FORM
HAD + PAST PARTICIPLE
Ex: When I arrived, my parents had left.Had you already had lunch when they arrived?We hadn’t finished homework when they came.
Auxiliary for the negative
and interrogative
form.
3rd column of irregular verbs
/-ed
USE•The Past Perfect expresses the idea that something occurred before
another action in the past. That’s why it is often combined with the past simple tense.
Ex: I didn’t have any money because I had lost my purse.
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1.I lose my purse2.I don’t have any money
•To describe a period of time before a past action.
Ex: We had had that car for ten years before it broke down
REPHRASING EXERCISES
Rewrite the sentences using the past perfect and the past simple.
I took an aspirin. Then I felt better.After I had taken an aspirin, I felt better.
1 She did her homework. Then she went to bed.
2 We saw our friends. Then we went home.
3 He rang his parents. Then he felt happy.
4 I went to London. Then I visited Oxford.
•They took some photos. Then they left.
6 First, I bought the ticket. Then, I went into the cinema
Complete with the past simple or past perfect form of the verbs in brackets.
(by the time= when)
1.Pam ______________ (erase) the blackboard before the teacher______________(check) all the exams.
2.Sam ________________ (do) the homework by the time his mum ______________(return) home
3. Mary _____________ (finish) her project and was walking her dog by the time her mother _______________ (arrive) home.
4.By the time Keith ______________(get) to the bus stop, the bus ______________(already/leave).
5. It ________________ (start) to rain when Mary ________________(leave) school.