Past perfect vs past simple

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 2-4

Learning Intentions

1. I know the difference between past perfect and past simple (rules)
2. I know when to use which tense (signal words)
3. I know how to form the two tenses

🇬🇧 Past Simple 

🇳🇱 Verleden Tijd

ww+ed

(irr. verb = 2e vorm)

I 

I saw him yesterday.

🇬🇧 Past Perfect

🇳🇱 Voltooid Verleden Tijd

🇬🇧 Past Simple 

🇳🇱 Verleden Tijd

ww+ed

(irr. verb = 2e vorm)

He arrived to the train station.

I decided to walk home.

🇬🇧 Past Perfect 

🇳🇱 Voltooid Verleden Tijd

had + ww+ed

(irr. verb = had + 3e vorm)

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

I had lost my bike key so I decided to walk home.

The Past Perfect shows what happened first in the past before something else happened..

- Ben bought flowers for Jen.

- Ben arrived at Jen's house.

What happened first?

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

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

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

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

1. had been - did
2. was - had done
3. were - did
4. was - do

They … (close) the bar after the last guest … (depart)

1. closed, departed
2. closed, had departed
3. had closed, departed
4. had closed, had departed

As soon as the meeting … (finish), they … (go) out for a drink.

1. finished, went
2. finished, had gone
3. had finished, went
4. had finished, had gone

Signaalwoorden past perfect

*Right after he had shouted to me, he ran away.
*Before they went to the city, they had finished the game.
*As soon as we had finished our drinks, we went to school.
*You were surprised, because you had never seen anything like this.

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What happened first?
They had painted the entire wall, before they realized it was the wrong color.

1. They painted the entire wall.
2. They realized it was the wrong color.

What happened first?
We left the house after we had fed the dog.

1. We left the house.
2. We fed the dog.

What happened first?
When the mechanic arrived, Alex had already fixed the car herself.

1. The mechanic arrived.
2. Alex fixed the car herself.

Past simple / past perfect:
The storm _______ (to destroy) the sandcastle that we _______ (to build).

1. destroys - build
2. had destroyed - built
3. destroyed - had build
4. destroyed - had built

Past simple / past perfect:
The waiter __________ (to bring) the drink that I _______ (to order).

1. bring - order
2. had brought - ordered
3. brought - had ordered
4. brings - was ordering

Past simple / past perfect:
__________ (to phone) Angie before he __________ ( to go) to London?

1. Did he phone - went
2. Did he phoned - gone
3. Did he phone - had gone
4. Had he phoned - went

Use past perfect:
When I arrived at the cinema, the film _______ (to start - already).

Use past perfect:
After they ______ (to eat) the shellfish, they began to feel sick.

Use past perfect:
The grass was yellow because it ______ (not - to rain) all summer (uitschrijven).

Use past perfect:
____ (your sister - to be) sick for a long time before she was admitted to hospital?

Use past perfect:
The lights went off because we ___ (not - to pay) the electricity bill .(uitschrijven).

Use past perfect:
_________ (she - to see) the film three times already?

How well do you understand the past perfect? Give yourself a grade between 1-10.

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