Past Perfect - Past Simple

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Past Perfect

But first

Homework check:

• Letter of Complaint
• Exam texts 1, 2 and 3

Four basic tenses

Present Simple - I work hard every day.

Past Simple - I lost my keys yesterday.

Present Perfect - I have lost my keys so I can't open the door.

Past Perfect - They had left before the show ended.

We                           away the money that we

had given

gave

had received

received

Yesterday a boy                                the snowman that we

had destroyed

destroyed

had built

built

Past Perfect

Had + voltooid deelwoord

1. I watched TV after I had done my homework.
   
2. After he had signed a contract, he started his training again.
   

How does it work?

Past Perfect        -           had + past participle

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

 

When do you use Past Perfect?

• If you want to talk about something that happened before something else happened in the past.
  
• In indirect speech: John said that he had eaten all the biscuits. (direct speech: John: "I ate all the biscuits.")

It is the past of the past. There's no 'paster' than this.

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

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

What is the tense in this sentence?
My computer has crashed.

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

What is the tense in this sentence?
I grew up in the Netherlands.

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

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

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

Which is a correct sentence with
past perfect
(using: 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.

A - 2x past simple

B - present perfect / past simple

C - past perfect / past simple

D - present continuous / past simple

I had eaten my breakfast before I went to school yesterday.

past perfect/past simple

Yesterday I ate my breakfast and after that I went to school.

past simple/past simple

I have eaten breakfast before I went to school yesterday.

present perfect/past simple

I am having breakfast before I went to school yesterday.

present continuous/past simple

Make a correct 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.

Signal words for past perfect

1. before, after
2. at the moment, right now
3. ago, yesterday
4. yet, since

Make a sentence, using past simple & past perfect using the verbs:
stop raining, go

I know how and when to use the past perfect.

Yes, I do.

I think I do, but I might need more practice.

I think I do, but I might need more help.

I don't think I do. Can you help me with more examples?

I have no idea. I have been busy with other things.

Grammar reader period 3

Read page 4 (Past Perfect) and 

Do exercises 6 - 10. Question? Ask me. More practice? Check Classroom.

Finished? 

Continue with your Reading Workbook Exam Text 4, 5 and 6.

= homework for tomorrow!

Practise Listening test

In woots you will find two listening tests 

(2014/2015 audio and video) to practise at home.

Tomorrow:

CNN10 and review formal letters.