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Past Perfect Tense [ Simple and Continuous ]

November 24, 2020
in GRAMMAR
Past Perfect Tense Simple and Continuous

Past Perfect Tense Simple and Continuous

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Table of Contents

  • THE PAST PERFECT SIMPLE
      • FORM OF THE PAST PERFECT SIMPLE:
      • USE OF THE PAST PERFECT SIMPLE
        • Put the verbs between brackets in the correct form:
  • THE PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS
      • USES OF THE PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS
        • Put the verbs between the brackets in the correct form: (Past P.S or Past P.C)

THE PAST PERFECT SIMPLE

FORM OF THE PAST PERFECT SIMPLE:

Subject + had + past participle of the verb

Affirmative Negative Interrogative
I had worked I had not worked Had you worked?
He had worked He had not worked Had he worked?
They had worked They had not worked Had they worked?

USE OF THE PAST PERFECT SIMPLE

We use the past perfect tense to show an action that was completed before another action that took place in the past. (Both actions in the past: one comes first and one comes second).

Example:

I had done all my assignments then I went to school.

Exercise:

Put the verbs between brackets in the correct form:

  • When I arrived at the cinema, the film (start / already)

…………………………………………………………………………………………

  • They (live) in France before they moved to Switzerland.

…………………………………………………………………………………………

  • If Leila (listen) to her mother’s advice, she might have succeeded.

…………………………………………………………………………………………

  • The firemen did not arrive until the fire (burn) the forest.

…………………………………………………………………………………………

  • The tourists were late for the plane because they (forget) their passports.

…………………………………………………………………………………………

THE PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS

Form: Subject + had been + verb + ing

Example: she had been living in Casablanca before

USES OF THE PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS

The past perfect continuous shows that a long action had started in the past and continued until another action stopped it.

Sometimes the past perfect continuous shows two actions: one is the cause of the other. (Example: he had been working all night. He could not get up early in the morning.)

Exercise:

Put the verbs between the brackets in the correct form: (Past P.S or Past P.C)

  1. They (work) all day in the farm, so they (not/want) to go to the weeding.

…………………………………………………………………………………………

  1. She (drive) for ten days when we (come) across each other.

…………………………………………………………………………………………

  1. Fred (work) at that company for six months before he (be) chased.

…………………………………………………………………………………………

  1. It (rain) for ten days non-stop and the flood (cover) all the village.

…………………………………………………………………………………………

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Comments 2

  1. Khalissi says:
    3 years ago

    Well-done si Rédouane

    • Redouane Amezoirou says:
      3 years ago

      Thank you so much si Khalissi.

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