explanation of past perfect

1. The past of the past

3. Simple past / past perfect
Look at these two sentences, what is the difference in
meaning?
When I turned on the TV, the programme started
When I turned on the TV, the programme had
started.
We use past perfect for …

4. Simple past / past perfect
Look at these two sentences, what is the difference in
meaning?
When I turned on the TV, the programme started
When I turned on the TV, the programme had
started.
We use past perfect for: a past action which
happened before another past action or event.

5. Form
++ SUJETO + HAD + PARTICIPIO (I’d)
I arrived at the coffee bar 20 minutes late and my
friends had already gone
-- SUJETO + HADN’T + PARTICIPIO
We didn’t get a table in the restaurant because we
hadn’t booked
?? HAD + SUJETO + PARTICIPIO?
Had he worked as a teacher before he got the job in the
school?

6. Before I went to school…
Instructions: write 4 sentences about things you had
NEVER done before you went to school.
Example:
Before I went to school, I had never played basketball.
Before I went to school, I hadn’t learnt to read.

7. Before I went to school…
Instructions: write 4 sentences about things you had
NEVER done before you went to school.
Example:
Before I went to school, I had never played basketball.
Before I went to school, I hadn’t learnt to read.