Lesson in Using the Past Perfect Tense

1. Objectives:
* Use the past perfect tense
*Write the past perfect form of verbs
*Show care for others by giving and not expecting something in
return
Subject Matter: Using Past Perfect Tense
Value Focus: Thoughtfulness/ Unity

2. Review about Compound Sentence

3. Every Dec. 25, we celebrate one of the
happiest celebrations in our country
and perhaps all over the world.
Why is it considered the happiest
celebration?
With whom do you celebrate it?
What do you do on this day?

4. Unlocking of Difficulties:
1. To believe in something or someone means to
have faith or trust in that thing or that person.
2. The sky is the limit is an expression which means
the liberal spending on food, clothing, pleasure, or
anything which gratifies.
3. To set off something is to start or to explode it.
4. Someone who is tied down by something if he is
hampered by it.

5. Unlocking of Difficulties:
1. To believe in something or someone means to
have faith or trust in that thing or that person.
2. The sky is the limit is an expression which means
the liberal spending on food, clothing, pleasure, or
anything which gratifies.
3. To set off something is to start or to explode it.
4. Someone who is tied down by something if he is
hampered by it.

6. Development of Lesson
Presentation of a short story
CHRISTMAS WITH UNCLE BERT
Christmas at the Mercado’s had been an
occasion of much fun before Uncle Bert left
for the States. Uncle Bert, a prosperous
businessman, had been generous to the
Mercado children. Ramon, Lito, Anita and
Angie had much fun with him before he went
abroad.
How had Christmas been at the Mercado’s
home before Uncle Bert left for the States?

7. Uncle Bert believed in giving the children
as much fun as possible on Christmas. That
Christmas Eve, after the Mercado children had
sung carols to him in his apartment, he
brought them to the carnival where they had
such a wonderful time. The sky was the limit!
Before they went home he had given them a
treat at a restaurant along Roxas Boulevard.
How had he treated the children?
Where did he take the children after they had sung
carols to him?
What did he do before they went home?

8. Uncle Bert bought them fancy hats,
paper horns, and firecrackers on the way
but the time they reached home at half
past eleven, Anjoe had already set off all
his firecrackers. Mr. and Mrs. Mercado
weren’t home for they had gone to
church to hear midnight Mass.
What had Anjoe done with his firecrackers
by the time they reached home?
Where had Mr. and Mrs. Mercado gone by
the time the children got home?

9. Uncle Bert and the children found
the table all set for the traditional “Noche
Buena”. Mrs. Mercado had cooked a
number of festive dishes including the
traditional sweetened ham which was still
sizzling hot and smelling of burnt brown
sugar. Mrs. Mercado, a perfect housewife
tied down to her housekeeping, was a
superb cook.
What had Mrs. Mercado cooked?

10. In each of the sentences, there are two past actions.
Which action happened first?
Study the form of the verb that states the
first past action.
In what tense is it?
Note that the verb phrase consists of had
and the main verb in the past participle
form.
In what tense is the later action? What
time expression is used?

11. The postman had given me the letters
when the heavy rain fell.
Which action happened first?
Study the form of the verb that states the
first past action.
In what tense is it?
Note that the verb phrase consists of had
and the main verb in the past participle
form.
In what tense is the later action? What
time expression is used?

12. We had begun our lessons before the lights
were put off.
Which action happened first?
Study the form of the verb that states the
first past action.
In what tense is it?
Note that the verb phrase consists of had
and the main verb in the past participle
form.
In what tense is the later action? What
time expression is used?

13. I had eaten when he called up.
Which action happened first?
Study the form of the verb that states the
first past action.
In what tense is it?
Note that the verb phrase consists of had
and the main verb in the past participle
form.
In what tense is the later action? What
time expression is used?

14. She had called up before you left.
Which action happened first?
Study the form of the verb that states the
first past action.
In what tense is it?
Note that the verb phrase consists of had
and the main verb in the past participle
form.
In what tense is the later action? What
time expression is used?

15. GENERALIZATION:
The past perfect tense is used to indicate
a completed action in the past before
another past action.
The verb in the past participle tense is
formed by had+verb in the past
participle.
The time expression is a clause that may
begin with when or before. The verb in
the time clause is in the simple past.

16. POST ACTIVITY:
Application:
Write the past perfect form of the following verbs.
____1. line ____6. buy
___2. lose ____7. go
___ 3.sleep ___ 8.hear
___ 4.speak ____ 9. say
___5. win ____10.tell

17. POST ACTIVITY:
Application:
Write the past perfect form of the following verbs.
Had lined Had bought
Had lost Had gone
Had slept Had heard
Had spoken Had said
Had won Had told

18. Write the correct form of the verb in the
following time clauses to be used with the past
perfect tense.
spread 1. when the news _______
go 2. before we ______ to sleep
rise 3. before the sun ______
build 4. when the laborers _____
a house
break 5. when the dam ______

19. Answer:
1. when the news had spread
2. before we had gone to sleep
3. before the sun had risen
4. when the laborers had built a house
5. when the dam had broken

20. Enrichment Activities:
Write C if the underlined verb is correct. If it is incorrect, write
the correct verb form.
____1. The child had been lost for five hours before
neighbors found her.
____2. She had cleaned her room when her friends
come.
____3. They had canvassed the prices before they
made a decision.
____4. The food had been cooked when the visitors
arrived.
____5. The airplane left already when we arrived at
the airport.

21. Enrichment Activities:
Write C if the underlined verb is correct. If it is incorrect, write
the correct verb form.
____6. The program had began when we
arrived at the auditorium.
____7. The class had been noisy before the
accident happens.
____8. They had wrote each other before they
met.
____9. The fishermen had returned home when
a strong wind came blowing up.
___10. The farmers had plant their crops before
the dry season came.

22. Enrichment Activities:
Write C if the underlined verb is correct. If it is incorrect, write
the correct verb form.
C 1. The child had been lost for five hours before
neighbors found her.
came 2. She had cleaned her room when her friends
come.
C 3. They had canvassed the prices before they
made a decision.
C 4. The food had been cooked when the visitors
arrived.
had already left 5. The airplane left already when we
arrived at the airport.

23. Enrichment Activities:
Write C if the underlined verb is correct. If it is incorrect, write
the correct verb form.
had begun 6. The program had began when we
arrived at the auditorium.
happened 7. The class had been noisy before
the accident happens.
had written 8. They had wrote each other
before they met.
C 9. The fishermen had returned home when
a strong wind came blowing up.
had planted 10. The farmers had plant their
crops before the dry season came.

24. Values Integration:
What family practices do you observe during
Christmas time?
Are these practices good?
Why or why not?
Do you agree with the saying ”It is more blessed to
give than to receive.”

25. Evaluation:
Encircle the correct past perfect form of the verb in each of the
sentences.
1.) Anita (a. took b. had taken c. has take ) her book.
2.) They (a. had gone b. have gone c. has went )
before Ramon came.
3.) Mrs. Espiritu (a. have prepare b. has prepared c.
had prepared) breakfast when Mr. Espiritu got up.
4.) Anita (a. has eaten b. ate c. had eaten) when Rosie
called.
5.) Cielo ( a. have finished b. has finished c. had
finished) cooking when we arrived.

26. Evaluation:
Encircle the correct past perfect form of the verb in each of the
sentences.
1.) Anita (a. took b. had taken c. has take ) her book.
2.) They (a. had gone b. have gone c. has went )
before Ramon came.
3.) Mrs. Espiritu (a. have prepare b. has prepared c.
had prepared) breakfast when Mr. Espiritu got up.
4.) Anita (a. has eaten b. ate c. had eaten) when Rosie
called.
5.) Cielo ( a. have finished b. has finished c. had
finished) cooking when we arrived.

27. V. Homework:
Write 10 sentences about what you
did last Christmas using verbs in the
past perfect form. Underline the verbs
you used.