HA4c - Monday 25 Nov. - Past Perfect recap

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 4

Welcome HA4c!

Planning:

• What do you remember?
•  Examples & questions regarding the past perfect
• (homework check)
• Read and highlight elements from the text
• Choose one activity: detective mystery or picture story
• Homework for Friday: hand in story (ItsLearning)

What do you already know about the past perfect? You may discuss it for 1 minute with your neighbour (in English of course).

The past perfect tense describes actions completed before another past action. It uses 'had' + past participle.

The past perfect tense describes an action completed before another past action. You use 'had' + past participle.

00:33

Which one is correct?

1. After I had brushed my teeth, I used some....
2. After I brushed my teeh, I had used some....

00:49

Which one is correct?

1. Then I had looked at the bottle I had used.
2. Then I had looked at the bottle I used.
3. Then I looked at the bottle I had used.
4. Then I looked at the bottle I used.

00:50

Make a complete sentence:
I....(to realise) I....(put ) my shirt on inside out.

Highlight the past perfect tense in the story that I am going to hand out. You are allowed to do it in pairs.

Assignment 1 & 2 explanation:

Assignment 1: detective mystery

Scenario:

You are a detective called to investigate a burglary at a house. Here are the clues:

The window is broken.

Muddy footprints lead to the kitchen.

The safe is open, valuable items are missing.

The dog is outside, barking loudly.

Assignment 1

Clue 1: What had happened before the burglary?

Example: "The thief had broken the window before he entered the house."

Clue 2: What had happened before the footprints appeared?

Example: "The thief had stepped in the garden mud before he entered the kitchen."

Clue 3: What had the thief done before opening the safe?

Example: "The thief had searched for the safe key before he opened it."

Clue 4: Why was the dog outside?

Example: "The thief had locked the dog outside to avoid being caught."

Picture story - Assignment 2

Write a story using the pictures, following this structure:

Picture 1: What had already happened before this moment?

Example: "By the time she started stretching, she had already put on her running shoes."

Picture 2: What had happened before the next moment?

Example: "The runners had prepared mentally before they lined up at the starting line."

Picture 3: What happened after the earlier actions?

Example: "As the race began, the crowd cheered."

For both stories:

•  use between 100-150 words.
• use the past perfect and past simple (in the same sentence)

at least 5 times.

• use proper grammar
•  avoid repeating words such as "good",  "bad",  "stuff", "things" but instead use words like marvellous, terrific, detestable, atrocious, elements, factors, etc. (Check out this website: thesaurus.com for synonyms)
• Lastly....be creative!