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uy. \ DON’T FORGET [Pare The past perfect tense is formed by using the auxiliary verb had together with a verb's past participle form. ¢ had+ taken(irregular) « had+ traded(regular) sa Ca iusto a had taken 1/You/We/ They He / She / It had heard had completed same. ERFEC TENS Note: The order of phrases may be switched, but the meaning will stay the CPN OF THE SENTENCE the time to review answers before he submitted his paper. numerous accusations from her bashers, but she denied all of them. their bachelor’s degree at Harvard. 4. He had taken the time to review his answ y 3 before he submitted his paper. A aang eH Put ul ee el eae Re CuU nu RRC RUT Rel Ce 2. She had heard numerous accusations from her bashers, but she denied all of them. A aaNet oH She denied all of the accusations she had heard from her bashers. 3. They had completed their bachelor’s degree at Harvard before COVID-19 struck. Aaa Tela eH Before COVID-19 struck, they had completed their bachelor’s degree at Harvard. aa, 7 Note: Had Had - A verb combination that often causes confusion in the past perfect simple is had had. Ex. I had had enough to eat but I wanted dessert anyway. The first had is the auxiliary (or helping) verb and the second had is the past participle of the main verb to have. It means that even though I ate enough, I wanted dessert after that. It may look strange, but it is correct. Retrieved from: Ginger.com NEGATIVE SENTENCES iN THE PAST DERFECT TENSE aWhen creating negative sentences, we use the auxiliary verbs hadn t (had not) together with the Ra aie aa nee eee ae Rey Pea Ru eee eu hue a eek sae ree eel mls sag the time to review |] 1/You/We/ his answers. ‘They before he He / She/ It submitted his Paper. had never heard asingle accusation from herbashers months after hor corfaseon had not completed their bachelor's degree at Harvard before the Vuev eee QES/NO QUESTIONS iN THE DAST DERFECT o create a question that will be answered with a yes or no, start the question with Had (Hadn't for a negative question) then add a subject (the person or hing that had done the action) followed by the past participle form of the verb and only then add the rest lof (vor 9 QES/NO QUESTIONS iN THE BAST BERFECT eae N oa Bod OTs PARTICIPLE PARTS OF ha Aun Hadn't taken the time to 1/You/ We review his I They answers before He / She / It you submitted your paper? Had heard asingle accusation from her bashers months after her confession? Had completed their bachelor's | degree at Harvard before the pandemic ¢ struck? \ le WU-GUESTIONS iN THE DAST <2 DERFEET SiMDLE Wh- questions are questions that require more information in Seta Lee] ACL Lt Let: Mela Toh PL L ones how, how many, how much. i To create a wh-question, start with the wh-word, then add had, then the subJect (a person or thing that had done the action), followed by the past participle form of the verb and only then ae add the rest of the sentence. lew relay ae \UESTIONS DERFECT SiMOLE a QUESTION Why How many Where PNR) Sat -S sea Goo Aas) hadn't had had Laie aa taken 1/You/ We I They He / She / It deceived completed iN THE DAS the time to review your answers before you submitted your paper? by the time he confessed? their bachelor's degree at before the pandemic struck? TAG QUESTIONS iN THE BAST DERFECT Tag questions are those short questions that are tagged onto the end of a sentence. They are used just to make sure that the person you re talking to understood what you meant or to emphasize what you said. They're formed by writing a regular sentence in the past perfect, then by adding hadn't and a pronoun (I, you, we, they, he, she, it) and Box asticn mark. TAG QUESTIONS i THE BAST DERFECT As arule: When the sentence is positive, the tag is negative. When the sentence is negative, the tag is positive. Ses HAD/HAD Bee Lo de pe ile ize 8 isis had never taken the time to review had 1/You/We/ his answers he?(negative) ey before he He/She / It ‘submitted his Paper, hadn't heard asingle had accusation from —_ she?(positive) her bashers after her confession, hadtumedin alll of the hadn't assignments they?(negative) given by their teachers, T THANK VOU FOR PARTICIPATING

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