Past Perfect

Grammar

Session 3, Nov 20.2012

Mr Roheli

Past Perfect

Main format:

+  (regular verb)à Subject + tobe (had)+ infinitive + -ed

+  (irregular verb)à Subject + tobe (had)+ 3^rd coloum of  the table of the irregular verb

-  à  Subject + tobe (had) + not + infinitive –ed / 3^rd coloum of  the table of the irregular verb

? à  Tobe (had) + subject + infinitive –ed / 3^rd coloum of  the table of the irregular verb

Example:

	Subject	To be		Verb	Object
+	You,They,We, I,It,He,She	had		played	football
				gone	home
-	You,They,We, I,It,He,She	had	Not	played	football
				gone	home
?	Had	You,They,We, I,It,He,She		played	football
				gone	home

Past Perfect - Diagram

We use the Past Perfect for an action which was completed before a special point of time in the past.

 

Example:

I had already eaten by the time I got home.

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We often use the Past Perfect together with the Simple Past. The action which was completed before the other action began is put into Past Perfect.

 

Example:

Ilham had already left  when we got there.-à Past perfect + when + simple past

Ilham had left before we got there. à Past perfect + Before + simple past