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Past Perfect

Past Perfect

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Past Perfect

by Mario Medina

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​Use:

Time up to a point in the past:

​We use the past perfect simple (had + past participle) to talk about time up to a certain point in the past.

  • She had published her first poem by the time she was eight. 

  • We had finished all the water before we were halfway up the mountain.

  • Had the police arrived when you called yesterday?

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​Use:

Past perfect for the earlier of two past actions:

We can use the past perfect to show the order of two past events. The past perfect shows the earlier action and the past simple shows the later action.

  • When the police arrived, the thief had escaped.

It doesn't matter in which order we say the two events. The following sentence has the same meaning.

  • The thief had escaped when the police arrived.

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​Use:

Past perfect with before:

We can also use the past perfect followed by before to show that an action was not done or was incomplete when the past simple action happened.

  • They left before I'd spoken to them.

  • Sadly, the author died before he'd finished the series.

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Contractions:

We can contract the pronouns with the verb had in positive sentences:

  • She'd written a book by the time she was young.

  • ​They left before I'd spoken to them.

​We can contract had + not for negative sentences:

  • ​She hadn't written a book.

  • ​I hadn't spoken to them.

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Grammar structure:

We form the grammar of Past Perfect by using had + past participle:

​+ We had gone before.

​- They had not eaten yet./They hadn't eaten yet.

​? Had you done the dishes? Yes, I had./No, I hadn't.

​WH? Where had you been all this time? I had been there.

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Multiple Choice

They left before I'd spoken to them.

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Past perfect with before

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Past perfect for the earlier of two past actions

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Time up to a point in the past

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Multiple Choice

She had published her first poem by the time she was eight.

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Past perfect with before

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Past perfect for the earlier of two past actions

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Time up to a point in the past

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Multiple Choice

When the police arrived, the thief had escaped.

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Past perfect with before

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Past perfect for the earlier of two past actions

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Time up to a point in the past

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Multiple Choice

My dad had cut the grass.

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-

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?

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Multiple Choice

Had she ridden her bike?

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+

2

-

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?

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Multiple Choice

I hadn't driven a car.

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-

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?

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Multiple Choice

Sam had left us.

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+

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?

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Multiple Choice

He hadn't told us a story.

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+

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?

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Multiple Choice

Had she made her bed?

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+

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?

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Open Ended

Write a sentence using the Past Perfect affirmative.

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Open Ended

Write a sentence using the Past Perfect negaative.

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Open Ended

Write a sentence using the Past Perfect interroative.

Past Perfect

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