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Past perfect tense

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Janyce Mejia
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The past perfect tense is used to talk about actions that were completed before something else in the past. It can show that something occurred before another past action or express that something happened before a specific time in the past. The past perfect is also used to indicate that something started in the past and continued up until another past action. It is formed using "had" plus the past participle of the main verb.

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PAST PERFECT TENSE Had + Past Participle verbs
HOW DO WE USE IT? Use 1: Completed action before something in the past The past perfect expresses the idea that something occurred before another action in the past. It can also show that something happened before a specific time in the past.
EXAMPLES: She only understood the movie because she had read the book. I had never seen such a beautiful sunset before I went to Hawaii.
USE 2: DURATION BEFORE SOMETHING IN THE PAST We can also use the past perfect to show hat something started in the past and continued up until another action in the past.
EXAMPLES: We had owned this car for 10 years before it finally died. They had been married for 5 years when they had their first child
STRUCTURE OFTHE PAST PERFECT He had already left when she called
FORM: HAD +VERB PAST PARTICIPLE Affirmative Had + verb past participle After Sophie had finished her work, she went to lunch. Harold had known about it for a while. After she had moved out, I found her notes. Negative Had not + verb (past participle) Or Hadnt + verb (past participle) I had not eaten at that restaurant before today. Samantha hadnt had time to explain her side of the story. My friends hadnt ever gone to France.
YOURTURN After the company _____Joe, he began to work on his first project. (hire) _____you _______ the news before you saw it onTV? (hear) Michael didnt want to see the movie because he _______ the book yet. (not read) The concert ______ already _______when we _______ the stadium. (begin/ enter) Until Anne ________ Mark, she ____ never ______in love. (meet, be) Bill __________ for years before he finally _______. (smoke/ quit) _______ Sara ever _______to London by herself before then? (drive) How many fish ______ the boys _____ by the time it started raining? (catch) You ________ them to go to the beach, hadnt you? (forbid) The girls _______ in weeks.Thats why they ______ so much afterwards. (exercisef / hurt)

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Past perfect tense

  • 1. PAST PERFECT TENSE Had + Past Participle verbs
  • 2. HOW DO WE USE IT? Use 1: Completed action before something in the past The past perfect expresses the idea that something occurred before another action in the past. It can also show that something happened before a specific time in the past.
  • 3. EXAMPLES: She only understood the movie because she had read the book. I had never seen such a beautiful sunset before I went to Hawaii.
  • 4. USE 2: DURATION BEFORE SOMETHING IN THE PAST We can also use the past perfect to show hat something started in the past and continued up until another action in the past.
  • 5. EXAMPLES: We had owned this car for 10 years before it finally died. They had been married for 5 years when they had their first child
  • 6. STRUCTURE OFTHE PAST PERFECT He had already left when she called
  • 7. FORM: HAD +VERB PAST PARTICIPLE Affirmative Had + verb past participle After Sophie had finished her work, she went to lunch. Harold had known about it for a while. After she had moved out, I found her notes. Negative Had not + verb (past participle) Or Hadnt + verb (past participle) I had not eaten at that restaurant before today. Samantha hadnt had time to explain her side of the story. My friends hadnt ever gone to France.
  • 8. YOURTURN After the company _____Joe, he began to work on his first project. (hire) _____you _______ the news before you saw it onTV? (hear) Michael didnt want to see the movie because he _______ the book yet. (not read) The concert ______ already _______when we _______ the stadium. (begin/ enter) Until Anne ________ Mark, she ____ never ______in love. (meet, be) Bill __________ for years before he finally _______. (smoke/ quit) _______ Sara ever _______to London by herself before then? (drive) How many fish ______ the boys _____ by the time it started raining? (catch) You ________ them to go to the beach, hadnt you? (forbid) The girls _______ in weeks.Thats why they ______ so much afterwards. (exercisef / hurt)