PAST PERFECT BY RAFAEL LLAVEHERNANDEZ Affirmative Interrogative Negative
PAST PERFECT BY RAFAEL LLAVE-HERNANDEZ
Affirmative Interrogative Negative Infinitive Had Subject + Had++Past Not +Participle Past Participle + “to C study” + ? + C. Past participle “studied” Subject + Had + Past Participle + C. Had youhad studied English before you You not studied English to New before moved you moved to. York? New York. . You had studied English before you moved to New York. .
Examples: - I had never seen such a beautiful beach before I went to Kauai. - I did not have any money because I had lost my wallet. - Tony knew Istanbul so well because he had The Past Perfect expresses the idea that something visited the cityanother several times. occurred before action in the past. It can also show - Had Susan ever studied Thaia specific before time she in moved to that something happened before the past. Thailand?
Examples: - We had that car for ten years before it broke down. - By the time Alex finished his studies, he had been in London for over eight years. Verbsthe andhouse some because non-continuous -With They. Non-Continuous felt bad about selling they had uses of it Mixed Verbs, weforty use the Past Perfect to show owned for more than years. that something started in the past and continued up until another action in the past.
Unlike with the Present Perfect, it is possible to use specific time words or phrases with the Past Perfect. Although this is possible, it is usually not necessary. Example: • She had visited her Japanese relatives once in 1993 before she moved in with them in 1996.
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Had you gone Had you seen had he forgotten Had it been Had I read had we eaten had you been Had they traveled Had John met Had you done had she worked Had I paid
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Put the Past Simple or the Past Perfect. came 1. When their mom ________ (to come) home last night, the had eaten (to eat) their dinner. children________ saw had been (to be) 2. Yesterday I ______ (to see) a woman who _______ at school with my grandfather. Isn't it strange? remembered (to remember) that I 3. It started to rain and I ________ had forgotten (to forget) to close my bedroom window. ________ had never found 4. I ________ (to find) a book that I ______ read ________ (to read) tried 5. We ________ (to try) to change the plane tickets but it was too had already ______ edited late, they ______ (to edit) the boarding pass. thought (to think) I ________ had met 6. I ______ (to meet) this girl before.
Circle the correct answers: 1. I didn't recognize / hadn't recognized Sue, because she cut / had cut her hair. 2. I arrived / had arrived at the shop at 6: 45, but it already closed / had already closed. 3. David didn't play / hadn't played the match because he hurt / had hurt his leg. 4. When I looked / had looked everywhere for my car keys, I started / had started to panic. 5. When he had finished / finished his dinner he sat down / had sat down to watch TV. 6. It was / had been a film I didn't see / hadn't seen before.
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