WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF PAST PERFECT TENSE?

• describes actions or situations that were ongoing in the past.

• describe actions or events that were completed at a specific point in the past.

• describes an action that was completed at some point in the past before another action took place.

WHAT IS THE STRUCTURE OF A PAST PERFECT SENTENCE?

• Subject + Had + Past Participle

• Subject + was/were + present participle (verb+ing) + (complement)

• Subject + past tense verb + (complement)

• Subject + Had + Past Participle + Present Participle

WHAT IS THE USAGE OF PAST PERFECT TENSE?

• To talk about actions and states in progress (happening) around a particular time in the past.

• Third Conditional

• To talk about definite time in the past.

• Indicating sequence

COMMON MISTAKE MADE WHEN CONSTRUCTING A PAST PERFECT SENTENCE

• Subject Verb Agreement

• Misplaced Modifiers

• Misplacing “Had”

• Pronoun Errors

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WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF TURNING PAST PERFECT SENTENCE INTO PASSIVE VOICE?

• The past perfect passive voice is often used to emphasize the action itself rather than the doer of the action.

• Makes sentences clearer by emphasizing the subject’s action.

WHAT IS THE STRUCTURE OF A PAST PERFECT SENTENCE IN PASSIVE VOICE?

• Subject + had + past participle + (optional additional information)

• Object + "had been" + past participle of the verb + “by” subject

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