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Past Perfect

Past perfect

Je gebruikt de past perfect als je iets vertelt over twee dingen die in het verleden zijn gebeurd. De ene gebeurtenis vond plaats voor de andere gebeurtenis. 

Het is dus: 'the past of the past'. 

Voorbeeld: He had worked that night before he crashed his car. 

 

🇬🇧 Past Simple 

🇳🇱 Verleden Tijd

ww+ed

(irr. verb = 2e vorm)

I 

I saw him yesterday.

🇬🇧 Past Perfect

🇳🇱 Voltooid Verleden Tijd

🇬🇧 Past Simple 

🇳🇱 Verleden Tijd

ww+ed

(irr. verb = 2e vorm)

He arrived to the train station.

I decided to walk home.

🇬🇧 Past Perfect 

🇳🇱 Voltooid Verleden Tijd

had + ww+ed

(irr. verb = had + 3e vorm)

When he arrived to the train station the train had left.

I had lost my bike key so I decided to walk home.

The Past Perfect shows what happened first in the past.

What is happening in this sentence?

When he arrived to the train station, the train had already left.

What happened

first?

Check the following 

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- Ben bought flowers for Jen.

- Ben arrived at Jen's house.

What happened first?

PAST PERFECT

Je gebruikt de past perfect om aan te geven dat iets eerder is gebeurd dan iets anders. 

Je maakt de past perfect met
had + ww+ed of 3e vorm.

Situatie:
1. He arrived at the train station
2. The train left. 

Examples:

Past simple                             Past perfect

When I arrived at the party, Tim had already left.

When we arrived, the film had already started.

Sarah had just got home when I phoned her.

She ________
(live) in China before she went to Thailand.

Julie didn't arrive until after I ______
(leave).

After Fred
had spend his holiday in Italy he
_______ (want) to learn Italian.

Before he _______
(sing) a song he _______
(play) the guitar.

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