Lesson 1

• Engels
• Voortgezet speciaal onderwijs
• Leerroute 1
• Leerroute 2
• Leerroute 3

The Past Perfect

The Past Perfect is used to ‘go back’ for a moment when we are already talking about the past. It is used to make it clear that something had already happened at the time we are talking about 

This is the past before the past.

When I arrived, Lucy had already gone home

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English

Unit 9

Programme:

• Reading
• Welcome / day start
• Speaking - Dillema's 
• Homework
• Past Tenses: Past Perfect
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Unit 9 start

Past Perfect

The Past Perfect

Had + Past participle (voltooid deelwoord)

I had forgotten to do it, but then I remembered.

It hadn’t rained for weeks, so the land was stone dry.

We hadn’t been able to call him in advance, so he was surprised when we showed up

The Past Perfect

Had + Past participle (voltooid deelwoord)

I had forgotten to do it, but then I remembered.

It hadn’t rained for weeks, so the land was stone dry.

We hadn’t been able to call him in advance, so he was surprised when we showed up

The Past Perfect

We don’t use the Past Perfect to simply refer to the past. For that we use the Past Simple or the Present Perfect

I walked home yesterday

I have been to Greece twice.

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SB p. 93, ex. 1, 2, 3

SB. 96 p. 1, 2, 3, 4

WB p. 58 & 59 (ONLINE!)

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