PAST

PERFECT

Petrona Lemus
Sol Riascos
Mily Marín
Marcos Durán
Fabian Iglesias
 What is it?
The Past Perfect tense is a verb
tense used to
express actions that occurred
in the past that
finished before another
action in the past started.
 When is the Past
Perfect used?
These two tenses are both used to talk
about things that happened in the past.
However we use past perfect to talk about
something that happened before
another action in the past, which is
usually expressed by the past simple.
For example:
"I had already eaten my dinner when he called.“
In other words, First I ate my dinner, then he called.
The past perfect is often used with already, yet,
just and even.
FORMATION
 THE PAST PERFECT TENSE IS ALSO
USED
In the if-clause of the third conditional
• If he had come, we would have spent time together.
• We would have spent time together if he had come.

Active / Passive
• George had repaired many cars before
he received his mechanic's license.
(ACTIVE)
• Many cars had been repaired by George before
he received his mechanic's license.
(PASSIVE)
 USE 1:

Examples
 I’d read the book before I saw the movie.
 Donna had just left when you called.
 Had you ever flown before the trip to France?
 USE 2:
DURATION BEFORE SOMETHING IN THE
PAST (NON- CONTINOUS VERBS)

With non-continuous verbs and some non-continuous

uses of mixed verbs, we use the past perfect to show
that something started in the past and continued up
until another action in the past.
 EXAMPLES:
 We had had that car for ten years before it
broke down.
 By the time Alex finished his studies, he had
been in London for over eight years.
 They felt bad about selling the house because
they had owned it for more than forty years.

Although the above use of past perfect is normally

limited to non-continuous verbs and non-continuous
uses of mixed verbs, the words "live," "work," "teach,"
and "study" are sometimes used in this way even
though they are NOT non-continuous verbs.
Time Expressions
Before, By

• Before we went to
India, we’d never been abroad.

• My brother hadn´t fallen from

the stairs before the time we
arrived.
 1.
Some: phrases affirmatives
Any: phrases negatives and interrogatives

Examples:
• Had I sold any apple before 8 o´clock?
• I hadn’t sold any apple before 8 o’clock.
• I had visited some friends before traveling .

2. Examples:
Just Always • He had previously
When Only studied English before
Already Never he moved to London.
Ever Still • I’d just turned out
not yet Once the light when
the phone rang.