1. Tr:Amal suliman Almatrafi
The past perfect tense
Tr:Amal suliman Almatrafi

2. The form of the past perfect simple
Positive
Negative
Interrogative
I had worked.
I had not worked.
Had you worked?
had you worked?
You had not worked
You had worked

3. NOTE I had worked = I‘d worked He had worked = He‘d worked
I had not = I hadn't worked 
He had not = He hadn’t worked

4. Examples
Had you finished the job?
No, I hadn't finished yet.
Yes, I had already finished.
She‘d just finished her job.

5. Remember Examples Rule play - played visit - visited finish -finished
The past participle of regular verbs is:
Examples
Rule
play - played  visit - visited finish -finished
Verb + ed

6. The past participle of irregular verbs can't be predicted (there is no rule). Here are some examples:
Past participle
Simple past
Infinitive
been come gone done met
was/were came went did met
be come go  do meet

7. The uses of the past perfect simple tense:
Use the past perfect tense to show an action that was completed prior to another action that took place in the past.
Examples:
1- He had learned Spanish before he went to Spain.
2- President Lincoln had attended the theater before his assassination in 1865.
3- They had had lunch when I arrived.

8. Exercises

9. Complete the sentences in past perfect simple (affirmative form.)
I lost the key that he (give)_________ to me.
He told me that he (see)___________ the film .
I went outside as I (hear)__________ a noise.

10. Complete the sentences in past perfect simple (negative).
The waiter served something that we (not / order)__________ .
He went to the country which he (not / visit)__________ before.
She picked out the red dress, which she (not / wear)_________ for ages.

11. Complete the questions in past perfect simple.
1- (you / finish)_________ your homework before you went to the cinema?
2- Why (you / not /clean))__________ the bathroom before you took a bath?
3- (you / have)____________ breakfast before you left the house?

12. Answers key
Complete the sentences in past perfect simple (affirmative form.)
I lost the key that he (give) had given / 'd given  to me.
He told me that he (see) had seen / 'd seen  the film.
I went outside as I (hear) had heard / 'd heard  a noise.
Complete the sentences in past perfect simple (negative).
The waiter served something that we (not / order) had not ordered / hadn't ordered .
He went to the country which he (not / visit) had not visited / hadn't visited  before.
She picked out the red dress, which she (not / wear) had not worn / hadn't worn  for ages.
Complete the questions in past perfect simple.
(you / finish) Had you finished  your homework before you went to the cinema?
Why (you / not /clean) had not you cleaned / hadn't you cleaned  the bathroom before you took a bath?
(you / have) Had you had  breakfast before you left the house?