Past Perfect vs. Past Simple

PAST PERFECT / PAST SIMPLE
Goal:
At the end of this class, 
you know how to use the 
Past Perfect (in combination
with the Past Simple).
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This lesson contains 16 slides, with interactive quizzes and text slides.

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PAST PERFECT / PAST SIMPLE
Goal:
At the end of this class, 
you know how to use the 
Past Perfect (in combination
with the Past Simple).

Slide 1 - Slide

What is happening in this sentence?
When he arrived to the train station, the train had already left.

What happened
first?

Slide 2 - Slide

Slide 3 - Slide

🇬🇧 Past Simple 

🇳🇱 Verleden Tijd


ww+ed

(irr. verb = 2e vorm)



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.

Slide 4 - Slide

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

Slide 5 - Open question

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

Slide 6 - Open question

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

Slide 7 - Open question

Great! Now let's practise a bit with the Past Perfect and the Past Simple.

In every question, look carefully what happened first (past perfect) and what happened next (past simple).

Slide 8 - Slide

When they (finish) school, they (go) to the mall.
A
had finished - went
B
finished - had gone

Slide 9 - Quiz

They (show) me the pictures they (take) during their holiday.
A
had shown - took
B
showed - had taken

Slide 10 - Quiz

The boy (be) sorry for what he (do).
A
had been - did
B
was - had done

Slide 11 - Quiz

Past perfect/past simple:
They (go) for a sightseeing tour after the bus (arrive)
A
went/had arrived
B
had gone/arrived

Slide 12 - Quiz

Past perfect/past simple:
After he (finish) school, he (work) for a magazine
A
finished/had worked
B
had finished/worked

Slide 13 - Quiz

Past perfect/past simple:
Before they (move) to Liverpool, they (sell) everything
A
Moved/had sold
B
had moved/sold

Slide 14 - Quiz

Make your own sentence
using the past perfect and past simple

Slide 15 - Mind map

Time to practice!
Please go to Learnbeat and open Chapter 3.6 (Past simple/Past perfect)
Homework assignment for next Monday: 3.6 B, C & D

Finished? Great! Then download the irregular verb list from chapter 3.2 (Irregular verbs) and start studying them.
Finished with that? Amazing!! Then pick a topic from chapter 2 to practice with

Slide 16 - Slide