Past Perfect

made by Zaripova E.R.

Let’s revise Past SimpleI played tennis yesterday.She won a gold medal last year.

They didn’t go to school the day before yesterday.He didn’t have a flat of his own a year ago.

Did you leave school in 1999?When did we buy that vase?

Past ProgressiveI was playing tennis yesterday at 3 p.m.They were playing tennis when it began to rain.

They weren’t doing homework while she was shopping.He wasn’t having lunch when you called.

Past Perfect

I, he, she, it,you, they

had Verb + ed

Verb 3

e.g. They had done their homework before they went out to play yesterday afternoon.

e.g. She hadn’t watered all the flowers by five o’clock in the afternoon.

I, he, she, it,you, they

had not

(hadn’t)

Verb + ed

Verb 3

What had Lesley done

before her husband came home?

She had cooked dinner, but she hadn’t laid the table.

Put the verbs into the correct form of the Past Perfect

3. After Sarah … … … (do) the shopping, she had coffee with her friends at a café.

2. The children … … … (finish) doing their homework by nine o’clock.

5. The boys were scared because they … … … (not/be) on a plane before.

4. When I got to the garage, the mechanic … … … (not/repair) my car.

1. Jason … … … (return) home before the storm began.

6. … … … (Lucy/pack) her suitcase by the time you called her?

had returned

had finished

had done

hadn’t repaired

hadn’t been

Had Lucy packed

It was Mary’s birthday yesterday and she gave a party for her friends. What had she done before the day of the party?

send/the invitations

clean/the house

bake/a cake

She had sent the invitations.

She had cleaned the house.

She had baked a cake.

prepare/the food

put up/the decorations

borrow/some CDs

She had put up the decorations.

She had borrowed some CDs

She had prepared the food.

We use the Past Perfect:

• An action happened in the past before another past action:

Sue had packed her rucksack before she called a taxi.

• An action happened before a stated time in the past: Sue had watered all the flowers by 6 o’clock in the

evening.

We use the Past Simple:

• Actions happened immediately one after the other in the past.Yesterday he got up at 7 a.m., had a shower, got dressed, had breakfast, left his flat and went to work.

Compare:

They had eaten dinner when their friends came.(Вначале они 1.поужинали, а друзья 2.пришли потом.)

They were eating dinner when their friends came.(Они всё ещё ужинали, когда пришли друзья.)

They ate dinner when their friends came.(Вначале 1.пришли друзья и они вместе 2.сели поужинать.)

Match the columns to make correct sentences

1.By the time he came to the airport …

2. Mary was angry because …

4. We went to the theatre …

3. The bank robbers had escaped …

5. The actress gave an interview …

a. … her husband had forgotten her bithday.

b. … after we had bought the ticket.

c. … the plane had already taken off.

d. … after she had won the prize.

e. … before the police arrived.

Join the sentences using the words in brackets

1.I found a solution to my problem. Then I felt happier. (after)2. The boys finished their homework. Then they went out to play. (before)3. He locked the door. Then the phone rang. (after)4. Sarah washed the dishes. Then her husband arrived. (by the time)5. The concert finished. Then the fans left the stadium. (when)6. The play started. Then Harry arrived at the theatre. (already…when)

e.g. She cleaned the house. Then she watched TV. (after) After she had cleaned the house, she watched TV.

Questions Rick and Alison went on holiday last weekend. Look at the

phrases and ask and answer the questions:

e.g. – Had they bought tickets before they left? - Yes, they had.

• buy/tickets – yes• lock/house - yes• leave/car at the garage – no• book/hotel room – no• feed/the cat – yes• phone/neighbours - no