Past Perfect

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• Tertiary Education

Past Perfect Midterm Review

Intermediate 2
Unit 6: p.57

Look at the sentence. Which verb is in the past simple?

"My car had broken down a few days before I got it fixed."

1. had broken down
2. got

Look at the sentence. Which verb is in the past perfect?

"My car had broken down a few days before I got it fixed."

1. had broken down
2. got

Past perfect - had + verb 3

We use past perfect to talk about actions that happened before another action.

Which action do you think happened first?

"She had graduated a few years before she started the career she wanted."

1. graduating
2. starting her career

Look at the sentences. 

"Patrick felt ill because he'd eaten so much."

"I went to the mechanic because my car had broken down."

What words do we use to make a past-perfect sentence?

Subject  +

+

had

has / have

V2

V3

Look at the sentence. What action happened first?

"He'd tried the motorbike before he bought it."

1

2

1. 1
2. 2

Look at the sentence. What action happened first?

"Maria felt happy because she had passed her exam."

1

2

1. 1
2. 2

Look at the sentence. What action happened first?

"I went to the police station because my car had     been stolen."

1

2

1. 1
2. 2

Look at the sentence. What action happened first?

"He had been to the bank and was on his way home."

1

2

1. 1
2. 2

Look at the sentence. What action happened first?

"He didn't have any money because he'd spent it."

1

2

1. 1
2. 2

Now let's practice .

Complete the sentences with either the past simple or past perfect .

By 7 o'clock, the place was completely empty everyone ____ (go) home.

It ____ (be) the first time ever I'd spent the night away from home.

I was disappointed with my low mark in the exam because I _____ (do) a lot of revision.

Before I _____ (meet) Mark at the party, I'd seen him in the street.

He _____ (threatened) to leave his job many times before he actually did it.

Most of the people who were on the plane _______ (not fly) before.

By the time we ________ (arrive), the film had started.

Well done. 

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