Compose clear and coherent

sentences using appropriate

grammatical structures:
Aspect of Verbs
(Past Perfect Tense)
Review tenses of verbs.
What are the three tenses
of verbs?
Read the sentences and
identify the tense of verbs
used. Write PR for present
tense, PA for past tense, and F
for future tense.
1. A mosquito saw an iguana.
_____
2. The iguana grumbles to
himself. ___
3. The iguana will pass by the
python. _____
4. The python went into a rabbit
hole. _____
5. The rabbit sees the big snake.
_____
6. The monkey will screech and
will leap through the trees. _____
This timeline shows the
simple tenses of verbs.
This timeline shows the
perfect tenses of verbs.
The past perfect expresses an action
completed in the past before another action
happened.
The present perfect expresses an action
that was completed sometime in the past or
is still continuing in the present.
The future perfect describes an action that
will still be completed sometime in the
future.
Today, we will focus on the
past perfect tense of verbs.
Study the underlined words
and the sentences in the
table.
Past Tense Past Perfect
The big snake
The big snake had raised his
raised his head. head before
he greeted
iguana.
King Lion King Lion
called a had called a
meeting of the meeting
animals. before the
animals
arrived.
She turned her She had turned
head toward her head
the east. toward the east
before she
called the sun
to come.
Did you notice that the word had is
added to the past tense of the verb
to form the past perfect?

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.
Regular Past Past Irregular Past Past
Verbs Participle Perfect Verbs Participle Perfect
believe believed had drink drunk had drunk
believed
compare compared had see seen had seen
compared
Regular Past Past Irregular Past Past

snap snapped had speak spoken had

snapped spoken

had
grumble grumbled had begin begun begun

grumbled
Pairing Up:
With your seatmate, complete the table:
Verbs Past Participle Past perfect

bake
brush
answer
swim
sweep
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
choose
take
destroy
make
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 (want) ______ a guitar,

but she received a book.
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
clap
Jog
run
watch