Grammar:

Past Perfect
Tense

Silvy Wulandari
Perfect Tense
Expresses finished actions in the past,
present, and future.
Past Perfect
Tense
Expresses an activity that was
completed before another activity
in the past
I had watched the video before I went to bed.
earlier action later action
past perfect past simple
 The Form.

Subject + had + Past I had watched the video

(+) Participle/V3 (+) before I went to bed.

(-) Subject + had not + Past (-) Before he met her, he

Participle/V3 had not seen her

(?) had you given the

(?) had + subject + past parking script before I
participle + ?
left?
Exercises.
 Find the mistake.
I have played soccer for many years before I
scored a goal
 Correction.
I had played soccer for many years before I
scored a goal
 Find the mistake
After they had ate the crab, they began to feel
sick.
 Correction
After they had eaten the crab, they began to feel
sick.
 Find the mistake.
When we had finished the dinner, we go out
 Correction
When we had finished the dinner, we went out
 Find the mistake
The garden was dead because it was dry all
summer.
 Correction
The garden was dead because it had been dry
all summer.
 LET'S MAKE SENTENCES!

1. She ____(live) in Bandung before she ___(go) to

Bali.

2. I had never ..... before I ....

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