Past Perfect and Verbs to like

USE 1 Completed Action Before Something in the Past

The Past Perfect expresses the idea that something occurred before another action in the past.
It can also show that something happened before a specific time in the past.

Examples:
1. I had never seen such a beautiful beach before I went to Kauai.
2. I did not have any money because I had lost my wallet.
3. Tony knew Istanbul so well because he had visited the city several
times.
4. Had Susan ever studied Thai before she moved to Thailand?
5. She only understood the movie because she had read the book.

USE 2 Duration before something in the past (Non-Continuous 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.

1. We had had that car for ten years before it broke down.
2. By the time Alex finished his studies, he had been in London
for over eight years.
3. 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 noncontinuous 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.
Affirmative Form of the Past Perfect Tense
Subject
I

Verb in past
participle

had
had

done

My
homework

Negative form of the Past Perfect Tense

You can use the adverb not to make the sentence negative.
Subject

had

not

Past
participle

She

had

not

played

ches
s

You can use a contraction of hadntand not to make the sentence negative.
Subject

She

hadnt

hadnt
ous

Had

tenis

playe
d

Questions in the Past Perfect Tense

Had

Past
participle

subject

you

past participle

danced

tap ?

Examples:
My cousin Betsy had changed a lot since the last year I saw her.
I had eaten enough cake when my boyfriend arrived.
You hadnt watched my new bed.
Had he been in Italy before?

Verb to like
- What kind of music do you like?
- I like heavy, gothic and epic metal and classical music.
- I like baking cakes
- My sister likes swimming on the beach; she hates swimming in a pool.

Present Simple (verb to like)

USE (Think in ENGLISH!)

We use the verb to like in the present simple to talk about PREFERENCES or to express interest
about something or someone.
Subject + verb to like + NOUN
When we talk about nouns after the verb to like we talk about things in general therefore we
use THE PLURAL FORM for countable nouns.
Examples:
- I like mangoes. (NOT: i like a mango)
- Do you like dogs or cats?
- What kind of movies does your friend like?

NOTE:
With nouns that are UNCOUNTABLE (nouns you cannot form in plural e.g. RICE, WATER, MUSIC)
we DO NOT put it in a plural form obviously.

Examples:
- Maria likes beer. (NOT: Maria likes beers because beer in an uncountable noun
in English)
- What kind of music do you like?
- I like Italian food.

(Affirmative) Subject + verb to like + verb GERUND FORM (-ing)

When we want to use a verb as a complement we use the verb in the gerund form (-ING
ENDING e.g. dancing, going out, running, swimming etc)
Examples:
- I like going to the disco.
- My wife likes cooking.
- What do you like doing?

(Negative) Subject + dont/doesnt + verb to like + verb GERUND FORM (-ing)

Examples:
- I like dont going to the disco.
- My wife doesnt like cooking.
(Interrogative) Do/does + Subject + verb to like + verb GERUND FORM (-ing)
Examples:
- Do I like going to the disco?
- Does my wife like cooking?
- What do you like doing?