He had gone to the Incahuasi field. He’d gone to the Incahuasi field. They had finished the report. They’ finished the report. a S He had not gone to the Incahuasi field. He hadn’t gone to the Incahuasi field. They had not finished the report. They hadn't finished the report.<__ PAST PERFECT.pdf ec —T, f Had past participle ‘The Past Perfect tense in English is composed of two parts: The past tense of the verb to have (had) + the past participle of the main verb, fk 4 TF, — EZ © CONTRACTIONS Pd You'd er : You'd — They'd |POL a Re aay Had he gone to the Incahuasi field? Yes, he had. — 7 i} iy No, he hadn't. €_. “iat lod they finished the report? Yes, theyhad. & } " ae | No, they bacin’t. a ST, _ A ° Use of past perfect ; @ ime past perfect tense is usually used with two past actions. The verb in the past perfect shows the first past action, I had seen that movie before but / forgot what happened in it. Habja visto esa pelicula antes, pero olvidé lo que sucedis en ella First verb: see; Second verb: forget # 3 . » OY Out7. ae “em The word order can be changed but it doesn’t change the meaning. S > I forgot that I had seen that movie. Olvidé que habia visto esa pelicula. @ We can use the following time expressions: already, yet, for, since, just, after, before, until, the moment that. > They hac not closed the store until the last customer arrived. Ellos no habian cerrado la tienda hasta que el tiltimo cliente leg6. > My friend |): already left when I called her at 7:00 am. Mi amigo ya habia salido cuando yo lo llamé a las 7:00 am. ~ ie TF, — “i > When she arrived home, she liacin’t watched the news yet. ~ - Cuando Hegé a casa, atin no habia visto las noticias. > We had lived here since we were children. Viviamos aqui desde que éramos nifios > Paul had had many girlfriends before he met his wife. Patil habfa tenido muchas novias antes de conocer a su esposa. 7-9 de9 ‘ar