Past Perfect + Past Simple

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 3

Where are we?

Trinity college Dublin

Past Perfect + Past Simple

Lesson Goals

At the end of the lesson you:

- know what the past perfect is.

- know when to use the past perfect.

- can use the past perfect in a sentence.

- know the difference between the past perfect & past simple

- can use the past perfect & past simple in a sentence

When to use

Als er iets gebeurd is in het verleden, VOOR een andere gebeurtenis in het verleden.

(De eerste gebeurtenis wordt dan vervoegd met de Past Perfect  en de volgende gebeurtenis met de Past Simple)

The past perfect - voltooid verleden tijd

Het had gesneeuwd voordat we naar buiten gingen.

It had snowed before we went outside. 

Toen Sarah en Tim 25 jaar waren, hadden zij al 5 jaar gewerkt. 

When Sarah and Tim were 25 years old, they had already worked for 5 years. 

Past perfect

Some examples

The guide had already started the tour when they joined the group.

                         1e gebeurtenis                                   2e gebeurtenis

  Before we planned the trip, we had never talked about going to Canada.

  

            2e gebeurtenis                                                                       1e gebeurtenis

(Signal words: After, before, until)

Past Perfect

Action before past simple

Had + ww + ed

Had + 3e rijtje

 - hadn't + ww+ed/ 3e rijtje

? Had vooraan in de zin + ww+ed/ 3e rijtje

after, before, until

Past Simple

ww+ed

2e rijtje

- didn't + hele ww

? Did +ow+ hele ww

WALDY

When, Ago, Last …

Days/Dates,,Year/Yesterday

Which word is key to using when writing the Past Perfect verb tense?

1. had
2. has
3. have
4. none of these

We use the past perfect tense to talk or write about ___________.

1. the best parts of the past
2. an event that happened after another event in the past
3. an event that happened before another event in the past
4. the worst parts of the past

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

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

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

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).

When they _______ (finish) school, they _______ (go) to the mall.

1. had finished - went
2. finished - had gone

They ________ (show) me the pictures they ________ (take) during their holiday.

1. had shown - took
2. showed - had taken

The boy _______ (be) sorry for what he ______ (do).

1. had been - did
2. was - had done

Lesson Goals

At the end of the lesson you:

- know what the past perfect is.

- know when to use the past perfect.

- can use the past perfect in a sentence.

- know the difference between the past perfect & past simple

- can use the past perfect & past simple in a sentence

Ik heb de lesdoelen behaald. Ik snap de grammatica (past perfect & past simple)

1. JA
2. Bijna, met de opdrachten moet het lukken
3. Bijna, graag volgende les herhalen
4. Nee, Help!

Get to work!

CH2!

Do exercises E (writing & grammar) ex 27,28,29