past perfect simple & past perfect continuous

Past Tense and Word formation
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Past Tense and Word formation

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1. The past perfect simple
Form: had + voltooid deelwoord (past participle), for example: had arrived, had walked, but also: had gone, had driven etc.

Compare with 'present perfect simple' (has/have + voltooid deelwoord)


Slide 2 - Diapositive

Talking about the past

Slide 3 - Diapositive

1. The past perfect simple
Compare the present perfect and the past perfect:

1. Who is that woman? I've never seen her before.
2. I didn't know who she was. I'd never seen her before.
1. = present perfect simple
2. = past perfect simple.


Slide 4 - Diapositive

1. The past perfect simple
Compare the present perfect and the past perfect:

1. The house is dirty. They haven't cleaned it for weeks.
2. The house was dirty. They hadn't cleaned it for weeks.
1. = present perfect simple / 2. = past perfect simple.


Slide 5 - Diapositive

What is one clear difference between the present perfect and the past perfect?

Slide 6 - Question ouverte

In short:
De present perfect simple:  (I have done)

De past perfect simple:  (I had done)


Slide 7 - Diapositive

Kort samengevat:
Now, some MC questions for you to check your understanding....:

Finish all 4 questions with the present perfect OR the past perfect simple.

Slide 8 - Diapositive

By the time we got to the cinema, the movie ____________.
A
had already started
B
has already started
C
already started

Slide 9 - Quiz

It's nice to see you! I _________________ you in such a long time!
A
didn't see
B
hadn't seen
C
haven't seen

Slide 10 - Quiz

Was Tom there when you arrived? -- No, he ____________.
A
already left
B
has already left
C
had already left

Slide 11 - Quiz

The city is very different now. It _________ a lot.
A
has changed
B
had changed

Slide 12 - Quiz

We often use the past perfect (had + voltooid deelw.) to talk about something that happened in the past;


more specifically, if we want to talk about something that happened before something else in the past.


Slide 13 - Diapositive

2. The past perfect continuous
Form: had + been + -ing, for example: had been walking, had been laughing, hadn't been driving etc..

*This tense is used in the same way as the present perfect continuous, only this time it's (further) in the past.

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*Compare with the present perfect continuous:
Examples:

1. Why are you so dirty? And why do you have a black eye?? -- Well, I've been fighting... 

2. I am so very tired... I have been working all day.


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2. The past perfect continuous:
Examples:

1. When the boys came into the house, their clothes were dirty, their hair was messy and one of them had a black eye. It was clear that they had been fighting.
2. I was very tired when I got home. I had been working all day.


Slide 16 - Diapositive

2. The past perfect continuous
Keep that difference in mind when you answer the following questions...:

*Be careful because I've also used other verb tenses than the ones we've just been talking about!



Slide 17 - Diapositive

I ____________ abroad before I started this job.
A
have never been
B
had never been

Slide 18 - Quiz

John and I went for a walk. I couldn't keep up with him because ....
A
he had been walking really fast.
B
he was walking really fast.
C
he has been walking really fast.

Slide 19 - Quiz

I was angry when my mother sold my old toys. I __________ them for such a long time!
A
have had
B
had been having
C
had had

Slide 20 - Quiz

We were extremely tired at the end of our journey. By then, we __________ for more than 24 hours.
A
had been travelling
B
were travelling
C
have been travelling

Slide 21 - Quiz

I hope the bus comes soon. I ___________ for 30 minutes...
A
had been waiting
B
have been waiting
C
was waiting

Slide 22 - Quiz

At last the bus came. I ___________ for 30 minutes...
A
had been waiting
B
have been waiting
C
was waiting

Slide 23 - Quiz

How difficult do you find this topic?
too difficult; I don't get it
not difficult at all
a little challenging
none of these options

Slide 24 - Sondage

Word formation

Slide 25 - Diapositive

She was very ............... to the problems of adult students. SYMPATHY

Slide 26 - Question ouverte

I have no particular ................, so long as it is hot and sunny. PREFER

Slide 27 - Question ouverte

We have .................. sources. RELY

Slide 28 - Question ouverte

Two officers on patrol became ........... of two men in a car. SUSPECT

Slide 29 - Question ouverte