Past Perfect

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• Leerjaar 3

Past Perfect

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I know why I should learn and use the past pefect.

I know how to make a past perfect.

I know when to use the past perfect.

Explanation

Open your notebook and take notes during the explanation.

Write down:

• How do you make the past perfect?
• When do you use the past perfect?

How does it work?

Present Simple - I work hard every day.

Past Simple - I lost my keys yesterday.

Present Perfect - I have lost my keys.

Past Perfect - They had left before the show ended.

How does it work?

Past Perfect        -           had + past participle

past participle = regelmatig: ww + ed

                               = onregelmatig: 3e vorm

something happened in the past before something else happened in the past.

 

When do you use Past Perfect?

- If you want to add information to a story / text.

- If you want to tell something that happened before something else happened in the past.

It is the past of the past.

I had always walked home until I bought my first car.

I had been stuck in the lift for hours when a fireman finally came and rescued me.

Which girl is the ex?

Tekst

1. The Past Perfect girl.
2. The Past Simple girl.

He had dated her before he met his new girlfriend

Hij had een relatie met haar voor hij zijn nieuwe vriendin ontmoette

What is happening in this sentence?

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

What happened

first?

What tenses are in this sentence?
They had travelled all over the world, before they settled in Ullapool.

1. Present Simple
2. Past Simple
3. Present Perfect
4. Past Perfect

Make a sentence using the past perfect:

eat breakfast
go to school

1. Yesterday I ate my breakfast and after that I went to school.
2. I have eaten breakfast before I went to school yesterday.
3. I had eaten my breakfast before I went to school yesterday.
4. I am having breakfast before I went to school yesterday.

Make a sentence using the past perfect.

finish report
walks in

1. I am finishing my report when she walks into the office.
2. I finished my report after she walked into the office.
3. I have finished my report as she walks into the office.
4. I had just finished my report when she walked into the office.

Wanneer gebruik je de past perfect?

Hoe ziet de past perfect eruit?

Make a sentence using the Past Perfect:
celebrate - birthday

Make a sentence using the past perfect.

Fill in the Past Perfect:
When I walked in, the meeting ___already___ (start).

Fill in the Past Perfect:
After he ______ (pass) his exam, he trew a party.

Fill in the Past Perfect:
He was shocked because he ____ never ____ (see) anything like this.

Great! Now let's practise a bit with the Present Perfect and the Past Simple.

In every question, look carefully what happened first (past perfect) and what happened next (past simple).

When they _______ (finish) school, they _______ (go) to the mall.

1. had finished - went
2. finished - had gone

They ________ (show) me the pictures they ________ (take) during their holiday.

1. had shown - took
2. showed - had taken
3. has shown - had taken
4. has shown - took

The boy _______ (be) sorry for what he ______ (do).

1. had been - did
2. was - had done
3. has been - did
4. had been - had done

Make a sentence using the past perfect and the past simple

I can now use the Past Perfect (together with the Past Simple).

1. Yes
2. No
3. Not sure yet..