Past Simple & Past Perfect (& Past Perfect Continuous)

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 4

Life Vision Unit 1.2 - SB p.10

Aim: 

• I can correctly use the Past Perfect and the Past Perfect Continuous.

The Past Perfect Simple

Wanneer?

1. Actie die is afgelopen voor een andere actie (situatie 1 & 2)

2. Hoe lang iets is bezig geweest op een moment in het verleden.

Voorbeeldzin

1. When we arrived, the film had started.

2. When he graduated, he had been in London for six years.

past simple & past perfect

De Past Perfect
gebeurde eerst,
daarna de Past simple

1. waar
2. niet waar

Past Simple <> Past Perfect
Before we ____ (to go) to the party, we _____ (to go) to the cinema.

1. went / went
2. had gone / had gone
3. went / had gone
4. had gone / went

Past simple / past perfect:
__________ (to phone) Angie before he __________ ( to go) to London?

1. Did he phone - went
2. Did he phoned - gone
3. Did he phone - had gone
4. Had he phoned - went

Past simple / past perfect:
The storm _______ (to destroy) the sandcastle that we _______ (to build).

1. destroys - build
2. had destroyed - built
3. destroyed - had build
4. destroyed - had built

Past Simple <> Past Perfect
After Richard _____ (to study) biology, he _____ (to study) maths.

1. studied / studied
2. had studied / had studied
3. studied / had studied
4. had studied / studied

Past simple / past perfect:
The waiter __________ (to bring) the drink that I _______ (to order).

1. bring - order
2. had brought - ordered
3. brought - had ordered
4. brings - was ordering

Past Simple <> Past Perfect
Before Clark _____ (to call) the police, Sue _____ (to call) the fire department.

1. called / called
2. had called / had called
3. called / had called
4. had called / called

• Past Perfect Continuous

past simple & past perfect

Past Perfect Continuous

Hoe?

had been + hele werkwoord + ing

Past Perfect Continuous

Signaalwoorden

for, since, the whole day, all day

Wanneer?

Een actie die in het verleden is begonnen, en die is verder gegaan na een andere actie in het verleden.

Nadruk op tijdsduur!!!

Deze actie duurde een tijdje/ was een poosje aan de gang.

Voorbeeldzin

We had been looking for the wallet for two hours when Susan found it.

How do you create the past perfect continuous?

1. had + been + verb-ing
2. had + been + past participle
3. had + verb-ing
4. had + being + verb

Deega __________ for ten minutes when they interrupted her and offered her the job.

1. talked
2. had talked
3. had been talking
4. has talked

We use the past perfect continuous here to express that something had been happening for some time in the past before another event in the past (interrupted and offered = past simple). The sentence often contains words such as after, before, when, so, until or since. The past perfect continuous is formed with had been + a verb with the -ing ending (here: talking). When we use an adverb (here: only) in the sentence, we place it between had and been, so had only been talking.

She _________ (do) her homework for hours when her friend called.

1. had done
2. had been doing
3. did
4. has done

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