ANIMATED CHALKBOARD PRESENTATION

Past Perfect

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Saira Guevara

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. The past perfect is used to refer to an action that occurred in the past before another. In this case, the first action is conjugated in the past perfect, while the second, the most recent, is conjugated in the simple past.

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affirmative structure

Subject + auxiliary had + past verb + complement

I had met them before the meeting You He/She/It You We They

- Genially

02

negative structure

Subject + auxiliary had + don't + past verb + complement

- Genially

I had don't said how long will the video call isYou She/It/He You We They

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interrogative structure

Auxiliary had + subject + past verb + complement?

Had I gone to eat before lunch time? you it/she/he we they

JUST

The adverb just (barely) is very useful for sentences in the past perfect. This grammatical particle helps to emphasize that one action occurred shortly before another happened.

The bus had just arrived to the station when I bought my ticket (El autobús acababa de llegar a la estación cuando compré mi boleto).

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