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3-2 Past Perfec… $ #

The day after the storm, we drove through

Stanley Park. We saw that the wind had
destroyed many of the trees.

Form

Past Perfect Simple = had + past

participle

Positive Negative Questions

I had eaten. I Had I

(I'd eaten) hadn't eaten. eaten?

You had You hadn't Had you

gone. gone. gone?
(You'd
gone)

She had She hadn't Had she

met him. met him. met him?
(She'd met
him)

He had He hadn't Had he

played. played. played?
(He'd
played)

It had It hadn't Had it

rained. (It'd rained. rained?
rained)

We had We hadn't Had we

bought it. bought it. bought it?
(We'd
bought it)

They had They hadn't Had they

studied. studied. studied?
(They'd
studied)

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Use

We often describe events that

happened in the past by starting with a
sentence in the Past Simple:

I got up at 7 AM this morning.

If we want to talk about things that

happened before this action, we use
the Past Perfect Simple:

The storm had already !nished.

The Past Perfect is commonly used to

describe someone's experience before
a time in the past. For this meaning, it is
common to use never , ever , and/or
before :

When I came to Canada, I had never been to

a foreign country.

I was very nervous because I had never

"own before.

Had you ever seen that actress in a movie

before tonight?

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The Past Simple,

Continuous & Perfect

1. When I got home, my husband

cooked dinner.

My husband started to cook dinner

immediately after I got home.

2. When I got home, my husband

was cooking dinner.

My husband started cooking dinner

before I got home. Also, he was not
!nished cooking dinner at the time I
got home.

3. When I got home, my husband

had cooked dinner.

My husband !nished cooking dinner

before I got home.

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Exercise
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