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    The document discusses the past perfect and past perfect continuous tenses in English. [1] It provides the forms, examples of use, and notes about their meaning. [2] The past perfect is used to refer to an action that occurred before another past action or time, or when the result of a past action was visible at a later past time. [3] The past perfect continuous emphasizes the duration of an action that started and finished in the past before another event.

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    The document discusses the past perfect and past perfect continuous tenses in English. [1] It provides the forms, examples of use, and notes about their meaning. [2] The past perfect is used to refer to an action that occurred before another past action or time, or when the result of a past action was visible at a later past time. [3] The past perfect continuous emphasizes the duration of an action that started and finished in the past before another event.

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    PAST PERFECT

    By Osmar Cruz
    FORM: SUBJECT +HAD + PAST PARTICIPLE
    AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE
    I/You/He/She/it/We/They had I/You/He/She/it/We/They had
    arrived. not/ hadn’t arrived.

    INTERROGATIVE SHORT ANSWERS


    Had I/He/She/It/you/we/they Yes, I/You/He/She/it/We/They
    arrived? had.
    No, I/You/He/She/it/We/They
    hadn’t/ had not.
    a) For an action that happened before another past action or before a
    stated time in the past.

    The thieves had already left before the police arrived. ( Past perfect: had left
    before another past action: arrived).

    The police had evacuated the town by noon. (before a stated time in the
    past: by noon)

    b) For an action which finished in the past and whose result


    was visible at a later point in the past.

    John was happy yesterday. He had signed a better contract.

    Harry was very upset last night. He had lost his new phone.
    NOTE: The past perfect is the past equivalent of the present perfect.

    He was happy. He had got a promotion (The action: had got – happened in the past. The
    result: was happy – was also visible in the past.

    He is happy. He has got a promotion (The action: has got – happened in the past. The result:
    is happy – is still visible in the present.

    Burglars had already escaped


    before I arrived home.
    Time • For
    expressions
    used with the • Since
    past perfect: • Till/until
    • Before • By
    After By the time police arrested
    • • Never the thieves, I hadn’t reported
    • Already • etc the theft yet .
    • Just
    PAST PERFECT
    CONTINUOUS
    FORM: SUBJECT +HAD + BEEN + VERB -ING
    AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE
    I/You/He/She/it/We/They I/You/He/She/it/We/They
    had/’d been working. Had not/hadn’t been working.

    INTERROGATIVE SHORT ANSWERS


    Had I/He/She/It/you/we/they Yes, I/You/He/She/it/We/They
    been working? had.
    No, I/You/He/She/it/We/They
    hadn’t/ had not.
    a) To put emphasis on the duration of an action that started and finished
    in the past before another past action or stated time in the past, usually
    with for or since.

    They had been looking for the burglar for some


    time before they finally caught him.

    Millie had been spending lots of money several


    months before she discovered her money was all
    fake.

    b) For an action which lasted for some time in the past and
    whose result was visible in the past.

    She had been studying for so many hours that she got a
    headache.

    My dog had been sleeping for so many hours that Bob


    woke it up to see it wasn’t dead.
    NOTE: The past perfect continuous is the past equivalent of the present perfect
    continuous.

    (The action: had been crying – lasted


    Her eyes were red. She had been crying for hours. for some time in the past.
    The result: red eyes – was also visible in
    the past.)

    (The action: has been crying – started in


    the past.
    Her eyes are red. She has been crying for hours.
    The result: red eyes – is still visible in
    the present.)

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