the past perfect simple tense

Grammar time! Name that tense The pupils talked about the film after they had watched it Q1- Did the pupils talk about the film before or after they had watched it? Q2-Does this event happen in the past, the present or the future? Q3- Which tense is used in the first part of the sentence? Yesterday I cleaned the floor as the cats had knocked over the plant pots Q1-When did this event happen? Q2-What happened before she cleaned the floor? My friend was in hospital because he had slipped on a banana skin! Q1-Why is the friend in hospital? Q2-Did he go to hospital before or after the accident? Which tenses are used in these sentences?    The pupils talked about the film after they had watched it Yesterday I cleaned the floor as the cats had knocked over the plant pots My friend was in hospital because he had slipped on a banana skin! Which tenses are used in these sentences?       ANSWER- The past simple and past perfect When we use the past simple tense? ANSWER- completed actions in the past ‘I ate breakfast at 8am.’ When we use the past perfect tense? When we are talking about actions and events in the past that finished BEFORE something else in the past ‘The children fell asleep as they had eaten lots of chocolate.’ How we form this tense? Past perfect      Subject + had + past participle Regular verbs= ‘ed’ on the end finished started cleaned Irregular verbs- we must know how they are formed eaten broken gone How to use this tense?      I had finished reading by the time she came home She came home after I had finished reading I arrived at church after it had stopped raining It had stopped raining before I arrived at church How are these sentences different from each other? Activity   Complete the sentence activity Complete the speaking activity  ...  ANSWER- The past simple and past perfect When we use the past simple tense? ANSWER- completed actions in the past ‘I ate breakfast at 8am.’ When we use the past perfect tense? When we are talking.. .The pupils talked about the film after they had watched it Q1- Did the pupils talk about the film before or after they had watched it? Q2-Does this event happen in the past, the present or the. .. in the past that finished BEFORE something else in the past The children fell asleep as they had eaten lots of chocolate.’ How we form this tense? Past perfect      Subject + had + past