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Understanding the Past Perfect Tense: Usage and Examples

Learn how to use the past perfect tense to express actions that occurred before another action or time in the past. Discover its structure, common time expressions, and examples highlighting its use.

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Understanding the Past Perfect Tense: Usage and Examples

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  1. The Past Perfect Tense

  2. I had eaten my breakfast before I went to school.

  3. I had eaten breakfast before I went to school .

  4. How do we use the Past Perfect Tense? • The past perfect tense expresses action in the past before another action in the past. This is the past in the past. EXAMPLE : • The train left at 9am. We arrived at 9.15am. When we arrived, the train had left.

  5. The Past Perfect it hit my friend stopped by had received had eaten The Titanic had received many warnings before it hit the iceberg. I had already eaten when my friend stopped by to visit.

  6. To talk about a past action that ended before another action or time in the past, we use before and after. We use the simple past too. The film had started before we arrived • We also use the past perfect to show the cause of a past action I was tired on Monday because I hadn’t slept well the night before • With time expressions such as when, after, before, as soon as, by the time, by and until By the time I got home, my mother had already prepared dinner

  7. He came to my house. Simple Past Tense I had already left. Past Perfect Tense He came to my house after I had already left. Chapter 11

  8. This action takes place farther back in the past. Simple Past Tense He came to my house after I had already left. Past Perfect Chapter 11

  9. He came to my house. Simple Past Tense I had already left. Past Perfect He came to my house after I had already left. Chapter 11

  10. Look at this example. he made a telephone call. After he had taken his music lesson,

  11. What had Ali done before he went fishing? before he went fishing. Ali had repaired his car

  12. The key words of this tense are: after as soon as {had+PP} , Past simple

  13. The key words of this tense are: before {past simple} + Had+PP By the time

  14. Make similar sentences using after and before. Finish work-watch TV After I had finished work , I watched TV Before I watched TV , I had finished my work.

  15. Make similar sentences using by the time and as soon as Eat breakfast-go to school By the time I went to school,I had eaten my breakfast. As soon as I had eaten my breakfast, I went to school

  16. Make similar sentences using by the time and as soon as Police arrive-thief escape By the time the police arrived, the thief had escaped. As soon as the thief had escaped , the police arrived.

  17. So it is correct to say: After he had finished the meeting , he made a telephone call. o R Before he made a telephone call , he had finished the meeting.

  18. The structure of the past perfect tense is:

  19. THE END

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