PAST PERFECT

PAST PERFECT

by Gladys Arce

PAST PERFECT

​Use the past perfect to refer to something that happened before a specific time in the past. 

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by Gladys Arce

 ​STRUCTURE:

AFIRMATIVE STATEMENTS: S+ HAD+ PAST PARTICIPLE 

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​NEGATIVE STATEMENTS:     S+ HAD + NOT (hadn't) + past participle

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​INTERROGATIVE STATEMENTS: ?

• ​YES/NO QUESTIONS: HAD + S + (EVER) + PAST PARTICIPLE

• ANSWERS: Yes, I had - No, I hadn't ​

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​INFORMATION QUESTIONS (WH): WH + HAD + S+ PAST PARTICIPLE

by Gladys Arce

 ​EXAMPLES:

• AFIRMATIVE STATEMENTS: S+ HAD+ PAST PARTICIPLE 

​I was interested in Krakatoa because I had read a book about it.

• ​NEGATIVE STATEMENTS:     S+ HAD + NOT (hadn't) + past participle

​I visited Japan last year, I hadn't been there before, so it was new to me.

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​INTERROGATIVE STATEMENTS: 

• ​YES/NO QUESTIONS: HAD + S + (EVER) + PAST PARTICIPLE

• ​Had you ever seen a tornado before you moved here?

• ANSWERS: Yes, I had - No, I hadn't ​

​​INFORMATION QUESTIONS (WH): WH + HAD + S+ PAST PARTICIPLH

​What had you heard about volcanos before you visited one?

by Gladys Arce

Multiple Choice

Before she had dinner, she ...... in the garden.

• had worked
• worked
• was working
• has worked

Multiple Choice

That was the first time I ... salsa in a night club.

• had danced
• had dance
• danced
• didn't dance

Multiple Choice

Terry wasn't at home when I visited his place. He ....................... out.

• has just gone
• had just gone
• just went
• have just gone

Multiple Choice

She ... to Michael before because she was too shy to start a conversation

• hadn't spoken
• hadn't spoke
• hadnot spoken
• hadn't speak

Multiple Choice

I thought I knew her. I thought I ................ her before.

• had seen
• have seen
• saw
• did see

Multiple Choice

When the painter ____ (go), I washed the floor

• had gone
• went
• was going
• gone

Multiple Choice

Before the police arrived, the thief _______ (got) away

• had gotten
• have been getting
• was getting
• got

Multiple Choice

By the time I arrived, the meeting _____ (start)

• had started
• started
• has been starting
• was starting

Multiple Choice

I went to Brazil last year. I ___________ (not go) there before.

• had gone

• went

• hadn't gone

Multiple Choice

... to the National Museum before we went last month?

• Have you been
• Had you been
• Had you be
• Hadn't you been

Multiple Choice

We were late for the plane because we...(forgot) our passports

• forgot

• forgetting

• had forgetting

• had forgotten