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Past Perfect Simple

Past Perfect Simple. Thursday, August 4th. Use:. Completed action before something in the past. now. The Past Perfect expresses the idea that something occurred before another action in the past. e.g.: John had written a letter when his mother arrived. E x a m p l e s :

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Past Perfect Simple

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  1. Past Perfect Simple Thursday, August 4th

  2. Use: Completed action before something in the past. now

  3. The Past Perfect expresses the idea that something occurred before another action in the past. e.g.: John had written a letter when his mother arrived.

  4. E x a m p l e s : • She only understood the movie because she had read the book. • 2. I had never seen such a beautiful sunset before I went to Hawaii.

  5. Adverbs: The Past Perfect Simple is often used with: before – after – for – since – when – just - already

  6. S t r u c t u r e AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCES SUBJECT + HAD + PAST PARTICIPLE + REST E.g.: She’d talked a lot in the classroom.

  7. NEGATIVE SENTENCES SUBJECT + HAD + NOT + PAST PARTICIPLE + REST E.g.: She hadn’t talked a lot in the classroom.

  8. INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES HAD + SUBJECT + PAST PARTICIPLE + REST + ? E.g.: Had she talked a lot in the classroom? Yes, She had. No, She hadn’t.

  9. Time to practice! Karen __________________ (finish) making dinner by the time her husband came home. When I arrived at the store, it _______________ (close) already.

  10. Past Perfect Continuous

  11. Use now When something had been happening for a period of time before something else happened.

  12. E x a m p l e s • Ken gave up smoking two years ago. He’d been smoking for 30 years. • Our game was interrupted. We’d been playing for about half an hour when it started to rain.

  13. The past perfect continuous is often used with: just – for - since

  14. S t r u c t u r e AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCES SUBJECT + HAD + BEEN+ VERB-ING + REST E.g.: She’d been talking all day long.

  15. NEGATIVE SENTENCES SUBJECT + HAD + NOT + BEEN + VERB-ING+ REST E.g.: She hadn’t been talking all day long.

  16. INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES HAD + SUBJECT + BEEN + VERB-ING + REST + ? E.g.: Had she been talking all day long? Yes, She had. No, She hadn’t.

  17. Time to practice! Karen __________________ (finish) her homework when the celphone rang. When I arrived at home, my brother ___________________ (leave) the house.

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