4V - past perfect

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• Leerjaar 4

Past perfect

Recapitulation

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Ex 2 - Workbook p 59

Remember: we had already filled in the first timeline.

Now look at the second timeline and fill in!

Ex 2 (2) p 59

Ex 3 - WB p 60

Use the information from the previous exercises to complete the form and use of past perfect simple and past perfect continuous in the grammar box in your workbook.

Text

Form of past perfect (simple) is ...

We use the past perfect simple tense to talk abouit something that happened in the past ... something else in the past

Past perfect continuous: form?

We use the past perfect continuous tense for the same reason as the past perfect simple, but ... is stressed.

Ex 4 - WB p 60

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the past perfect (simple or continuous) or past simple.

Tip 1: Plaats de zin (in gedachten) op een tijdlijn. Wat zich het langst geleden heeft afgespeeld is past perfect (simple of continuous).

Tip 2: past perfect simple (= resultaat/tot nu toe);

past perfect continuous (= tijdsduur)

Tip 3: Geen statische werkwoorden in continuous!

1. I ... (just/to buy) a new training suit when I ... (to get) injured and was not allowed to practice any sports for half a year

2. I ... (to purchse) clothes online for a year or so when I ... (to find) out that most online stores have your goods delivered for free if you order for a specific amount of money.

3. When he ... (to start) working at the new factory, he ... (to discover) his previous employer ... (to underpay) him.

4. There ... (to be) a massive panic attack in the streets after the building ... (to collapse)

Ex 5 - WB p 61

Read the article and complete the verb forms using the past perfect simple tense. Choose an appropriate verb from the box.

Key Ex 5

Ex 6 - WB p 62

Make up an answer for the following questions. Describe something that had happened before.

Let op: Deze opdracht maak je op seesaw. Deadline: vrijdag 2 oktober 12u.