Past Perfect Tense.

Introduction

Tenses:

what does tense mean in grammar?

A tense is a form taken by a verb to show the time of an action. There are three main tenses:

1-    Present tense: things that are true when the words are spoken or written; or are generally true; or for some languages will be true in the future.

2-    Past tense: things that were true before the words were spoken or written.

 

We are going to study the past tense.

Past Tense:

  • Simple Past.
  • Past Continuous.
  • Past Perfect.
  • Past Perfect Continuous.

We are going to focus on the past perfect tense.

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Task

objectives:

  • Students will know the structure of the past perfect tense.
  • students will identify past tense forms.
  • Students will write sentences using (before/by the time) and (After/as soon as)

Process

When we use the past perfect tense?

We use the past perfect to talk about an action which happened before another action in the past.

The key words of this tense are:

1- After/ As soon as [Had+PP], Past Simple

2- Before/ By the time + Past Simple, [Had+PP]

Examples:

  1. I did not have any money because I had lost my wallet.
  2. Tony knew Istanbul so well because he had visited the city several times.
  3. Had Susan ever studied Thai before she moved to Thailand?
  4. She only understood the movie because she had read the book.
  5. A: Had you ever visited the U.S. before your trip in 2006?
    B: Yes, I had been to the U.S. once before.

Evaluation

Example:

I had eaten my breakfast before I went to school.

Exercies 1:

1- After he _____________ his music lesson, he ______ a telephone call. (Take/make)

2- Ali ________ his car, before he ______ fishing.(repair/go)

3- They _________ the cake, before they _______. (eat/sleep)

4- As soon as I _________ football, I _______ tiered. (play/feel)

5- Before you ________ to Qatar, I _______ the ticket online. (travel/buy)

Exercise 2:

make sentences with the past perfect and the words provided. follow the example below.

example:

I missed my plane. (airport/plane take off)

answer:

By the time I got to the airport, the plane had already taken off.



1. I missed the show. (theater/movie start)

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2. I couldn't get my prescription. (drugstore/close)

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3. I couldn't say goodbye to my friends. (call their house/ they leave)

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4. I didn't get the job. (I apply/they hire someone else)

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5. We couldn't by the house. (we see/someone else make an offer)

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