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Past Perfect Tense

Past Perfect Tense

Assessment

Presentation

English

5th - 7th Grade

Practice Problem

Easy

CCSS
L.4.1B, L.1.1J, L.2.1F

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Standards-aligned

Created by

Daj Rafanan

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15 Slides • 17 Questions

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Past Perfect Tense

by Daj Rafanan

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Poll

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Which came first?

Egg

Chicken

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Poll

What happened first?

He entered the classroom.

The class started.

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Poll

What happened first?

The train left.

He arrived at the train station.

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Multiple Choice

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What happened first?

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He entered the classroom.

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The class started.

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Multiple Choice

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What happened first?

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The train left.

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He arrived at the train station.

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Multiple Choice

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What happened first?

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The bag guys left.

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The police man came.

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​What if there are no pictures?

​How do we describe what happened first?

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​Past Perfect Tense

  • is used to talk about an action which happened before another action in the past.

  • ​TAKE NOTE: BOTH ACTIONS SHOULD BE IN THE PAST!

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​Form...

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Multiple Choice

Before I lost my wallet I

………….. [lose] my umbrella.

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had lose

2

had lost

3

have lost

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Multiple Choice

By the time the doctor arrived, the patient ………………..[die].

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had died

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have die

3

had die

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Multiple Choice

When Anna phoned, I ………[leave] to work.

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have leave

2

had leave

3

had left

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Multiple Choice

Before Sarah crossed the road, she……………. [look] both ways.

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have looked

2

had look

3

had looked

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​Timeline... Usage...

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Multiple Choice

Look at the sentences and decide which happened first:

By the time Charles arrived at the office, the boss had already  left for the meeting.

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Charles arrived at the office.

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The boss left for the meeting.

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Multiple Choice

Look at the sentences and decide which happened first:

Britney had washed all the dishes when her husband came.

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Britney washed all the dishes.

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Her husband came.

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Multiple Choice

Look at the sentences and decide which happened first:

Tom had saved a lot of money so he bought a motorbike.

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He bought a motorbike.

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Tom saved a lot of money.

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Multiple Choice

Look at the sentences and decide which happened first:

After Margaret had read the book, she took it back to the library.

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She took the book back to the library.

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Margaret read the book.

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Multiple Choice

Look at the sentences and decide which happened first:

Before my parents visited Lopburi, they had visited Bangkok.

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My parents visited Bangkok

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My parents visited Lopburi

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Multiple Choice

Look at the sentences and decide which happened first:

I read the book after I had seen

the film.

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I saw the film and then I read the book.

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I read the book and then I saw the film.

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Multiple Choice

Look at the sentences and decide which happened first:

We had had dinner when Ann arrived.

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We had dinner and then Ann arrived.

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Ann arrived and then we had dinner.

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DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?​

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THANK YOU!​

Past Perfect Tense

by Daj Rafanan

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