1. Norma Angélica Tolentino Mercado
PAST PERFECT
SIMPLE TENSE
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Norma Angélica Tolentino Mercado

2. Past Perfect Simple Tense
The past perfect is used for an action which happened before another past action or a specific time in the past.
Example:
When Jim came to the cinema,
Ann and Stuart had already entered
to the cinema. (They entered to the cinema
First. Jim arrived to the cinema afterwards).

3. Past Perfect Simple Tense
The past perfect is used for an action which finished in the past and whose result was visible in the past.
Example:
She was happy. He had signed an
important contract (the action
finished in the past and its result
was visible in the past too).

4. Yes, I had./No I hadn’t. etc
Form/ Use
We form the Past perfect simple with
had + the past participle of the main verb.
Affirmative:
I had eaten a delicious pie.
Negative:
I had not/hadn’t eaten a delicious pie.
Interrogative:
Had I eaten a delicious pie?
Short answers:
Yes, I had./No I hadn’t. etc

5. The following are the useful time expressions used in past perfect.
by the time
as soon as
never
until
just
after
when
already as
before

6. Time Expressions Examples:
The bus had already left by the time we arrived to the station.
Karen went to bed as soon as her guest had left.
We played Monopoly after we had finished dinner.

7. Examples: My sister had just got into the shower when the phone rang.
Karen didn’t go to sleep until she had finished the book.
Helen had spoken to George several times before He asked her out to dinner.
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