Past

Perfec
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•Then what is past perfect?
Where is it used?
Look at the time line below.
I took my I went to
breakfast. school.

8 a.m. 10a.m. NOW

What happened first?  What happened

second?
First:  I ate breakfast.
Second:  I went to school.
• Both of these activities happened in the
past!  However, one happened before the
other.
Here is a common way to write (or say) these
two actions using the past perfect.  The past
perfect is written in red.

REMEMBER
Did you notice
that…
 Simple Past
Tense
He came to my house
T after I had already left.
h
ta is
fa k e a c Past Perfect
ba rth s p tio
pa ck er la n
st i n ce
. t
 Why can’t you do it?

• Make sentences using the time lines.

Om took his Om went out.

dinner.

9p.m.. 9.30p.m. NOW

MakeThe
sentences We reached
train left.using the time lines.
the station.

9p.m.. 9.30p.m. NOW

By, by the time, and when show times.
Take a look at the following examples:

• By 3.30 Om had already gotten home.

• By the time Om reached home, she had cooked his favourite

dish.

• When Om reached home, she had already cooked his

favourite dish.
How is the past perfect formed?
Look at this example.

After he had taken

his music lesson,
he made a call.
 • SOME MORE EXAMPLES.

Bharat had
repaired his car,
before he went fishing.
 What does this mean? Translate into Gujarati.

1. When I reached the station, the train had left.

2. I had written all the questions when the bell
rang.
3.When Amitbhai came, all the students had
come.
4.When Inspector came, all the robbers had run away
5. When teacher checked Parul's notebook, she
had completed her home-work.
6. I had never phoned to Manisha.

7. Reema had taken part in the strike.

8. She had never spoken anything about love before

this.
9.I and Kala had played Table-tennis.
10.I remember that Krupa had helped me in
 The key words of
this tense are:
after
as soon as{had+PP}Past simple
 The key words of
this tense are:
before {past simple}+ Had+PP
By the time
Make similar sentences using after and before.

Finish work-watch TV

After I had finished

work ,I watched TV

Before I watched TV ,I
had finished my work.
 So it is correct to say:
After he had finished the
meeting ,he made a
telephone call.

Before he made a telephone

call ,he had finished the
meeting.
How is the past perfect formed?