2ESO4ESOPast Perfect Simple vs. Past Perfect Continuous

PAST PERFECT SIMPLE VS. PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS

TASK 1

Look at the two sentences. Describe the differences between them. Identify the tenses.

She had been sleeping badly for several weeks before she went to the doctor.

I had read the book before I went to see the film.

USAGE

Analyse the differences between the Past Perfect Simple and the Past Perfect Continuous and fill in the gaps with the appropriate form of the verbs in brackets.

Action that took place before another action or a specific time in the past.

I ___ (read) the book before I ___ (go) to see the film.

Past Perfect Simple

She ___ (sleep) badly for several weeks before she __ (go) to the doctor.

Action which started in the past and was still in progress when another past action started.

Past Perfect Continuous

USAGE

Analyse the differences between the Past Perfect Simple and the Past Perfect Continuous and fill in the gaps with the appropriate form of the verbs in brackets.

He ___(intend) to bake a cake, but he ___(not/have) flour

Unfulfilled hopes or wishes

Past Perfect Simple

Continuous action that started and finished at a particular time in the past and the result was still evident at that time

My face_ _(be) red when you __(see) me because I __(cry) for an hour.

Past Perfect Continuous

ONLY WITH "past PERFECT SIMPLE"

TIME EXPRESSIONS

Write down the time expressions that are used in the Past Perfect Simple and the Past Perfect Continuous.

Past Perfect Simple

Past Perfect Continuous

STRUCTURE

How do we form the Past Perfect Simple and the Past Perfect Continuous?

Past Perfect Simple

Past Perfect Continuous

TASK 3

LET'S PRACTISE!

ANY QUESTIONS?

Affirmative sentences: I/you/we/they had delivered the postcard. He/she/it had delivered the postcard. Remember: third column of your verbs list! Negative sentences: I/you/we/they hadn't delivered the postcard. He/she/it hadn't delivered the postcard. Questions: Had I/you/we/they delivered the postcard? Had he/she/it delivered the postcard?

Affirmative sentences: I/you/we/they had been crying for an hour. He/she/it had been crying for an hour. Negative sentences: I/you/we/they hadn't been crying for an hour. He/she/it hadn't been crying for an hour. Questions: Had I/you/we/they been crying for an hour? Had he/she/it been crying for an hour?