Past Perfect

Past Perfect: Mr. Orange, Havehas, ENED, and Red Ed

Reminisce at the Park

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Past Perfect Story

Mr. Orange was taking his daily walk at the park. When he got to the pond, he saw Havehas and Ened talking with Red Ed.

“Hi!” said Mr. Orange. “What are you guys talking about?”

“Hi, Mr. Orange,” said Ened. “We are reminiscing about when we were young.”

“Oh. What are you remembering?”

“Well, we were talking about things we had done by the time we were in kindergarten.”

“Oh. You know I still get embarrassed about this, but I know you will help me. How do you talk about something like that? That means you are talking about something that happened in the past, when you were in kindergarten, then you are talking about what happened before that. How can you do those things at the same time?”

“We all work together,” said Red Ed. “I help talk about the past and Havehas and Ened help talk about what happened in the time before that, but not at a specific time, or more than once.”

“Like what?” asked Mr. Orange.

“We will give you some examples, “ said Havehas. “By the time I was five, I had learned to read.”

“By the time I was five,” said Ened, “I had visited my aunt in Florida ten times. She had taught me how to pick oranges from her tree.”

“By the time I was five,” said Red Ed, “I had broken my leg three times. I was a very mischievous kid.”

“I see, “ said Mr. Orange. “So let me figure out how to put the sentence together. I noticed that Red Ed and Havehas work together to make Have become past (HAD). Then you have the verb. Then Ened is last. Is that right?”

“Yes,” they all answered.

“OK. I will try. By the time I was five, I had come to the playground in this park many times.”

“We are not surprised!” said his friends.

“Do you always use HAD + Verb + Ened with ‘by the time’?” asked Orange.

“No. You often use HAD + Verb + Ened with before, after, as soon as, already, when, and just. We’ll give a few more examples.”

“Havehas and I had already visited this park two times before we met you, “ said Ened.

“You remember that Ened is my granddaughter, right?” said Red Ed. “Well, she used to visit me once in a while when she was young, but not a lot, so she did not know me well. After Ened had visited me many times, she began to let me hold her on my lap.”

“When Ened had gone out with me five times, we decided to become boyfriend and girlfriend,” said Havehas.

“I’ll try one,” said Mr. Orange. “As soon as I arrived in the park, I noticed that the three of you had met near the tree and started a conversation.”

Red Ed answered, “Very good. Now you know how to talk about something that happened before another thing in the past.”

“Thanks. I’ll see you three later,” said Mr. Orange.

“Bye!” they answered.

Let’s Practice Finding Havehas, Red Ed, and Ened

Read these quotes from the story. Draw boxes around the Havehas and Red Ed word and the Ened ending. Color the Havehas boxes yellow. Color the Red Ed boxes red. Color the Ened boxes a rose color.

“By the time I was five, I had learned to read.”

“By the time I was five,” said Ened, “I had visited my aunt in Florida ten times. She had taught me how to pick oranges from her tree.”

“By the time I was five,” said Red Ed, “I had broken my leg three times. I was a very mischievous kid.”

“By the time I was five, I had come to the playground in this park many times.”

“Havehas and I had already visited this park two times before we met you,” said Ened.

“After Ened had visited me many times, she began to let me hold her on my lap.”

“When Ened had gone out with me five times, we decided to become boyfriend and girlfriend,” said Havehas.

“I’ll try one,” said Mr. Orange. “As soon as I arrived in the park, I noticed that the three of you had met near the pond and started a conversation.”

Write your own sentences about what you had done in your life before you started high school. Use your imagination.

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