ENGLISH ORAL: THE PAST PERFECT

Group’s members 6: Teacher

 ALI KOUADIO ELISEE E.
 KOUASSI AKISSI EUNICE Mrs GNON

 DIALLO ALIMATOU
 KOFFI DIHYE
 COULIBALY MOHAMED
 FANNY TIEMOKO
 SUMMARY

 INTRODUCTION AND IMPORTANT OF THE PAST PERFERCT

 I. USES
 II. STRUCTURE
 ✓. AFFIRMATIVE FORM
 ✓. NEGATIVE FORM
 ✓. INTERROGATIVE FORM
 ✓. INTERRO-NEGATIVE FORM
 III. SPECIFITIES OF THE PAST PERFERCT
 IV. ADVERBS
 EXERCISES PART
 INTRODUCTION AND IMPORTANCE OF PAST PERFECT

 The past perfect constituting a verb tense that is traditionally

formed in English with had and past participle. it
expressan action that had already finished when when another
action happened.The past perfect tense is used to show past actions.
The past perfect tense demonstrates the past relative to timing or
other past events and is often used for reporting on things that
happened or were said. It is easy to form by adding had along with
the past participle of any verb
 I. USES

Past Perfect Uses

USE 1: Completed Action Before Something in the Past

 Eg: I had never seen such a beautiful beach before I went to CI

USE 2: Duration Before Something in the Past (Non-Continuous Verbs)

 Eg: I had been working at the company for five years when I got the
promotion.
II. STRUCTURE

 ✓. Affirmative form
 have in preterite + past participle of the main action .
 example: I had never watched TV
You had learned this lesson.

 ✓. Négative form
 Subject+auxiliary verb( have-past tense) + not+ main verb (past participle)
 Example: We had not played.
I had not been.
 II- STRUCTURE

 ✓. INTERROGATIVE FORM

 Auxiliary verb (have- past form) + subject + main verb (past participle).
Example: Had you arrived?

✓. INTERRO-NEGATIVE FORM

 Auxiliary verb (have – past tense) + n’t + subject + main verb (past participle).
Example: Hadn’t you finished?
 III. SPECIFITIES

 The simple past tense makes it possible to tell what happened (we are talking about the past from the
point of view of the present). Whereas to express the anteriority of an action in relation to a past
action, we use the past perfect (the equivalent of our past perfect.
 action prior to a time in the past
Example: As she had never travelled by plane before, she was a little

nervous
 The past perfect uses keywords like: alreday, up to then, before (that day),after.
 IV. ADVERBS

 Firstly, adverbs of time. We have : already,just,yet,since,after,etc... Adverbs such that

already and just are place in between the auxiliary <<had>> and the past participle.* just
means that the first action happened very shortly before the second action. Ex : the train
had <<just>> pulled into the station when I got there.* Already means that one action
happened sometimes before another action. Ex: the lesson had already started when Luis
arrived to class. Concerning adverbs frequency, there
are :Never,ever,always,often,seldom ,etc … The adverbs such that ever, never are also
placed in between the auxiliary <<had>> and the past participle.*Never is used with the
past perfect to express that an action didn't happen UNTIL some point when the situation
change.Ex: Siji ad never seen snow before traveling to canada.*Ever is used to express all
the time prior to the past perfect action.Ex:Italy was the most beautiful country she had
ever visited.
 EXERCISE PART

Put the verbs into the correct form (past perfect simple)

1. The storm destroyed the sandcastle that we (build) .

2. He (not / be) to Cape Town before 1997.

3. When she went out to play, she (do / already) her homework.

4. My brother ate all of the cake that our mum (make).

5. The doctor took off the plaster that he (put on) six weeks before.
 EXERCISE PART

CORRECTION
1. The storm destroyed the sandcastle that we had built.

2. He had not been to Cape Town before 1997.

3. When she went out to play, she had already done her homework.

4. My brother ate all of the cake that our mum had made.

5. The doctor took off the plaster that he had put on six weeks before.
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