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The document discusses the past perfect tense and how it is used to refer to actions completed before other past actions, provides examples of its use, and includes exercises for students to practice forming and using the past perfect correctly.

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Past Perfect

The document discusses the past perfect tense and how it is used to refer to actions completed before other past actions, provides examples of its use, and includes exercises for students to practice forming and using the past perfect correctly.

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Talking about

things we hadn’t
practiced enough,
until now
Past Perfect
Perfect = Before
It refers to a completed action that happened in
the past before another action also in the past.

Example:
Tommy doesn’t have his homework
TODAY
because his dog ate it.

Tommy didn’t have his homework


YESTERDAY
because his dog had eaten it.
Past Perfect
Pron + had + past participle, when + pron+ past simple + complement.
past perfect + past simple

I had already eaten the chocolate, when she told me it was hers.

*Expressions used with past perfect


Already, never, just -> between pron and verb in pp.

By the time, after, before, until, until then -> usually at the beginning or
ending of the phrase depending on context.
MY MOM I TRY NOW
WASHES TO DO
THE THE
DISHES DISHES

I went to the kitchen to wash the dishes,


but my Mom had already washed them.

NEIL BUZZ NOW


ARMSTRONG ALDRIN
STEPS ON STEPS ON
THE MOON THE MOON
Buzz Aldrin was the second man on the Moon,
because Neil Armstrong had already been there.
Activities
Complete the sentences with the correct form of the action.

hadn’t studied at all.


1.I failed the test because I _________________
had been there before.
2.When I saw the house I remembered I ___________
had left
3.Elza called the police but the thief _______already________.
had just ______________
4.Alice ________ turned off the computer when her sister
told her she needed it.
had never ______
5.The children _______ seen such a scary dog before.
hadn’t practiced the new
6.The concert went well even thought we ____________________
songs.
eaten the cake when the party started.
had already ________
7.They ______
had done
8.We were tired because we _______________all the work.
Activity 1B
Correct the mistakes
1. I noticed my mistake only after I had send the message.
SENT
2. The phone had stop ringing when the man arrived home.
STOPPED
3. Mr. Benn had already did a chemistry experiment in college.
DONE
4. The internet had not being around for very long time before it became
popular. BEEN

5. Kate spent all the money she had saved to buy a new computer.

6. I had sent an email a week ago and I still haven’t received a reply.
Talk about the things these people had or had
not done before the situations in the pictures.

Ex: They had bought all the ingredients before


they started cooking dinner.

He hadn’t studied enough


before the test.
Getting her
The match The play
driver’s
license

The wedding

The test

Buying her
new dress
The ballet

The swim meet


Describe Mr. White’s terrible day using the
pictures and past perfect.

Mr. White watches horror Mr. White gets up late.


Mr. White can´t sleep –
00 a.m movie – previous evening

Mr. White forgets to set


His boss gets angry
the alarm - previous night Mr. White arrives late-
earlier that day
Mr. White gets fired – 1 Mr. White falls asleep –
p.m 11 a.m

Mr. White’s house is Mr. White forgets to lock


robbed the door - in the morning
Answer the following questions:
1- What things had you never done before:
College
High school
Getting married
Your first job?
2- Had you spoken in English before? Explain.
3- Had you considered learning English before you came
here? Where?
4- Had you practiced your English skills on your own?
How?
5- Have you ever had a big
presentation/test/competition that turned out to be
a complete disaster because you hadn’t
rehearsed/studied/practiced before?

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