Composing Clear And Coherent

Sentences Using Appropriate

Grammatical Structures:
Aspect Of Verbs
(Past Perfect Tense)
Review tenses of verbs.
Read the sentences and
identify the tense of verbs
used.
1. The driver drives
recklessly. _____
2. Marina will rehearse this
afternoon. _____
3. Andres hid under the bed. _____
4. Our neighbor will go to Bohol
next week. _____
5. The monkey screeched and
leaped through the trees. _____
Past Tense Past Perfect
The Aquino family The Aquino family
bought a new had bought a new
house. house.
The farmers The farmers had
planted the crops planted the crops
last week. before it rained.
 Nestor had drunk
Nestor drank a a glass of water
glass of water a before he went to
minute ago. bed.
The buyers had
The buyers chose chosen the best
the best product. products.
 The past perfect tense
shows that an action is
completed in the past before
another happened.
Look at the words added to had.
The past tense of verbs is
changed to the past participle
form.
Past participle of verbs
expresses completed action and
that is one of the principal parts
of the verb.
Take a look at the list of verbs,
their past participle form, and
the past perfect form.
VERBS PAST TENSE PAST PAST PERFECT
PARTICIPLE TENSE

Believe Believed Believed Had believed

Listen listened listened Had listened
Pass passed passed Had passed
Forget forgot forgotten Had forgotten
Break Broke broken Had broken
VERBS PAST TENSE PAST PAST
PARTICIPLE PERFECT
TENSE
Fly flew flown Had flown
Drink drank drunk Had drunk
See saw seen Had seen
Begin began begun Had begun
Hide hid hidden Had hidden
speak spoke spoken Had spoken
VERBS PAST TENSE PAST PAST
PARTICIPLE PERFECT
TENSE
go Went gone Had gone
Sing sang sung Had sung
Ring rang rung Had rung
Fall fell fallen Had fallen
Grow grew grown Had grown
Eat ate eaten Had eaten
Pairing Up:With your seatmate, complete the
table: Have pupils use the verbs in the sentence.
Verbs Past Participle Past perfect

bake
bite
drive
swim
wear
Group work:
As a group, give the past perfect tense of the given
words. Then, use them in sentences.
Verbs Past Perfect tense Sentences

create
Group I & II
choose

take Group IV &

destroy V

make
Group VI

write
GENERALIZATION:

When do we use the

past perfect tense of
the verb?
What do these show?
EVALUATION:

Use the past perfect tense of

verb to complete the sentence.
1. The pedestrians (cross)
________ the street before the
light turned red.
EVALUATION:

2. The teacher (teach) ______

the lesson well before the bell
rung.
3. The farmer (plant) ______
crops before the rain poured.
EVALUATION:

4. Molly (bring) ______ a guitar

in school.
5. I (use) ______ that pen before
it was lost.
ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY:
Give the past perfect tense of the given words. Then,
use them in sentences.
Verbs Past Perfect Sentences
tense
win had _________
wear had _________
Jog had _________
run had _________
throw had _________