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.

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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 well.

2. I well before the alarm at 7 o clock.

3. After the alarm I a shower.

4. After I a shower I a coffee.

5. After I a coffee I my teeth.

6. After I my teeth I out of the house.

7. After I out of the house I a bus to school.

8. After I to school I my best friend.

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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 (already - find) a flat.

2. By March she (already - invite) her parents to visit her.

3. By May she (fall) in love with a Scotsman.

4. And by June she (marry) him.

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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 (go) to Scotland she (never, hear) Scottish.

2. Before she (visit) her firend she (never, play) darts.

3. And she (never, drink) tea with milk before.

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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

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<span style="font-weight:bold">2.</span> Das "past perfect" wird verwendet für Handlungen, die .... Zeitpunkt der Vergangenheit stattfinden.

1. gleichzeitig mit einem
2. vor einem
3. während eines
4. nach einem

<span style="font-weight:bold">3.</span> Signalwörter für das "past perfect" sind ...

1. after
2. before
3. while
4. last
5. earlier
6. ago

<span style="font-weight:bold">1.</span> Das "past perfect" wird gebildet mit ...

1. had + past participle
2. had + 3. Form
3. had + 3.Vergangenheit
4. has + 3.Form
5. have + 3. Form

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Participle Crossword Puzzle

Beim Klick auf die Ziffern im Kreuzworträtsel öffnet sich ein Eingabefeld zum Eintragen. Trage die past participles der Verben ein!

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1 past participle von: fall 2 past participle von: grow (wachsen) 3 past participle von: feel 6 past participle von: pay 7 past participle von: choose 10 past participle von: teach 11 past participle von: think	1 past participle von: forget 4 past participle von: hide 5 past participle von: swear (schwören, schimpfen) 8 past participle von: catch 9 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 (not, be)  in love with me, he (never love) me. Our honeymoon in Italy (mean) nothing to him, nor our living here together. What I (think) was love for me, for myself as a person, (not, be) love.

He did not belong to me at all, he (belong) to Rebecca. He still (think) about Rebecca. He would never love me because of Rebecca ... Rebecca, always Rebecca.

Wherever I (walk) in Manderley, wherever I (sit),  even in my thoughts and in my dreams, I (meet)  Rebecca.

From Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

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Maxim 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, 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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Mixed Tenses

The Tenses

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Past Tense:

• Past Simple
• Past Progressive
• Past Perfect

Present Tense:

• Present Simple
• Present Progressive
• Present Perfect

Future Tense:

• going to-Future
• will-Future