Past per­fect

How to talk and write about a se­quence (Ab­fol­ge) of events (Er­eig­nis­se) in the past

• Some years ago J.​K.​Row­ling wrote the first Harry Pot­ter book.
• Many peop­le read it and re­al­ly en­joy­ed it.
• On Sun­day my bro­ther wat­ched the film of the se­cond book.

→ Un­der­li­ne the verb forms

→ We use the _____________________ to talk and write about events that are over/in the past

→ There are often si­gnal words like some years ago,______________________

• After my bro­ther had wat­ched the Harry Pot­ter film he wan­ted to read the book, too.
• When he had fi­nis­hed the book, he asked his aunt to lend him the third Harry Pot­ter book.
• But he had al­re­a­dy had his bir­th­day pre­sent, so my aunt said “no”.
• After my bro­ther had heard this and after he had come he de­ci­ded to save his po­cket money.
• And when he had saved en­ough he bought his own Harry Pot­ter com­ple­te collec­tion.

→ Un­der­li­ne the verb forms (like in the first ex­amp­le)

→ What is the form for re­gu­lar verbs (like watch): _______ and ___________ 

→ What is the form for ir­re­gu­lar verbs (like come): _______ and ___________

→ This form is cal­led past per­fect

→ What hap­pens first in the first sen­tence: had wat­ched the film or wan­ted to read the book?

→ We use the past per­fect to de­scri­be so­me­thing that hap­pe­n­ed _______ ano­ther ac­tion in the past.

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