PAST PERFECT SIMPLE
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WHAT IS IT?
The concept of the past perfect is easier to grasp than that of the present perfect partly because the event is usually clearly in the past.
The past perfect can be used to communicate something before the past, or looking back from a past moment in time. This is what PERFECT means.
.
example
They had broken the door when I arrived" WHAT HAPPENS FIRST?
- on the other hand -
- on the one hand -
The past perfect is used to
talk about an action that took place before another action or specific time in
the past
When there are two actions,
the more recent action is in the Past Simple.
I had just stepped into the shower when Tim arrived
By the time we got to the tickets office, they had sold all the tickets
by the time
already
as soon as
after
- time expressions
- video -
"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet
join the sentencesCLICK ON THE NUMBER TO SEE THE ANSWER-
Example
I came to this class. Before that I
didn’t study English
I left the house. Before that I turned
off the lights.
"
"I arrived at school/work. Before that I
ate breakfast"
exercises
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
- narrative -
what had happened?
Read the following text and in
pairs finish the last sentence of the paragraph
When he opened the door he was shocked. There were clothes all over the floor. His bookshelves were empty and the books were in a big messy pile. There was paper everywhere. The bathroom was also a mess: broken glass on the floor, his bottle of favourite shampoo gone. He looked around and knew immediately what had happened. They….
- Now you do it, but the other way around-
she knew she had been caught
they had changed bags
she had left him, for good this time
she hadn't seen the open window seen the open window
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PAST PERFECT SIMPLE
WWW.CRISTINACABAL.COM
WHAT IS IT?
The concept of the past perfect is easier to grasp than that of the present perfect partly because the event is usually clearly in the past. The past perfect can be used to communicate something before the past, or looking back from a past moment in time. This is what PERFECT means. .
example
They had broken the door when I arrived" WHAT HAPPENS FIRST?
- on the other hand -
- on the one hand -
The past perfect is used to talk about an action that took place before another action or specific time in the past
When there are two actions, the more recent action is in the Past Simple.
I had just stepped into the shower when Tim arrived
By the time we got to the tickets office, they had sold all the tickets
by the time
already
as soon as
after
- time expressions
- video -
"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet
join the sentencesCLICK ON THE NUMBER TO SEE THE ANSWER-
Example
I came to this class. Before that I didn’t study English
I left the house. Before that I turned off the lights. "
"I arrived at school/work. Before that I ate breakfast"
exercises
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
- narrative -
what had happened?
Read the following text and in pairs finish the last sentence of the paragraph
When he opened the door he was shocked. There were clothes all over the floor. His bookshelves were empty and the books were in a big messy pile. There was paper everywhere. The bathroom was also a mess: broken glass on the floor, his bottle of favourite shampoo gone. He looked around and knew immediately what had happened. They….
- Now you do it, but the other way around-
she knew she had been caught
they had changed bags
she had left him, for good this time
she hadn't seen the open window seen the open window