Year 4 - Past Perfect

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 4

Grammar review: Past Perfect

Before I knew it, I had already prepared a LessonUp about this!

Past Perfect

Form: 

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I had slept.

She had worked.

Past Perfect

Use: something happened before something else in the past.

• I had read the instructions carefully before I started preparing the meal.

• When I started working at that supermarket, I had worked in a restaurant for two years.

Timeline

After he had opened the safe, the thief took the jewels

                           1                                                  2

Let's practise

Fill the correct form of the verbs into the gaps. Use the past perfect or the past simple. 

3 MC questions, 5 open questions

Write full forms, divide by using a comma!

MC 1/3: He .... (run) to the door after he .... (hear) the doorbell.

1. had run - heard
2. ran - had heard
3. ran - heard
4. had run - had heard

MC 2/3:
Lisa ... (want) to talk to Bart, but he ... (already leave).

1. had wanted - already left
2. wants - has already left
3. had wanted - had already left
4. wanted - had already left

MC 3/3:
The dishwasher .... (unpack) by the time she ... (arrive) home

1. unpacked - arrived
2. unpacked - had arrived
3. had been unpacked - arrived
4. had unpacked - arrived

After they ____ (eat) the shellfish, they _____ (begin) to feel sick.

When I ____ (arrive) at the cinema, the film ____ (already, start).

The lights ____ (go) off because we _____ (not pay) the electricity bill.

After the children ____ (go) to bed, she ____ (watch) a video.

John ____ (finish) his homework before he ____ (meet) up with his friends.

I now understand how to use the past simple and the past perfect

1. Yes, totally!
2. Not totally, but I'll manage
3. Not really, still need some help
4. No, absolutely not!

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Step 1: extra practice past perfect  

Answered A?              Go to step 2

Answered B?              Do ex 13

Answered C/D?         Do ex 12 and 13

 

Step 2: choose what to do next

-> Practise vocab: exs 8 & 9 (vocab / phrasal verbs)

-> Read about 'Laughter Yoga' (exs 2-7)

-> Work on your feedback assignment (due Monday!)

-> Read your book

How, by adding punctuation, can you make this sentence make sense?

James while John had had had had had had had had had had had a better effect on the teacher