3 H A Theme 5: Past perfect II

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• Leerjaar 3

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Je kan aan het eind van deze uitleg de past perfect in een Engelse zin toepassen.

Doel:

Verleden in een verleden

Er zijn 2 acties in het verleden, de eerste actie krijgt een past perfect, de tweede actie een past simple.

Je maakt een past perfect met 'had' gevolgd door een voltooid deelwoord. (ww+ed of 3e rijtje).

He left the house after he had done the dishes.

We biked to school after we had missed the bus.

Vragen en ontkenningen Past perfect

Om een vraag te maken in de Past perfect draai je de vorm 'had' en het persoonlijk voornaamwoord om:

Had he done the dishes before he left the house?

Had they missed the bus before they biked to school?

Om een ontkenning te maken zet je 'not' ('n't') achter 'had':

He hadn't done the dishes before he left the house.

We hadn't missed the bus before we biked to school.

In reported speech

The past perfect is common when we report people's words or thoughts .., as in the following examples:

Harro said that he had never eaten sushi before.

Veerle told me that she had finished, but I knew she had not.

Inge wondered why he had been so unkind to her.

If-Conditionals

The past perfect tense is used in unreal or hypothetical stituations, as in the following sentences:

If I had known you were in Groningen, I would have called you. 

If I had had enough money, I would have bought you a better present.

(but I didn't have enough money.)

I would have been angy if you had laughed when I got the answer wrong.

(but you didn't laugh, so I wasn't angry.)

Nu een aantal vragen om even te checken of je ook begrijpt wat er is uitgelegd!

Before they went to Paris, they ......... (train) hard.

Her coach got mad because she ...... (miss) her training.

When she ....... (arrive) in Paris, she checked into the hotel at once.

When Jorrit joined the team, he ....... (already / play) in another team.

After she ........ (sign) a contract, she started her training again.

Name two things you have learned.

What do you still want to know?

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