Past Perfect To be Am, is , are Was, were been

jueves, 20 de septiembre de 2012

10:10 a.m. Regular verbs Listen Listened listened
Touch Touched touched
taste Tasted tasted
Irregular Verbs Speak Spoke Spoken
Read Read Read
Write Wrote Written
See Saw seen
Hear Heard Heard
smell smelt smelt

Past perfect
Affirmative
Active Voice Passive voice
I had listened to carranga music. Carranga music had been listened to by me
Yo había escuchado música carranga. Música carranga había sido escuchado por mi.

You had touched the surface The surface had been touched by you.
Tu habías tocado la superficie. La superficie había sido tocada por ti.

He had tasted the lunch. The lunch had been tasted by him.
Él había probado el almuerzo. El almuerzo había sido probado por él.

She had spoken in different Different languages had been spoken by

languages. her.
Ella había hablado en diferentes idiomas. Diferentes idiomas habían sido hablados por ella.

It had read Technical information. Tecnical information had been read by it.
Eso había leído información técnica. Información técnica había sido leída por eso.

We had written text messages. Text messages had been written by us.
Nosotros habíamos escrito mensajes de texto. Mensajes de texto habían sido escritos por nosotros.

You had seen science fiction films. Sci Fi films had been seen by you.
Ustedes habían visto películas de ciencia ficción. Películas de ciencia ficción habían sido visto por ustedes.

They had heard the nature sounds. Nature sounds had been heard by them.
Ellas habían oído los sonidos de la naturaleza. Sonidos de la naturaleza habían sido escuchados por
ellas.

Exercises:

1. present the test available on the below link:

http://www.learnenglish.de/Games/Tenses/PastPerfectTest.htm

2. Practice using "google translator"

The positive - make it with 'had' + the past participle (usually made by adding
'ed' to the infinitive, but a few verbs have irregular past participles):
(Also, here's some help if you are not sure how to pronounce '-ed' at the end
of a verb).
• I had been (I'd been)
You had gone (you'd gone)

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 • You had gone (you'd gone)
• She had met (she'd met)
• He had played (he'd played)
• It had rained (it'd rained)
• We had bought (we'd bought)
• They had studied (they'd studied)

The short form for 'had' is 'd.

(Be careful not to confuse it with 'would'. Would is followed by the infinitive -
'I'd go', whereas had is followed by the past participle - 'I'd gone').
For the negative just add 'not':
• I had not been (I hadn't been)
• You had not gone (you hadn't gone)
• She had not met (she hadn't met)
• He had not played (he hadn't played)
• It had not rained (it hadn't rained)
• We had not bought (we hadn't bought)
• They had not studied (they hadn't studied)

Here's a exercise about the positive and negative forms.

And to make a 'yes / no' question put 'had' before the subject:
• Had I come?
• Had you eaten?
• Had she gone?
• Had it rained?
• Had he studied?
• Had we met?
• Had they left?

For 'wh' questions put the question word at the beginning:

• When had I come?
• Why had you eaten?
• Where had she gone?
• When had it rained?
• Why had he studied?
• How had we met?
• When had they left?

Pegado de <http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/past-perfect.html>

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