Past Perfect Beginnen Intro

Rules Past Perfect Had + past participle (Had made) With the Past Perfect you say that something happened before something else. Past Perfect | Past | Present

When I walked to school, I noticed i had left my notebook at home You left your notebook, before you walked to school. So, Had left -> Past Perfect (happened first) Walked -> Past (happened next)

Past perfect continuous I had been walking for ten minutes when I tripped over a stone. Here you were already walking when you tripped. So again, Had been walking -> Past Perfect Continuous Tripped -> Past (happened while walking)

Exercise 1. I … (to go) home, after I … (to finish) my work. 2. After the hamster … (to die), I … (am) crying. 3. I … (to read) for 2 hours when the phone … (to ring). 4. When you … (to come) here, the door … (to be) closed by the wind. 5. I … (to get) bored when I … (to do) these exercises.

Answers 1. I went home, after I had finished my work. 2. After the hamster had died, I was crying. 3. I had been reading for 2 hours when the phone rang. 4. When you came here, the door had been closed by the wind. 5. I got bored when I had done these exercises.

Questions?

Homework Make: exercise 5, 6, 7 and 8 about the past present. Learn: Vocab 5.4 Stones 7 and 8