PAST PERFECT SIMPLE & PAST

PERFECT CONTINUOUS
Prof. Andrea Jiménez
 INDEX
• Past Perfect Simple
• Past Perfect Continuous
• Bibliography
• Extra Practice
 PAST PERFECT SIMPLE
STRUCTURE
USE
Affirmative We use this tense to show that one
S + had + past participle + (C) past event happened before another. It
She had left the house before they arrived is often used with verbs of thinking
like think, know, be sure…
Negative
Ex. I thought I’d seen the film before
S + hadn’t + past participle + (C)
She hadn’t left the house before they arrived
Questions
Had + S + past participle + (C)?
Had she left the house?
 PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS
STRUCTURE
USE
Affirmative It is used to emphasise the duration of
S + had + been + -ing + (C) a past action which happened before
She had been watering the plants the whole afternoon another one
Negative
S + hadn’t + been + -ing + (C)
She hadn’t been watering the plants!
Questions
Had + S + been + -ing + (C)?
Had she been watering the plants?
 BIBLIOGRAPHY
• EF Education:
https://www.ef.com.es/recursos-aprender-ingles/gramatica-inglesa/past-perfect-continuous/
• BBC in a minute: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60RsFyoaOxg
• BBC:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/burmese/course/intermediate/unit-14/tab/grammar
• BBC:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/intermediate/unit-7/tab/grammar
 EXTRA PRACTICE
Past Perfect Simple:
https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/past-perfect-exercise-1.html
https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/past-perfect-simple/exercises

Past Perfect Continuous:

https://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verb-tenses_past-perfect-continuous-quiz.htm

Mix:
https://elt.oup.com/student/solutions/upperint/grammar/grammar_02_022e?cc=ro&selLanguag
e=en

https://www.e-grammar.org/past-perfect-simple-continuous/test1-exercise1/