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THE PAST PERFECT SIMPLE

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Forma: vb.aux "have" + vb. de conjugat

(second form) (third form)

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Folosire:
1.Pentru a exprima o actiune trecut� care a avut loc �nainte de un
moment din trecut sau �nantea unei alte actiuni din trecut. De fapt este
echivalentul trecut al lui * PRESENT PERFECT *:

The boy explained that he had seen somebody in the garden.

2.Pentru a exprima durata p�n� �ntr-un moment din prezent:

By the time the rain started, we had dug the whole garden.

3.Cu "just", "already", "hardly/barely" si "no sooner", pentru a ar�ta

c� actiunea trecut� era terminat� putin timp �nantea unei alte actiuni
din trecut:

Mary told us that her brother had just left.

Obs:(1)In ultimul caz, poate ap�rea si o alt� form�, desi este considerat�

Hardly/scarcely had he entered the room

when somebody knocked at the door.

4.Cu "since" si "for" c�nd punctul de referint� este trecut:

In 1980 I had been a teacher for ten years.

5.In vorbirea indirect�, pentru a exprima un timp la * PAST TENSE * sau

la * PRESENT PERFECT * din vorbirea indirect�:
"I saw this film last week", Nick said.
Nick said he had seen that film a week before.

6.Pentru a exprima un verb la * PAST CONDITIONAL * �ntr-o propozitie

conditional�:

I would given her the book if I had met her.

7.Pentru a exprima o dorint� ne�mplinit�:

I wish (wished) I had not missed the train.

8.Dup� "had/would rather" (c�nd subiectele sunt diferite) ori dup�

"as if/as though":

Yesterday I'd rather you had stayed here than gone there.

9.Pentru a exprima o actiune viitoare care ia loc �naintea unei alte

actiuni exprimate de * FUTURE IN THE PAST *:

I told my friend that I would lend him the book after I had read it.