Past Perfect

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Usos / Uses, Grammar Profesor Israel
Structure and Examples Meneses Merchant
Past perfect FUN
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is formed by
had
Pronoun + had ( Auxiliary
+ Verb in past participle
+ Complement

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What is and Uses
Past Perfect

• The past perfect refers to time up to

a point in the past.
https://www.inglesconcambridge.com/past-simple-y-past-perfect/

• Normalmente usamos el past

perfect para referirnos en una
oración con dos acciones pasadas
e indicar cuál de las dos ocurrió
primero.
• Had is the simple past of the verb
have as a auxiliary.

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Examples
Past Perfect tense
By the time (adverb) Para cuando

• I had bought a computer but I sold it for

a laptop.
• He had cooked pizza but it was too late
and nobody wanted to try it.
• The movie had finished by the time all
inviteds arrived.
• I had explained all the topics by the
time the principal came in.
• She has sold all the hot products when
arrived the hunter-offers.

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Uses
We commonly use the past perfect in reported clauses where the reporting verb is in the
past
• The teacher mentioned that you
had failed the exam.
• The policeman told her that she
had broke the transit rule and had
passed the red light.
• Someone said we had been in the
park and was not true.

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Contractions
You only change Had – ‘d.
I’d – You’d - He’d – She’d – It’d – We’d – They’d

Comparar A Comparar B

• I had bought a computer but I sold • I’d bought a cimputer ….

it for a laptop.
FRENTE A
• He had cooked pizza but it was
too late and nobody wanted to try
it.
• The movie had finished by the
time all inviteds arrived.
• The teacher mentioned that you
had failed the exam.
• He ‘d cooked pizza but it was
too late and nobody wanted to
try it.
• The movie ‘d finished by the
time all inviteds arrived.
• The teacher mentioned that you
‘d failed the exam.

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Uses Imaginary or hypothetical situations
The past perfect in conditional clauses ( If )
We must use the past perfect when we imagine a different past in a clause with if

• I would had been here. If you had

come early.
• If they had played We would had
won the match
• She would had wanted more
chocolates if you had bought more
of them.

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Negative form
You only add – not – (adverb) - after the auxiliary
I had not – You had not – He had not – She had not – It had not – We had not – They
had not
Comparar A Comparar B Contraction

• I had not visited to my relatives • I hadn’t bought a computer

since I saw them last month.
• He had not cooked pizza
because he got sick.
• The movie had not finished
when we arrived.
• The teacher mentioned that
you had not failed the exam.
….
FRENTE A
• He hadn’t cooked pizza
because…..
• The movie hadn’t finished
when we arrived.
• The teacher mentioned that
you hadn’t failed the exam.

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Question form ?
You put the auxiliary at the begining of the structure –
had + Pronun + verb in past participle + complement

Had he played the match when you arrived?

Had she sung in the concert when the audience started to despair ?
Had you finished before 7 o'clock?
Had it come when you whistled?
Had we studied too much when the bell rang?
Had they walked a long distance when we caught them?

doubts , any questions?

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