Past Perfect (+ Past Simple)

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 3

Welcome V3

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Class rules

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and to me :)

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Today's planning

To do: 

Past Perfect (+ Past Simple)

Goals: 

You know what the past perfect is.

You know how to use the Past Perfect with the Past Simple.

Past Perfect 

NL: voltooid verleden tijd

Had verb +ed / 3rd irr verb

Ms. D had forgotten her laptop before she came to school.

They had left before he came back.

Steve hadn't registered before coming to the flexhour.

Past Simple

NL: verleden tijd

verb +ed / 2nd irr verb

Ms. D went to the cinema.

The students didn't go to class on the studiedag.

Youssef walked home alone.

What could've happened before?

1: She had bought tickets.

2: The teachers had informed the students.

3: His bike had broken down.

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.

Perfect vs. Simple

In every question, look carefully at what happened first (past perfect) and what happened next (past simple).

For example: 

When they __ (finish) school, they ___ (go) to the mall.

They ________ (show) me the pictures they ________ (take) during their holiday.

1. had shown - took
2. showed - had taken

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

1. had been - did
2. was - had done

I ... (altijd, lopen) home until I (kopen) my first car.

I ... (realiseren) I ... (verliezen) my stuff on the train.

After Fred ... (doorbrengen) his holiday in Italy he ... (willen) to learn Italian.

The storm ... (vernietigen) the sandcastle that we ... (bouwen).

Time for practice

Grab a worksheet and fill in the gaps.

Questions 1 - 9: choose between Simple or Perfect

Questions 10 - 25: fill in both --> which one was first?

Time for more practice

Practice with Past Perfect and Simple online: 

1: Mix and match, 2: Maze Chase, 3: Quick quiz

00:22

How do we create a Past Perfect sentence?

01:44

What's the difference between the two.
1: When he arrived, the train left.
2: When he arrived, the train had left.