Past Perfect Tense
Narrative Tenses
Past Continuous
Past Simple
Past Perfect
Past Simple
- Finished action in the past
VS
Past Continuous
- Unfinished action in the past
- An action in progress at specific moment in the past
- An action which was interrupted by a short action in the past
- When/while
[PAST PERFECT TENSE
1. The girl had breakfast.2. The girl went to school.
The girl had breakfast. Then, she went to school.
The girl had had breakfast before she went to school.
The girl went to school after she had had breakfast.
The girl had had breakfast when she went to school.
By the time the girl went to school, she had had breakfast.
The girl had breakfast. Then, she went to school.
Simple Past Tense
The girl had had breakfast before she went to school.
help verb
V3
Simple Past Tense
Past Perfect
1. The woman woke up.2. The woman made a cup of coffee.
The woman woke up. Then, she made a cup of coffee.
The woman had woken up before she made a cup of coffee.
The boy missed the bus after she had woken up.
1. The man got much money.2. The man bought a new car.
The man got much money. Then, he bought a new car.
The man had got much money before he bought a new car.
The man bought a new car after he had got much money.
POOR MAN!WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM?
Read the story.
Frirady was an auwfl day for Rboret. He fnisheid wrok ltae and tehn he had smoe porbelms on his wasy hmoe. The traiffc was heviaer than eevr and it was gitteng fgogy. So he was ralley dleaeyd and terid! And wehn he fainlly got hmoe, he culdno't bileeve his eeys!
When he arrived home, he realized that he had been burgled!
The burglars had broken the door, ...
had smashed ....
had ....
had locked his dog in the car, ....
had ....
had ....
had ....
Poor Robert, he will have to install an alarm system as soon as possible!
Which one happened first?
Robert got home. or The burglars broke the door.
PRESENT
Robert got home.
The burglars broke the door.
2nd event
PAST
1st event
The event which happened before another event in the past should use past perferct tense.
The burglars had broken the window by the time Robert got home.
When Robert got home, the burglars had broken the door.
The burglars had broken the door before Robert got home.
To connect the two events in the past, we used a conjunction such as after, before, when, just, already, by the time, etc.
The form
The burglars had smashed the window when Robert got home.
S + had + verb 3
main verb
Aux verb
Contractions
I hadn't => I had not You hadn't => You had not She hadn't => She had not He hadn't => He had not They hadn't => They had not We hadn't => We had not It hadn't => It had not
I'd => I had You'd => You had She'd => She had He'd => He had They'd => They had We'd => We had It'd => It had
She'd not been there. --> It's ok but less common
The form
S + had + adverb + verb 3
... had just finished. ... had already eaten.
The adverb
just
already
when one event happens IMMEDIATELY before the other
when one event happens early/earlier than expected
PRACTICE
Event 1: We heard a strange noise. Event 2: The lights went out. (immediately after)
PRACTICE
Event 1: I decided to leave.Event 2: The boss called me for a meeting.
PRACTICE
Event 1: The prices increased. (unexpectedly early)Event 2: We bought plane tickets.
PRACTICE
Event 1: She looked around for help.Event 2: A salesperson appeared. (immediately after).
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Past Perfect Tense
Narrative Tenses
Past Continuous
Past Simple
Past Perfect
Past Simple
VS
Past Continuous
[PAST PERFECT TENSE
1. The girl had breakfast.2. The girl went to school.
The girl had breakfast. Then, she went to school.
The girl had had breakfast before she went to school.
The girl went to school after she had had breakfast.
The girl had had breakfast when she went to school.
By the time the girl went to school, she had had breakfast.
The girl had breakfast. Then, she went to school.
Simple Past Tense
The girl had had breakfast before she went to school.
help verb
V3
Simple Past Tense
Past Perfect
1. The woman woke up.2. The woman made a cup of coffee.
The woman woke up. Then, she made a cup of coffee.
The woman had woken up before she made a cup of coffee.
The boy missed the bus after she had woken up.
1. The man got much money.2. The man bought a new car.
The man got much money. Then, he bought a new car.
The man had got much money before he bought a new car.
The man bought a new car after he had got much money.
POOR MAN!WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM?
Read the story.
Frirady was an auwfl day for Rboret. He fnisheid wrok ltae and tehn he had smoe porbelms on his wasy hmoe. The traiffc was heviaer than eevr and it was gitteng fgogy. So he was ralley dleaeyd and terid! And wehn he fainlly got hmoe, he culdno't bileeve his eeys!
When he arrived home, he realized that he had been burgled!
The burglars had broken the door, ...
had smashed ....
had ....
had locked his dog in the car, ....
had ....
had ....
had ....
Poor Robert, he will have to install an alarm system as soon as possible!
Which one happened first?
Robert got home. or The burglars broke the door.
PRESENT
Robert got home.
The burglars broke the door.
2nd event
PAST
1st event
The event which happened before another event in the past should use past perferct tense.
The burglars had broken the window by the time Robert got home.
When Robert got home, the burglars had broken the door.
The burglars had broken the door before Robert got home.
To connect the two events in the past, we used a conjunction such as after, before, when, just, already, by the time, etc.
The form
The burglars had smashed the window when Robert got home.
S + had + verb 3
main verb
Aux verb
Contractions
I hadn't => I had not You hadn't => You had not She hadn't => She had not He hadn't => He had not They hadn't => They had not We hadn't => We had not It hadn't => It had not
I'd => I had You'd => You had She'd => She had He'd => He had They'd => They had We'd => We had It'd => It had
She'd not been there. --> It's ok but less common
The form
S + had + adverb + verb 3
... had just finished. ... had already eaten.
The adverb
just
already
when one event happens IMMEDIATELY before the other
when one event happens early/earlier than expected
PRACTICE
Event 1: We heard a strange noise. Event 2: The lights went out. (immediately after)
PRACTICE
Event 1: I decided to leave.Event 2: The boss called me for a meeting.
PRACTICE
Event 1: The prices increased. (unexpectedly early)Event 2: We bought plane tickets.
PRACTICE
Event 1: She looked around for help.Event 2: A salesperson appeared. (immediately after).
THANK YOU