Past Perfect Exercises

Hi, girls! here are some websites where you can practice the Past Perfect... (or the "past of the past")

https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/past-perfect-simple/exercises

https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/tenses/past_perfect_simple_past.htm

Questions Simple Past and Past Continuous

1.         How many robbers were there? _______________________

2.        How did the get to the bank? _________________________

3.        What were they wearing to hide their faces? What type? ____________     

4.        What did one robber put in a man’s hands? ____________________

5.        Where did they put the money? __________________________

6.       How did the Joker leave the bank? ________________________

Discussion questions

1 - Do you think it is correct to check your husband's (wife's) messages? Justify it.
2 - Is it important to have privacy in a relationship? Explain it.
3 - Do you have documents in your computer that only you have access to? Why (not)?
4 - If you were suspicious about how faithful your partner is to you, would you fuss around his stuff? Why (not)?
5 - If you found out you were being cheated on, what would you do?

Past Perfect Practice

Hi, people!! So, last class we discussed the past perfect simple. This is your homework, to practice a bit. 

You are going to watch a movie segment (a part of a movie) and do the activities below. The movie is called The Other Man. This is an intriguing scene because it is about a man who finds out his wife has a lover because he decided to investigate her private messages, such as the ones in her cell phone and laptop. 

A. Watch the segment and check which activity took place first. Write 1 next to the activity that took place first and 2 next to the activity that took place later.

I . 
(       ) He listened to her voice mail.     
(        ) He turned on his wife's laptop.

II. 
(        ) He looked at some pictures of his family.      
(         ) He tried to open a folder called "Love".

III. 
(          ) He tried opening the love folder using some passwords with his family names.       
(          ) He opened a folder called "London".

IV. 
(          ) He saw the picture of a black man trying to kiss his wife at a party.       
(          ) He read an email from Ralph.

V. 
(         ) He remembered being introduced to Ralph.     
(         ) He finished reading the email.



B. Now combine both sentences using the simple past and the past perfect tenses. Make sure you know what action took place first so you can choose the correct verb tense.

Example: 

I) He had listened to his wife's voice mail when he turned on her laptop