Norma Angélica Tolentino Mercado PAST PERFECT SIMPLE TENSE Autor: Norma Angélica Tolentino Mercado

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).

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).

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

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

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.

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. Salir