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• Identify structure and use of the Past
Perfect tense to talk about past events that
happened before other past events.
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3. Past Perfect Tense
Look at Steve Jobs life…
1955 1973 1974 1984
He was adopted. He worked at ATARI.
He spent his time The first Macintosh
at HP. appeared.
Describe a
busy
schedule
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Describe a
busy
schedule
Look at these sentences...
• Clara and Paul had adopted Steve before
he spent his time in HP.
• The first Macintosh appeared after he
had worked in ATARI.
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Past Perfect
• We use the past perfect to talk about
situations that happened before another past
action.
HAD verb in past
participle.Describe a
busy
schedule
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Past Perfect VS Past Simple
O Past Simple O Past Perfect
Finished actions
in the past.
Past action before
another past
action.Describe a
busy
schedule
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Past Perfect Exercises
• http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/
• http://www.englisch-
hilfen.de/en/exercises/tenses/past_perfe
ct_simple_past.htm
Describe a
busy
schedule
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Describe a
busy
schedule
Past Perfect exercise
Look at Albert Einstein’s life and write your own
sentences.
1889 1905 1915 1921
He took music He completed his theory.
lessons.
He worked as a He won the Nobel
patent clerk. Prize.
