Grammar, B2.1 Intermediate Plus,

Past Perfect

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Course Facts

* When all activities are completed thoroughly with 10 minutes allocated to each self-study activity.

Course Objectives

To understand the situations when the past perfect tense is required
To know how to form the past participle for regular verbs
To know the most common irregular verbs in the past participle
To use the past perfect in the affirmative, negative, question and short response forms
To identify keywords in the past perfect tense and use them in the correct way
To avoid common mistakes that learners make in the past perfect tense
To know there are three ways to pronounce the past participle ending and correctly pronounce any word ending in ED according to the pronunciation rules
To use sentence stress to pronounce any sentence in the past perfect tense correctly

Course Features

Notes Tool

Make notes on any course page to download to Microsoft Word or print. All your notes are stored in your online diary.

Social Group

Join our course social group to connect to other learners, message them and engage in forums.

Translator

Use our built-in translator to translate anything into your own language.

Support

Ask our teachers anything English-related using our online messaging tool.

Transcripts

View transcripts for all our video lessons to understand everything that our teachers say.

Downloads

Download numerous resources including flashcards, worksheets and games to practise.

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Past Perfect Introduction 3 Topics

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Past Perfect Course Syllabus 5min

Read an extensive course syllabus that explains what each activity is, how to complete it and how it will help you improve your understanding of the past perfect tense.

Past Perfect Course Objectives 5min

We set out the key objectives for this course so you can identify what you need to learn. We provide a downloadable checklist that you can print out to check off the points as you go through the course.

Past Perfect Tense Introduction 5min

A presentation that explains what tenses are, why we need them and how the tense system works in English. As well as a presentation, you can test yourself using our interactive question and answer flashcards.

Past Perfect Grammar 11 Topics | 1 Quiz

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Past Perfect Grammar Introduction 10min

Start this course with an introduction and explanation of how our video series works. You can easily download our interactive worksheet, which tests the main content in each video, alongside the answers and the slides used in our video presentations.

Past Perfect Use 6min

Learn about the main use of the past perfect tense in this grammar video. As well as presenting the tense on a timeline and seeing many example sentences, we introduce the topic of stative verbs. We explain what they are, why you need to know them for the past perfect tense and you can download a list of the most common stative verbs in PDF format.

Past Perfect Regular Past Participle 16min

One of the key parts of the past perfect tense is the past participle. All regular verbs follow very strict spelling patterns to become a past participle and we teach them all in this video. We explain these rules through numerous example verbs and you can download a summary table in PDF format too

Past Perfect Irregular Past Participle 3min

As well as regular verbs, there is a whole host of irregular verbs in the past participle. We explain what this means in a short grammar video then provide access to a downloadable list of the most common irregular verbs in the past participle.

Past Perfect Affirmative 5min

Learn the affirmative form of the past perfect tense for any verb, whether it is regular or irregular. We provide numerous examples in the affirmative form and introduce the topic of contractions.

Past Perfect Negative 3min

Learn the negative form of the past perfect tense in this explanation video.

Past Perfect Questions 4min

There are two different structures that we can use to ask questions in the past perfect tense and we teach both of them in this grammar video. We introduce our acronyms to help you remember the structure more easily and we provide numerous example questions to demonstrate these structures.

Past Perfect Short Responses 3min

Most courses don't teach short responses with tenses, but at Virtually Fluent we want to teach you everything. We explain what a short response is, why you need it to fit in to the polite English culture and how to form them in the past perfect tense.

Past Perfect Keywords 5min

In every tense, there are certain words that help us express ourselves more accurately. These are keywords and the past perfect uses some very specific keywords. In this video, we explain what these keywords are, what each word means and where it should be placed in a sentence. You can also download a PDF chart that summarises all the information from this video

Past Perfect Common Mistakes 5min

With teaching experience, we have identified some of the key mistakes that learners make when trying to use the past perfect tense. We present the top three, show why they are incorrect, explain the corrections and how you can avoid making these same mistakes yourself.

Past Perfect In Real Life 5min

Look at some real-life examples of the past perfect being used in articles written by native English speakers.

Past Perfect Quiz

Test your knowledge and understanding of the past perfect tense by taking this quiz. You'll be tested on all forms, use and structure of the tense and will receive your grade immediately after completing the quiz. You can read through our detailed explanations and answers after completing the quiz and compare your result to our other course members on our quiz leaderboard.

Past Perfect Pronunciation 9 Topics

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Past Perfect Pronunciation Introduction 10min

Start the pronunciation section of this course with an introduction and breakdown of the pronunciation videos. You'll be able to download your interactive worksheet, which we recommend filling in whilst watching our videos so you can test your understanding of the content, alongside the answers and the slides used in our presentation videos

Past Perfect ED Pronunciation 2min

This short video explains what the ED pronunciation is and why it's important for the past perfect tense.

Past Perfect Voiced and Unvoiced Sounds 5min

This pronunciation video introduces the phonetic chart in English. We explain all parts of the phonetic chart, what kind of sounds we have in our language and why this matters for the pronunciation of past perfect verbs. You have access to a downloadable phonetic chart too.

Past Perfect /T/ Pronunciation 5min

We provide an in-depth explanation of how to pronounce the letter T. We show close-up videos of our native teachers saying this sound and explain why this matters for the past perfect tense.

Past Perfect /D/ Pronunciation 6min

We provide an in-depth explanation of how to pronounce the letter D. We show close-up videos of our native teachers saying this sound and explain why this matters for the past perfect tense.

Past Perfect /ID/ Pronunciation 4min

We provide an in-depth explanation of how to pronounce the combination sound ID. We show close-up videos of our native teachers saying this and explain why this matters for the past perfect tense.

Past Perfect Sentence Stress 8min

When we say something in the past perfect tense, we must pronounce it and stress it correctly. Luckily, this pronunciation is very regulated, so we explain this in a pronunciation video.

Past Perfect Sentences to Practise 10min

Practise your ED pronunciation using our downloadable list of words. You can listen to audios of our native teachers reading these words out loud to check you're pronouncing them correctly. You can listen and repeat or talk at the same time as the audio.

Past Perfect Irregular Verbs Pronunciation 10min

Some of the most common words in the past participle are irregular. In this activity, you can listen to audios of our native teachers saying the most popular irregular verbs in their past participle form whilst reading their phonetic transcription in our downloadable worksheet. You can also use our speech recognition tool to see if we can understand which irregular verb you're saying.

Past Perfect Self-Study 7 Topics

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Past Perfect By The Time 10min

This activity uses the vocabulary of life events, such as learning to walk, your first word and your first hobby. We ask you to try and remember the first time you completed these activities, therefore requiring the past perfect tense. You'll get to practise the use of the keyword "by the time" too. You can easily download our flashcard prompts or use our online tool to avoid printing.

Past Perfect Timelines 10min

Review your use of the past perfect tense when two past events are used in a sentence. Download our timeline flashcards and explain the series of events, correctly using the past perfect tense and the typical keywords in this tense.

Past Perfect Adapted Timelines 10min

Using similar flashcards to the previous activity, this reverses the activity, giving you various sentences whereby you must put the activities in the correct order on a timeline to check your understanding. You can download our timeline template as well as the flashcards and answers.

Past Perfect Past Participle Flashcards 10min

The past participle is a key part of the past perfect tense. You can download our flashcards or use our online tool to help you review the correct spelling for regular past participle verbs.

Past Perfect Verb Pyramids 10min

As well as all the regular verbs in the past participle, there are plenty of irregular verbs. Here, we test your knowledge of these irregular past participles. Use our pyramid game to see if you can get to the top without making any past participle mistakes.

Past Perfect My Biggest Regret 10min

Use our course forum to express your biggest regrets using the past perfect tense. You can read what other course learners have written and you can receive feedback and corrections from our teachers.

Past Perfect Finish the Sentence 10min

Use our downloadable sentence starter flashcards to think creatively and use the past perfect tense. You must explain why certain events happened using the past perfect tense. You can share your reasons with us on a group forum.

Past Perfect Summary 3 Topics

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Past Perfect Review 5min

This review page summarises everything learnt in this course. We present all the forms of the past perfect tense as well as the use, some example sentences, keywords, past participle formation and ED pronunciation all in one page.

Past Perfect Learning Outcomes 5min

We list the objectives of this course and your achievements, so you can see how much you have progressed by taking our course.

Past Perfect Course Feedback 5min

We always appreciate any feedback from our learners. Here you have the chance to fill in an optional questionnaire telling us what you liked and didn't like so we can keep on improving for our future learners.

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5 Lessons
33 Topics
1 Quiz
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