Tom was
late
yesterday.
Based on
the
picture,
describe
what
happened.
Tom was
late
yesterday.
Based on
the
picture,
describe
what
happened.
SIMPLE PAST
PAST PERFECT
TENSE
When do we use the
Past Perfect Tense?
EXAMINE THESE EXAMPLES:
When I arrived, she left.
(She left after I arrived.)
When I arrived, she had left.
(She left before I arrived.)
When do we use the
Past Perfect Tense?
The Past Perfect Tense
is used to show the
order of two past
events.
How do we form
Past Perfect Tense?
When I arrived,
she had left.
Which are the verbs
in this sentence?
How do we form
Past Perfect Tense?
When I arrived,
she had left.
Which are the verbs
in this sentence?
How do we form
Past Perfect Tense?
We use the Past Simple to
describe a series of past
events in chronological
order, and we use the
Past Perfect to make clear
that one of the events
happened before.
How do we form
Past Perfect Tense?
Simple Past
When I arrived,
she had left.
Past Perfect Tense
The past perfect shows the
earlier action and the past
simple shows the later
action.
How do we form
Past Perfect Tense?
Simple Past
When I arrived,
she had left.
Past Perfect Tense
had + Participle Form (3rd Form
Let’s have more examples
She’d published her first poem
by the time she was eight.
Contraction refers to a word or
group of words resulting from
shortening an original form.
She had published her first poem
by the time she was eight.
Let’s have more examples
We had finished all the water
before we were halfway up the
mountain.
Which happened first?
The words before, after, and when
actually tell you what happens
first.
Do you have
any questions?
Actvity Time
Rewrite the following sentences
using one past perfect verb and
one past simple verb.
Rewrite the following sentences using one past
perfect verb and one past simple verb.
I bought a ticket, then I checked the numbers.
After I had bought a ticket, I checked the numbers.
1.We bought some chicken, before we made dinner.
2.My parents went out, after I got home.
3.The sun came out, after we arrived at the beach.
4.She read the letter, before she began to laugh.
5.It got dark, when we arrived at the hotel.
Rewrite the following sentences using one past
perfect verb and one past simple verb.
1. We bought some chicken, before
we made dinner.
We had bought some chicken before
we made dinner.
Rewrite the following sentences using one past
perfect verb and one past simple verb.
2. My parents went out, when I got
home.
My parents had gone out when I got
home.
Rewrite the following sentences using one past
perfect verb and one past simple verb.
3. The sun came out, after we arrived
at the beach.
The sun came out after we had arrived
at the beach.
Rewrite the following sentences using one past
perfect verb and one past simple verb.
4. She read the letter, before she
began to laugh.
She had read the letter before she
began to laugh.
Rewrite the following sentences using one past
perfect verb and one past simple verb.
5. It got dark, when we arrived at the
hotel.
It had gotten dark when we arrived at
the hotel.
