Past Perfect

Past Perfect

Where were they? What happened? What had they done?

Last night, Dane and Emily danced in a competition. They danced a salsa dance. They had practiced for 6 months before they danced in the competition. They were very good.

Dane and Emily's friends were in the audience. Before that night, they had never seen Dane and Emily dance. In fact, Dane and Emily had never danced in front of anyone before the competition.

After everyone had danced, the judges announced the winners. Dane and Emily won! They were the best dancers in the competition. Emily said she had never practiced so hard before! She was glad they had practiced a lot.

Open Ended

A. Answer the following questions. Use the Past Perfect tense.

1. How long had Dane and Emily practiced before the competition?

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A. Answer the following questions. Use the Past Perfect tense.

2. Before that night, who had seen Dane and Emily dance?

Open Ended

A. Answer the following questions. Use the Past Perfect tense.

3- What happened after everyone had danced?

A.  Rewrite the following sentences as positive or negative sentences, yes/no questions, WH-questions (using the underlined word or phrase) and tag questions.

Examples for the sentence “Nick had finished before noon.

Negative: Nick had not finished before noon.

Yes/No Question: Had Nick finished before noon?

WH-Question: Who had finished before noon?

Tag Question: Nick had finished before noon, hadn't he?

Open Ended

1. They had practiced for 6 months.

Negative:

Yes/No Question:

WH-Question:

Tag Question:

Open Ended

2. They had practiced a lot.

Negative:

Yes/No Question:

WH-Question:

Tag Question:

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A. Turn the following sentences into Past Perfect.

1. They

(finish) the game before it rained.

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A. Turn the following sentences into Past Perfect.

2. She

(save) her money for 2 years before she bought the car.

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A. Turn the following sentences into Past Perfect.

3. I

(meet) him before he was my boss.

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A. Turn the following sentences into Past Perfect.

4. Tina said she

(find) my purse in her car.

Fill in the Blanks

A. Turn the following sentences into Past Perfect.

5. She woke up early because she

(take) a new job.