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Past perfect tense

We use past perfect when:

• We talk about situations that happened before other actions in the past or a certain moment.

What is the Past Perfect Tense?

• The past perfect is a verb tense which is used to show that an action took place once or many times ^before another point in the past. 

How we form the past perfect?

Take care with irregular verbs!!!

The Past Perfect Tense Usage

1. To describe an action finished before another past action

Example: Richard had gone out when his wife arrived in the office.

2. To describe an action that happened before a specific time in the past

Example: Christine had never been to an opera before last night.

3. To describe cause and effect (combine with Past Simple)

Example: I got stuck in traffic because there had been an accident.

4. To emphasize the result of activity in the past

Example: I had been to London twice by the time I got a job in New York.

Examples

• We had had that car for ten years ^before it broke down.

• They felt bad about selling the house because they had owned it for more than forty years.

• By the time Alex finished his studies, he had been in London for over eight years.

Multiple Select

Select the option that completes the sentence correctly:

She _________________________ in this place before.

• have worked

• had worked

• has worked

• had work

Multiple Select

Select the option that completes the question correctly:

_________ you __________ English before?

• Had / studied

• Had / study

• Have / studied

• Has / studied

Multiple Select

Select the option that completes the sentence correctly:

My brother _____________________ that song before.

• Had/ songed

• Has/ singed

• Had/ sung

• Had / singed

Multiple Choice

They _____________ the project yet

• Hadn't Completting

• Hadn't complet

• Hadn't completed

• Hadn't complit

Multiple Choice

She ______ never ______ Sushi

• Had / eating

• Had / eated

• Had / eaten

• Had / eats

Multiple Choice

Jackson ________ _____ with his brother

• hadn't played

• hadn't plaied

• hadn't playing

• hadn't play

Multiple Choice

_____ he _____ to the school?

• Had / gone

• Had/ going

• Had/ went

• Had / go

Multiple Choice

She had _____

• Ate
• eating
• Eaten
• Eat