Past Perfect/Kontrastierung
Here you find grammar exercises in past perfect tense. Past Perfect is only used if you have actions in the past (past simple or past progressive) and something had happened before that.
What can you do before:
- Past Perfect (Bildung)
Interactive Exercises
My Morning
Put in simple past for actions in the past and past perfect for actions which had happened before.
1. Last night I slept well.
2. I had slept well before the alarm rang 
at 7 o clock.
3. After the alarm had rung I took 
a shower.
4. After I had taken a shower I had 
a coffee.
5. After I had had a coffee I cleaned my teeth.
6. 
After I had cleaned my teeth I went out of the house.
7. After I had gone out of the house I got a bus to school.
8. After I had got to school I met my best friend.
1. Last night I slept well.
2. I had slept well before the alarm rang at 7 o clock.
3. After the alarm had rung I took a shower.
4. After I had taken a shower I had a coffee.
5. After I had had a coffee I cleaned my teeth.
6. After I had cleaned my teeth I went out of the house.
7. After I had gone out of the house I got a bus to school.
8. After I had got to school I met my best friend.
In the USA
Two years ago Ben's older sister, Emily, spent a year in Scotland. She loved it so much that she decided to stay.
Put in past perfect forms.
0. By last August Emily had already got a job.
1. By last September she had already found(already - find) a flat.
2. By March she had already invited (already - invite) her parents to visit her.
3. By May she had fallen (fall) in love with a Scotsman.
4. And by June she had married (marry) him.
1. By last September she had already found(already - find) a flat.
2. By March she had already invited (already - invite) her parents to visit her.
3. By May she had fallen (fall) in love with a Scotsman.
4. And by June she had married (marry) him.
She had not done it before
Put in past perfect or simple past.
0. Before Emily went to Scotland she had never driven on the left.
1. Before Emily went (go) to Scotland she had never heard (never, hear) Scottish.
2. Before she visited (visit) her firend she had never played (never, play) darts.
3. And she had never drunk (never, drink) tea with milk before.
1. Before Emily went (go)to Scotland she had never heard (hear) Scottish.
2. Before she visited (visit) her friend she had never played (never, play) darts.
3. And she had never drunk (never, drink) tea with milk before.
Grundwissen
Die folgenden Aufgaben können auch mehrere richtige Antworten enthalten!
1. Das "past perfect" wird gebildet mit ... (!have + 3. Form)(!has + 3.Form)(had + past participle)(had + 3. Form) (!had + 3.Vergangenheit)
2. Das "past perfect" wird verwendet für Handlungen, die .... Zeitpunkt der Vergangenheit stattfinden.(!während eines )(vor einem) (!nach einem)(!gleichzeitig mit einem)
3. Signalwörter für das "past perfect" sind ... (!ago) (earlier) (!last) (before) (after) (!while)
Participle Crossword Puzzle
Beim Klick auf die Ziffern im Kreuzworträtsel öffnet sich ein Eingabefeld zum Eintragen. Trage die past participles der Verben ein!
| caught | past participle von: catch |
| sworn | past participle von: swear (schwören, schimpfen) |
| paid | past participle von: pay |
| forgotten | past participle von: forget |
| felt | past participle von: feel |
| thought | past participle von: think |
| taught | past participle von: teach |
| chosen | past participle von: choose |
| grown | past participle von: grow (wachsen) |
| hidden | past participle von: hide |
| fallen | past participle von: fall |
| kept | past participle von: keep |
Past tense sequence
The past tense sequence is used to describe real past events. It is also used in most novels, short stories, and in other fictional narratives.
Put in simple past for actions in the past and past perfect for actions which had happened before.
Maxim was not|wasn't (not, be) in love with me, he had never loved (never love) me. Our honeymoon in Italy had meant (mean) nothing to him, nor our living here together. What I had thought(think) was love for me, for myself as a person, was not|wasn't (not, be) love.
He did not belong to me at all, he belonged (belong) to Rebecca. He still thought (think) about Rebecca. He would never love me because of Rebecca ... Rebecca, always Rebecca.
Wherever I walked(walk) in Manderley, wherever I sat(sit), even in my thoughts and in my dreams, I met(meet) Rebecca.
From Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
honeymoon in Italy had meant (mean) nothing to him, nor our living here together. What I had thought(think) was love for me, for myself as a person, wasn't (not, be) love.
He did not belong to me at all, he belonged (belong) to Rebecca. He still thought (think) about Rebecca. He would never love me because of Rebecca ... Rebecca, always Rebecca.
Wherever I walked(walk) in Manderley, wherever I sat(sit), even in my thoughts and in my dreams, I met(meet) Rebecca.
From Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
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