Past perfect - part 2

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 3

Past perfect 

Goal: to recap and deepen your knowledge of the past perfect, past simple and present perfect

When is the past perfect used and what form does the past perfect have?

Past perfect

Past simple

Present perfect

+ed or irregular verb. Finished action in the past.

has/have + past participle (voltooid deelwoord). Started in the past and might or might not be finished. 

had + past participle. Finished action in the past that took place before another finished action in the past.

In the following exercises

Choose the correct tense:

past simple

 present perfect 

 past perfect

You might need a combination of two or all three tenses. 

Past simple vs present perfect vs past perfect:
Yesterday, a boy................. (destroy) the snowman that we ................(build)

I ...........(lose) my keys. Can you help me look for them?

It ...........(to be) a cold rainy Saturday, so I ...............(decide) to finish the story I ...................(start) writing a few days before.

When I .............(arrive) home last night, I discovered that Jane................... (prepare) a beautiful candlelight dinner.

When I ..............(close) the door. I realised that I ....................(leave) my keys on the kitchen table.

He ..................(play) baseball since he ......... (be) a child. That is why he is so good!

I ............. (look) at the photo and suddenly .......................(realise) that I .............. (meet) the lady in the picture before.

I feel confident in using past simple, present perfect and past perfect in combination.

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Now use "versterk jezelf" for

• Passive voice
• Past perfect
• Past perfect vs past simple vs present perfect
• Conjunctions 
• Possessives 
• Grammar from unit 1 

Your choice, look at what you think is your weakest area