Date: GUIDE # 8

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PAST PERFECT TENSE

"Yesterday is History,
Tomorrow a Mystery,
Today is a Gift, That’s
why it's called the
Present"

PAST PERFECT FORM [HAD] + [PAST PARTICIPLE]

Examples: I had studied a little English when I came to the U.S.
They had never met an American until they met John

POSITIVE
I had worked I´d worked
You had worked you´d worked
He / she / it had worked he/she/it´d worked
We had worked we´d worked
You had worked you´d worked
They had worked they´d worked

· NEGATIVE
I had not worked I hadn´t worked
You had not worked You hadn´t worked
He / she / it had not worked He / she / it hadn´t worked
We had not worked We hadn´t worked
You had not worked You hadn´t worked
They had not worked They hadn´t worked

· QUESTION
Had I worked? Yes, I had No, I hadn´t
Had you worked? Yes, you had No, you hadn´t
Had he/she/it worked? Yes, he/she/it had No, he/she/it hadn´t
Had we worked? Yes, we had No, we hadn´t
Had you worked? Yes, you had No, you hadn´t
Had they worked? Yes, they had No, they hadn´t

1. Practice Reading
Read the example and answer the questions
Example:

A. Why didn’t Mr. and Mrs. Henderson see a movie last weekend?
The weekend
before B. They didn’t want to. They had seen a movie the weekend before
 A. Why didn’t Barry go canoeing last Saturday
The evening before
B. __________________________________________________________

A. Why didn’t your parents eat out yesterday evening?

The Saturday before
B. __________________________________________________________

A. Why didn’t Mery make eggs for breakfast yesterday morning?

The morning before
B. __________________________________________________________

A. Why didn’t you have pizza for dinner last night?

The night before
B. __________________________________________________________

A. Why _____________________________________________________
The Sunday before
B. __________________________________________________________

2. Practice Reading
a. There are eighteen verbs in the past participle form in the letter soup. Write them on the lines

SPEAK TAKE GO
BUILD MAKE READ
WRITE RUN BEGIN
SEE LOSE BREAK
BE BUY EAT
THINK GIVE KNOW

W R I T T E N J B E B S E U D
S E A A U W U G E U O S E E N
S A T K O N R W E I U L O M S
A D R E O E R A N L G A M N B
S D E N O Y E D L A H E K J E
P I A N V J B U I L T A E I G
O O E V B R O K E N A T N R U
K N L Y E P O R N A A E D R N
E A G I V E N P D I O N C R O
N V O E O L D A D R U N K N R
D I N I G A U M E A Z C N I M
A S E S I L O S T M Z U O R A
I A L Y L V O E B L A I W R D
R T H O U G H T A S G S N A E

01. _Spoken__________ 07. __________________ 13. __________________

02. __________________
03. __________________
04. __________________
05. __________________
06. __________________
08. __________________
09. __________________
10. __________________
11. __________________
12. __________________
14. __________________
15. __________________
16. __________________
17. __________________
18. __________________

b. Order the words and write the sentence into the past perfect. Look at the example

You / called you / had / when / eaten breakfast / I /?

Had you eaten breakfast when I called you?________

 Had / studied / you / for the test / very much?

___________________________________________________________________________
 a famous dancer / Fred Astaire / had / for years / been / before he died in 1987
___________________________________________________________________________

 been / Mr. and Mrs. Johnson / married / Mrs. Johnson died / for 30 years / had / when.
___________________________________________________________________________

 again / didn´t want to see it / I / and / that movie / seen / had / I

_____________________________________________________________________________

c. Mix and Match

1. By the time I got to her house _3_ I hadn´t seen him for years
2. When I turned on the TV ___ I´d never met her before
3. It was nice to see Richard again ___ I had left the door open
4. I wasn´t hungry in the evening ___ but he had already got one
5. I went to see if the painters had finished ___ I´d had a huge lunch
6. I met Oliver´s wife at the party ___ but they hadn´t even started
7. When I got home, I realized ___ the program had already started
8. I bought him a camera ___ she had already left

d. Put the verbs into the correct form (past perfect simple).

 The storm destroyed the sandcastle that we (build) ___had built______

 He (not / be) __________________________ to Cape Town before 1997.

 When she went out to play, she (do / already) ________________________ her homework.

 My brother ate all of the cake that our mum (make) _________________________

 The doctor took off the plaster that he (put on)_________________________ six weeks before.

 The waiter brought a drink that I (not / order) ________________________________

 I could not remember the poem we (learn) ______________________ the week before.

 The children collected the chestnuts that (fall)_________________________ from the tree.

 (he / phone)______________________ Angie before he went to see her in London?

 She (not / ride)________________________a horse before that day.

e. Change the verb into the correct form. Use Past Simple or Past Perfect. Look at the examples

 She __had baked___ (bake) a lot before she ___opened____ (open) her shop.

 We ____had_____ (have) a lot of troubles because we __had lost____ (lose) our passport.

 Brayan ________________ (know) many people at the club because he ______________ (be)
there many times.

 They _____________ (study) English before they ________________ (move) to Canada.

 You ______________ (enjoy) the movie because you _______________ (read) the book.

 She really ________________ (like) him because he _________________ (help) her.

 Amy _________________ (study) a lot before she _________________ (take) the test.

 We __________ (get) into the restaurant only because we ______________ (reserve) our places

 Sharon _______________ (be) very sick until she ____________ (stop) eating junk food.

 You ___________ (cook) a lot, because you _______________ (be) so hungry