Unit 14 Past Perfect Simple

Positive ទំរខ់ប្សប Negative ទំរខ់បែង្ិ សធ

Subject had V3 Object Subject had not V3 Object
I had eaten rice. I had not eaten cake.
You had eaten rice. You had not eaten cake.
We had eaten rice We had not eaten cake.
They had eaten rice. They had not eaten cake.
He had eaten rice. He had not eaten cake.
She had eaten rice. She had not eaten cake.
It had eaten rice. It had not eaten cake.

Yes / No Question ទំរខ់សំៃរួ Yes/No Wh-questions ទំរខ់សំៃួរង្ផ្តម

ើ ង្ោយ Wh
Wh
Had subject V3? had subject V3?
Questions
Had I eaten? What had I eaten?
Had you eaten? What had you eaten?
Had we eaten? What had we eaten?
Had they eaten? What had they eaten?
Had he eaten? What had he eaten?
Had she eaten? What had she eaten?
Had it eaten? What had it eaten?
The Use of Past Perfect Simple ការង្ប្បប្ើ រស់របស់ Past Perfect Simple

១. សកមមភាពន្ែ រៃបញ្ច ប់មៃ

ុ សកមមភាពង្ផ្សខង្ទៀ ង្ៅកនុខអ ី កា
1. A completed action before something else in the past.
- When we arrived, the film had started.
(= first the film started, then later we arrived)
- The food had cooked before I got school.
- Teacher had taught the lesson while I was driving.
២. ង្ែម
ើ បី ពៃយ ់ ឬផ្ត ់ង្ហ ុផ្ ចំង្រោះង្រឿខអវម
ី យ
ួ ង្ៅកនុខអ ី កា
2. To explain or give a reason for something in the past.
- I'd eaten dinner, so I wasn't hungry.
- It had snowed in the night, so the bus didn't arrive.
៣. សកមមភាពន្ែ រៃង្កើ ង្ ខ
ើ ង្ៅកនុខអ ី កា ៃខ
ិ រៃបៃតរហូ ែ ់សកមមភាពមួយង្ទៀ ង្ៅកនុខអ ី កា
(គ្នមៃង្ព ង្វលាចាស់លាស់ង្ៅកនុខអ ី កា )
3. State verbs only: something that started in the past and continued up to another
action in the past. (Having no specific time in the past)
- When he graduated, he had been in London for six years.
- I had been to Bangkok when I was young.
- I had been studied this school since I was 10 year-old.
(= he arrived in London six years before he graduated and lived there continuously
until he graduated, or even longer)
៤. ជាន្ផ្នកមួយនៃអៃុប្បង្យាល ័កខ
េ ណ
័ ឌ ន្ែ ប្ វូ រៃង្ប្បង្ើ ៅកនុខ If Clause បនាទប់ពរ
ី កយ If
4. As part of the third conditional.
- If I had known you were ill, I would have visited you.
- Students would have passed theirs exams if they had studied so hard.

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Practice 14: Make the past perfect (positive, negative or question):

1. They ____________ (eat) before he arrived.

2. ____________ (you finish) the report before he asked for it?

3. Jennifer ____________ (buy) the house before the market crashed.

4. What ____________ (she do) that upset him so much?

5. Our boss ___________ (not make) the decision yet when management changed their mind.

6. The students ____________ (write) the report, but the teacher made them do it again.

7. Mark ____________ (want) to go to New York, but his wife changed his mind.

8. ____________ (they invest) in that stock before the market improved?

9. Alex ____________ (not do) the gardening before it started raining.

10. They ____________ (make) decision before conditions changed.

11. We ____________ (eat already) so we weren't hungry.

12. ____________ (Tom choose) the color for his room before he was asked to paint it black?

13. Sarah ____________ (drive) three hundred miles by the time she arrived in Tacoma.

14. Few people ____________ (understand) the news when the consequences began to
appear.

15. The reporter ____________ (not tell) the cameraman to get ready when the president
walked into the room.

16. Bob ____________ (purchase) the first generation iPad two weeks before the second
generation was introduced.

17. I ____________ (print) the report before he gave me the updates.

18. ____________ (Henry come) home before the called the police?

19. She ____________ (not complete) the article when the news changed everything.

20. The coach ____________ (reserve) rooms for everybody so there weren't any problems.

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