UNIT 9
> 91 Past perfect
Form
had + pas patil
“The pt patcipeofepuar verbs ends in ed There ae many
oman nega verbs: Sethe ston. 154
Aflrmative and negative
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Question
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Had etches et along?
yourwelthey
Short answer
Yen had
No, they had.
> 92 Conjunctions
‘We use conjunctions t jin sentences
1 When, while, a con a, oer, before, 33, nd untae conjunctions
cof time, They can goin two places in the sentence
When {arrived home, Tom was making dinner
Tam was talking to me while he was making dinmer
As soon az | arrived home, Tom started making diner
Tom made dinner after | arrvediTd arrived hone
He had male dinner before Lerived home
‘As he was talking was thinking about the act time well met
“He dn tert making irmer uml arrived home
Use
1 We use the Past Perfect to express a past aston that happened before
another action i the pas
Wher | arrived at the theater the play had already started,
2. Weuse the Simple Past to expres actions in the ander they happened
Look at these actions in the Simple Past.
Action 1 ‘Action 2
The bear went. The man came down from the tr.
Jol tet the party Tarived.
They walked a ong way. Thy were tired.
Notice how they are expressed using the Past Perfect.
‘Action? Action 1
The man came down from the tee. fer the bear had gone.
When Tarrved atthe party Toh a tft
They were tied because they walked a
tong way.
5 Iftis clear that one ation was complete before, sn nesessiry
to use the Past Perfect.
[leaned up afer everyone went home
[leaned up afer everyone had gone home
2 Soisaconjunction of rest.
He was bored 30 he went fora walk
Because isa conjunction of reason.
“He went for a walk Because he was bored.
3. But and although are conjunctions that join contrasting ideas
1 as raining, but we played tennis.
Altugh twas ang we played tenis