Past Perfect

Past Perfect

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01. English verbs. timeline

02. Past Perfect: uses

03. Past Perfect: structure

04. Time expressions

05. Past Perfect: examples

06. Test your Knowledge

07. Quiz

08. Your turn

English Verbs. TIMELINE

The Past Perfect tense is used to speak about an event that had hapened before another past action.However, it has other purposes, such as to express past events that were interrupted by another past event, to talk about past actions that happened at the same time, to describe a cause and effect in the past, etc.

pAst Perfect: uses

REMEMBER!

The past participle of irregular verbs is the third column.In regular verbs, it ends in -ed.

Past Perfect: structure

Time expressions

The car was clean and shiny. They immediately noticed that I had washed it.

I couldn't get into the house because I had lost my keys.

Causative events

Earlier events in the past

He said he had already finished the project

When she died, they had been married for 35 years

Had the invitation emails been sent when you arrived to the office?

She wishes she had studied more for the exam

The passive form

Wishes and regrets

Earlier duration in the past

Reported speech

Past Perfect: Examples

've lived

had waken up

'd lived

'd live

had forgotten

had woken up

had wake up

had forgoten

had forgot

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03

HAD WOKEN UP

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'D LIVED

HAD FORGOTTEN

test your knowledge

By the time I was 1o, I ................... (live) in three different countries.

I tried to call you, but you ................. (forget) your phone here

She wishes she.............................. (wake up) earlier.

What's the verb tense?

What's the verb tense?

gets

did you do

haven't seen

They .................. (not see) each other for 5 years

My sister hardly ever ............... (get) angry.

What.................. (you do) last summer?

Past Continuous

Past Continuous

Present Continuous

Present Continuous

Present Simple

Present Simple

Present Perfect

Past Continuous

Present Perfect

Past Simple

Present Continuous

Past Simple

Past Perfect

Past Perfect

Present Simple

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Present Perfect

03

Past Simple

Quiz

Past Perfect

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What's the verb tense?

What's the verb tense?

What's the verb tense?

What's the verb tense?

was cooking

Had you read

is studying

Be quiet! Lucy ................ (study).

My sister ............................. dinner when I arrived home.

..................... (you/ read) the instructions before you turned on the new laptop?

Past Continuous

Past Continuous

Present Continuous

Present Continuous

Present Simple

Present Simple

Present Perfect

Past Continuous

Present Perfect

Past Simple

Present Continuous

Past Simple

Past Perfect

Past Perfect

Present Simple

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Present Perfect

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Past Simple

Quiz

Past Perfect

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Choose the correct option

Choose the correct option

Get with a partner and answer his/her question

your turn

Create an affirmative sentence in the Past Perfect tense

Create a negative sentence in the Past Perfect tense

Ask a question in the Past Perfect tense