Past Simple - Past Perfect

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Past Simple - Past Perfect

Goals

- After this lesson you can use, form and understand the past simple tense.

- After this lesson you can use, form and understand the past perfect tense.

- After this lesson you can you the two tenses in a sentence together.

What do you remember about the past simple and past perfect?

Grammar: Past simple

PAST SIMPLE

Past Simple

What	Past simple
When	To say that something happened in the past.
How/Form	Add –ed OR an irregular form.
Signal words	Yesterday, last week, last month, two days ago, four days ago, months ago, a second ago, etc.
Examples	He walked her home last night. I talked to him on the phone yesterday. She tried to close her book but a fly got caught in between the pages.

Past Perfect

Had + 3rd form (irregular verbs) /verb + ed (regular verbs)

Earlier action in the past:

I had cleaned the table before he came in.

Before he came in, I had cleaned the table.

He came in after I had cleaned the table.

• Earlier action/First action in the past = past perfect
• Later action/Second action in the past = past simple

               past perfect                       past simple                                                          

______________X___________________X_______________________________now

Past perfect

Form: had + past participle (3e rijtje): had eaten, had left

Use: 2 moments in the past: Simple Past and Past Perfect

The first action gets the past perfect. The second action gets the past simple.

past simple & past perfect

Time for a quiz!

De Past Perfect
gebeurde eerst,
daarna de Past simple

1. waar
2. niet waar

Past Simple <> Past Perfect
Before we ____ (to go) to the party, we _____ (to go) to the cinema.

1. went / went
2. had gone / had gone
3. went / had gone
4. had gone / went

Past simple / past perfect:
__________ (to phone) Angie before he __________ ( to go) to London?

1. Did he phone - went
2. Did he phoned - gone
3. Did he phone - had gone
4. Had he phoned - went

Past simple / present perfect:
The storm _______ (to destroy) the sandcastle, there is nothing left.

1. destroys
2. had destroyed
3. destroyed
4. has destroyed

Past Simple / Past Perfect
After Richard _____ (to study) biology, Richard _____ (to study) maths.

1. studied / studied
2. had studied / had studied
3. studied / had studied
4. had studied / studied

Past simple / present perfect:
The waiter __________ (to bring) the drinks yet.

1. doesn't bring
2. hadn't brought
3. hasn't brought
4. didn't bring

Past Simple / Past Perfect
Before Clark _____ (to call) the police, Sue _____ (to call) the fire department.

1. called / called
2. had called / had called
3. called / had called
4. had called / called

Ik snap de past simple in combinatie met de past perfect en de present perfect.

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Any questions?

Ik snap het gebruik van de past simple en de past perfect

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