PRESENT AND PAST PERFECT

PAST PERFECT

Let's review...

What is the past perfect?

The past perfect refers to a time earlier than before now. It is used to make it clear that one event happened before another in the past. It does not matter which event is mentioned first - the tense makes it clear which one happened first.

Multiple Choice

El past perfect es un tiempo verbal que...

• ... se utiliza principalmente para expresar acciones que ocurrieron con anterioridad a otras que tuvieron lugar en el pasado.

• ... no se utiliza principalmente para expresar acciones que ocurrieron con anterioridad a otras que tuvieron lugar en el pasado.

• ... se utiliza principalmente para expresar acciones que ocurrieron con anterioridad a otras que tienen lugar en el presente.

• Ninguna opción es correcta.

Forming the past perfect

The Past Perfect tense in English is composed of two parts: the past tense of the verb to have (had) + the past participle of the main verb.

Multiple Choice

The PAST perfect is formed by...

• HAVE + PAST PARTICIPLE

• AM/ IS/ ARE + PAST PARTICIPLE

• HAD + PAST PARTICIPLE

• AM / IS / ARE + V-ING

EXAMPLES

Multiple Choice

__________________ (to have dinner/ your husband) when you got home?

• Had your husband had dinner...

• Had your husband have dinner...

• Has your husband have dinner...

• Ninguna opción es correcta.

Multiple Choice

When we arrived, the show ____________ (to start)

• have started.

• didn't start.

• had started.

• hasn't started.

Multiple Choice

We ate cherries from the tree that my grandfather ____________ (to plant) many years before.

• had planted

• has planted

• have planted

• haven't planted