1. GRAMMAR TASK INFORMATION
SUBJECT
Past Perfect
DURATION
+/- 45 minutes
DEADLINE
Week before test

2. Can you do this? Answers – drag away yellow box to the left.
The following gap text will test if your knowledge of the Past Perfect is sufficient. After the test you will analyse sentences, practice, form rules on the use of the grammar and do other tests on different levels of difficulty.
1. You ________ ________  English before you moved to New York.
2. I  ________  never  ________  such a beautiful beach before I went to Kauai.
3. ________  Susan ever  ________  Thai before she moved to Thailand?
4. I ________ n’t / not ________ before I ate breakfast.
5. She only understood the movie because she  ________ ________  the book.
6. A:  ________  you ever  ________  the U.S. before your trip in 2006? B: Yes, I  ________ ________  to the U.S. once before.
had studied
had - seen
had - studied
had - slept
had read
a had – visited
b had been
Answers – drag away yellow box to the left.

3. 2. Answer these questions:
ANSWERS
TASK 2 | PERIOD 5
Past perfect
1. Put the words that are examples of the past perfect in bold.
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Ex1
2. Answer these questions:
A The words underlined are written in a different tense than the words you have put in bold (past perfect). Which tense is it? _________________
Ex2
We had had that car for ten years before it broke down.
By the time Alex finished his studies, he had been in London for over eight years.
Kristine had never been to an opera before last night.
We were not able to get a hotel room because we had not booked in advance.
I did not have any money because I had lost my wallet.
She had not noticed she forgot her purse before she tried to pay for a bottle of water.
Had they read the instructions before they went into the cave?
They felt bad about selling the house because they had owned it for more than forty years.
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past perfect
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past perfect
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Past simple
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3. Finish this text:
When you write a sentence with the
, you often also have a verb in
The
The is used
to talk about something that happened
before something else happened. That other
action, which happens later, is described with
The verb in the
B. What happened first? The action in bold or the underlined action?
_________________
Hint: For example, see sentence 1: ‘having the car for 10 years’ or ‘it breaking down’
What happened first?
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4. ANSWERS TASK 2 | PERIOD 5 Past perfect
Past participle
(voltooid deelwoord)
Choose the correct purple boxes and drag them to the appropriate grey boxes to
form rules on how to write affirmative sentences, negative sentences and questions.
Analyse 1
had ?
n’t / not
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n’t / not
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n’t / not
subject
ANSWERS
n’t / not
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subject ?
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5. ANSWERS TASK 2 | PERIOD 5 Past perfect
place the events in the right order.
Analyse 1
dropped
She dropped the mug after she had cleaned it.
had cleaned
past
now
hit
The mosquito had bitten the lady before she hit it with a newspaper.
had bitten
past
now
ANSWERS
She dropped the mug after she had cleaned it.
past
now
had cleaned
dropped
The mosquito had bitten the lady before she hit it with a newspaper.
past
now
had bitten
hit

6. TASK 2 | PERIOD 5
Past perfect
Tip:
Read information / do a task / search the internet / ask a teacher if you don’t remember how to write the past particple.
(voltooid deelwoord)
Practice
Which situation should be described using had + past participle and which one with the past simple? 1 or 2 1
bite lip ?
should be adressed with a past perfect.
Drag the 1 or 2 above into this box to answer the question above. 2
start to bleed ?
should be adressed with a past simple. 1
fish fish
Write the four sentences using the past perfect and past simple: 1. 2. 3. 4. 2
eat it for dinner 1
break leg 2
go to hospital 1
study hard for test 2
receive good grade
ANSWERS ? 1
should be adressed with a past perfect. ?
should be adressed with a past simple. 2
Write the four sentences using the past perfect and past simple: (These are just examples, maybe you created questions or other sentences)
1. She had bitten her lip before it started to bleed. Her lip started to bleed after she had bitten her lip
2. He had fished a fish and ate it for dinner. He ate a fish for dinner he had fished.
3. He had broken his leg before he went to the hospital. He went to the hospital after he had broken his leg.
4. We had studied hard for the test and received a good grade. We received a good grade because we had studied hard.

7. TASK 2 | PERIOD 5
Past perfect
Tip:
Read information / do a task / search the internet / ask a teacher if you don’t remember how to write the past particple.
(voltooid deelwoord)
Practice
Complete the following sentences:
1) When I arrived at the cinema, the film __________________ (start).
2) She __________________ (live) in China before she went to Thailand.
3) After they __________________ (eat) the shellfish, they began to feel sick.
4) If you __________________ (listen) to me, you would have got the job.
5) Julie didn’t arrive until after I __________________ (leave).
6) When we __________________ (finish) dinner, we went out.
7) The garden was dead because it __________________ (be) dry all summer.
8) He __________________ (meet) her somewhere before.
9) We were late for the plane because we __________________ (forget) our passports.
10) She told me she __________________ (study) a lot before the exam.
ANSWERS
1) When I arrived at the cinema, the film had started (start).
2) She had lived (live) in China before she went to Thailand.
3) After they had eaten (eat) the shellfish, they began to feel sick.
4) If you had listened (listen) to me, you would have got the job.
5) Julie didn’t arrive until after I had left (leave).
6) When we had finished (finish) dinner, we went out.
7) The garden was dead because it had been (be) dry all summer.
8) He had met (meet) her somewhere before.
9) We were late for the plane because we had forgotten (forget) our passports.
10) She told me she had studied (study) a lot before the exam.

8. TASK 2 | PERIOD 5
Past perfect
Tip:
Read information / do a task / search the internet / ask a teacher if you don’t remember how to write the past particple.
(voltooid deelwoord)
Practice
Do the following exercises
(start with sentence 11)