

After Coralin ... her bedroom she .... talking dragonflies

1. had entered, saw
2. entered, had seen

When Bond ...(crouch) to tie his shoe strings,
he ... (give) his car keys to the hotel bellboy.

1. had crouched, gave
2. crouched, had given

Two guys ... (give) Bond their car keys by mistake when
he ... (crash) their car in the parking lot.

1. gave, had crashed
2. had given, crashed

Bond ... (throw) the keys away when
he ... (enter) the hotel lobby.

1. had thrown, entered
2. threw, had entered

When he ... (make) a reservation at the hotel, he ... (see) the images of the parking lot in the surveillance room.

1. had made, saw
2. made, had seen

Waarvoor gebruik je de past perfect?

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