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Understanding Past Perfect Tense

The past perfect tense expresses an activity that was completed before another past activity or time. It is formed using had plus the past participle of the main verb. The past perfect is used to show that one event happened before another in the past. It is not always necessary if other contextual clues make the time relationship clear, such as using words like "before" or "after".

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Understanding Past Perfect Tense

The past perfect tense expresses an activity that was completed before another past activity or time. It is formed using had plus the past participle of the main verb. The past perfect is used to show that one event happened before another in the past. It is not always necessary if other contextual clues make the time relationship clear, such as using words like "before" or "after".

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PAST PERFECT TENSE

FUNCTION
THE PAST PERFECT EXPRESS AN
ACTIVITY THAT WAS COMPLETED
BEFORE ANOTHER ACTIVITY OR TIME
IN THE PAST.
STRUCTURE
(+) SUBJECT + HAD + PAST PARTICIPLE (V3)
(-) SUBJECT + HAD + NOT + PAST PARTICIPLE (V3)
(?) HAD + SUBJECT + PAST PARTICIPLE (V3)
EXAMPLES AND NOTES
PAST PERFECT
(a) Sam had already left by the time Ann THE PAST PERFECT EXPRESSES AN
got there ACTIVITY THAT WAS COMPLETED
(b) The thief simply walked in. BEFORE ANOTHER ACTION IN THE
Someone had forgotten to lock the door. PAST.

(c) Sam had already left when Ann got First : Sam left.
there. Second : Ann got there.
(d) Sam had left before Ann got there. If either before or after is used in the
(e) Sam left before Ann got there. sentence, the past perfect is often not
necessary, it is because the time
(f) After the guests had left, I went to bed. relationship is already CLEAR.
(g) After the guests left, I went to bed. So, (d) and (e) have the same meaning
(f) and (g) also have the same
meaning.
TAKE NOTES!
THE AUXILIARY VERB “HAD” (BUT NOT THE MAIN VERB 2
‘HAD’) IS USUALLY CONTRACTED WITH PERSONAL PRONOUNS
IN BOTH SPEAKING AND INFORMAL WRITING
FOR EXAMPLE: THEY’D NEVER SEEN IT BEFORE.
HAD IS ALSO OFTEN CONTRACTED WITH NOUNS AND OTHER
WORDS IN INFORMAL SPEAKING, BUT NOT WRITING.
FOR EXAMPLE: AZRENE’D NEVER MET HIM BEFORE
ASSIGNMENTS!
You will do PART A AND B AT THE SAME PAGE!
Type it in Ms. Word AND DON’T FORGET TO SAVE IN Pdf Format
Font “Times New Roman”, Font size 12, Space 1,5.
And then send it to my google drive https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1HMC5hLTEK-
_hYXSXHMZE32jcSwJiivPo

A. Directions: Complete the sentences with your own words!


1. I had never …… before I …… .
2. By the time ……, he had already …… .
3. I had never ……, until I …… .
4. After I had already ……, my …… .
5. When I ……, someone else had already …… .
B. Directions: Use the simple past or the past perfect to complete the sentences. Are there
some blanks where either tense is possible?

1. Sam (be) …… a newspaper reporter before he (become) …… a businessman.


2. I (feel) …… a little better after I (take) …… the medicine.
3. I was late. The teacher (give, already) …… a quiz when I (get) …… to class.
4. It was raining hard, but by the time class (be) …… over, the rain (stop) …… .
5. Millions of years ago, dinosaurs (roam) …… the earth, but they (became) ….. extinct by
the time humankind first (appear) …… .

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