THE PAST PERFECT TENSE

We use the Past Perfect Tense:

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• For an action which was finished before a specific point in the past

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He had eaten dinner BY 8 o’clock yesterday

Time expressions:

by+ point in time

before + point in time

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• For an action which happened BEFORE another action in the past time

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After she had read the book, she returned it to the library

Time expressions:

already, ever, never, before,

after, when, by the time

HAD + V ed ( V3)

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POSITIVE FORM: WE HAD WORKED

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NEGATIVE FORM: WE HAD NOT ( HADN’T) WORKED

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QUESTIONS: HAD WE WORKED? –Yes, we had

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WHERE HAD WE WORKED?

The Past Perfect of the verb HAVE - HAD HAD

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They had had dinner and after that they went for a walk

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We had had our lessons before we had dinner

PUT INTO NEGATIVE FORM:

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1. I had forgotten my keys and I couldn’t open the door
2. Ann had gone to the USA before she left school
3. The woman had been in China a few years before
4. It had rained because everything was wet in the streets

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ASK QUESTIONS:

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1. We had got his letter
2. She had paid a lot of money
3. The dog had been in the garden
4. They had given me some money

PRACTICE

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1. Sandra bought the shoes after she … ( try) them on
2. Alex …. ( write) six letters by 11 p.m. yesterday
3. When we arrived at the station, the train …. ( leave)
4. It ….(rain) before we came to school
5. I was tired because I … ( work) in the garden

Put the verbs into the correct form (past perfect simple).

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1. The storm destroyed the sandcastle that we _____(build)

2.He ____(not / be) to Cape Town before 1997.

3.When she went out to play, she _____(do / already) her homework.

4.My brother ate all of the cake that our mum ______(make)

5.The doctor took off the plaster that he _____(put on) six weeks before.

6. The waiter brought a drink that I ________(not / order)

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