Past perfect tense

1.

PAST
PERFECT
TENSE

2.

PAST
PERFECT
IS USED TO TALK ABOUT AN ACTION
WHICH HAPPENED BEFORE ANOTHER
ACTION IN THE PAST

3.

PAST
PERFECT
USED TO EXPRESS:
• An action that happened before
another action in the past, expressed
in the past simple form
• An action that ended at a
certain point in the past:
She had finished the
experiment by saturday

4.

PAST
PERFECT
Interrogative Form
Past perfect is formed with the help
of the auxiliary Verb TO HAVE in
the form of the past tense HAD
and the form of the past participle
Negative Form
The auxiliary Verb is placed before the
subject:
Had I worked? Had he worked?
Is formed with a particle NOT which is
placed after the auxiliary Verb:
I had not worked, He had not worked

5.

THERE ARE SIGNAL
WORDS, THAT HELP
TO UNDERSTAND
WHAT TIME IS IT

6.

/01
/02
He already (go) by the
time I (come) to the
party
Mother (cook) dinner
before he (come)
/03
When I (reach) the
front door, I realized
that I (loose) the key
/04
The shop (close) by
the time I (get) there

7.

/01
/02
He had already gone by
the time I came to the
party
Mother had cooked
dinner before he
came
/03
When I reached the
front door, I realized
that I had lost the key
/04
The shop had closed
by the time I got
there

8.

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