Past Perfect Simple

and Past Perfect

Continuous Practice
 Usage:
1. To describe an action that happened in
the past, before another action.
PAST
2. To describe an action that happened
before specific time in the past. PE R FE C T
SIM PL E
How to make:
x pr e s sio ns :
Time e + Subject + HAD + V3/V+ed
.. .s om e ti me,
BEFORE, BY - Subject + HADN'T +V3/V+ed
AF TER , WH E N
? HAD + subject + V3/V+ed

now After he had

finished work, he
1 past action 2 past action went straight
use Past Perfect use Past Simple home.
 Usage:
1. To describe a past action which started started
and continued up to another action or time in the
past.
2. To express the duration before something in the P A ST
past.
PER F EC T
3. To describe the cause of something in the past.
T IN UO US
x pr e s sio ns :
How to make:
CON
Time e + Subject + HAD + been +V-ing
...s om e t ime,
BEFORE, BY - Subject + HADN'T + been +V-ing
, sin c e, W HE N
for
? HAD + subject + been +V-ing

now
The boys had been
playing soccer for
1 past action 2 past action about an hour when
use Past Perfect use Past Simple it started to rain.
Let's practise
USE PAST PERFECT SIMPLE/PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS

He fell asleep at work, because...

WHY HAD IT
HAPPENED?
 USE PAST PERFECT SIMPLE/PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS
They were dressed in a strange way, because...

WHY HAD IT
HAPPENED?
USE PAST PERFECT SIMPLE/PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS

She was dressed in that costume, because...

WHY HAD IT
HAPPENED?
USE PAST PERFECT SIMPLE/PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS

When we came home, we saw a total mess, because...

WHY HAD IT
HAPPENED?
USE PAST PERFECT SIMPLE/PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS

They still had their make up on, because...

WHY HAD IT
HAPPENED?
USE PAST PERFECT SIMPLE/PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS

She became a real cat lady, because...

WHY HAD IT
HAPPENED?
USE PAST PERFECT SIMPLE/PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS

The window was broken, because...

WHY HAD IT
HAPPENED?
 USE PAST PERFECT SIMPLE/PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS

we found a collection of dolls on the table, because...

WHY HAD IT
HAPPENED?
USE PAST PERFECT SIMPLE/PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS

He was all sweaty, because...

WHY HAD IT
HAPPENED?
USE PAST PERFECT SIMPLE/PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS

The girl was really sad, because...

WHY HAD IT
HAPPENED?
USE PAST PERFECT SIMPLE/PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS

She was totally exhausted, because...

WHY HAD IT
HAPPENED?
USE PAST PERFECT SIMPLE/PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS

The students were so excited, because...

WHY HAD IT
HAPPENED?
USE PAST PERFECT SIMPLE/PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS

he asked for help, because...

WHY HAD IT
HAPPENED?
USE PAST PERFECT SIMPLE/PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS

they were all in glitter, because...

WHY HAD IT
HAPPENED?
USE PAST PERFECT SIMPLE/PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS

John was wearing a smart suit, because...

WHY HAD IT
HAPPENED?
Exercises
 FIll in the gaps
1. It ___________ to rain after we ___________ to the station. (start / get)
2. By that time we _________________________your telegram. (already get)
3. I ___________________________all day, so I didn't want to go out..(work)
4. I said I _______________ that play before. (see)
5. We ______________________ out for three years when we got married.(go)
6. He was red in the face because he _______________________(run) .
7. We _______________________ the village where we ______________ as
children. (visit / live)
8. We _________________________ him just after he ___________________ news
of his dismissal. (meet / get)
9. When we met, you ______________________(work) at that company for six
months.
10. Nobody_____________________ where she______________________ . (know /
go)
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