Unit 1: Past Perfect Simple (vs Past simple)

• Engels
• Secundair onderwijs

Past Perfect Simple

Past perfect simple

The dog ____________________ outside since yesterday before we rescued him.

Not used

had

has

be

been

'before' is used to...

1. Refer to the whole period
2. Refer to a specific point in the past
3. Refer to the starting point

I _________(to meet) him before he became famous.

She __________(to live) here for three years before I met her.

The plane_________(to leave) by the time I got to the airport

He____________(negative – to drive) a car before that accident.

Make a sentence with the new tense yourself

Form of the past perfect simple

Past participle?

• NL= voltooid deelwoord
• Regular verbs: past participle is formed like the past simple --> general rule: infinitive + ed
• Irregular verbs: see list
  

Use of the past perfect simple

Difference past simple and past perfect simple?