We use the past perfect to refer to actions that happened _____ a specific time or another action in the past.
before
when we want to make an order events clearer, the main past actions usually in .....form.
past simple
When Airi _______ at school, she realized she _______ her textbook. ( arrive , forget )
Arrived, had forgotten
How do we form past simple?
S+had+Past Perticiple/ Had + v3
what time reference/signal when we use past perfect?
before/after
The film ________________ by the time we got to the cinema.( start )
had started
I needed to know what ______________ to my dog.( happen )
had happened
How to make past perfect in question sentence form?
had+ S + Past Prticiple/v3
When I _______ the new teacher, I was so surprised. I _______ his class before! ( meet, take )
met , had taken
I was sure that I ___________ her before. ( see )
had seen
We use the past perfect to refer to actions that happened _____ a specific time or another action in the past.
before
Julia left the restaurant after she _________ eating. ( finish )
had finished
I was at a boarding school before I ___( go )to university, so I knew how to look after myself, but some of my classmates ____ ( not go away ) ) from home and found it hard to manage without their parents at first.
went, had never been away,
We use the past perfect to refer to actions that happened _____ a specific time or another action in the past.
before
What is the purpose of using Past Perfect?
To talk about events or actions happened before another action or even in the past
We often use 'd (the short form of had) in the ______.
affirmative/positive sentence
The school team _____ ( not play ) in a real stadium before, and they___ (be ) very excited to see so many spectators when they ran out onto the pitch.
had never play, were
When John arrived late for his exam he ___ ( be ) upset because nobody ____(tell) him the time ____( change )
was, had told, had changed
We form the past perfect with had and the _____ of the main verb.
past participle
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