Past Perfect Simple vs

Past Perfect Continuous

Rules and Exercises
 Past Perfect Simple

FORM HAD -ED OR PAST PARTICIPLE

(3η στήλη)

When Jake came home, Maria had already cooked dinner.

(Όταν ο Τζεικ ήρθε σπίτι, η Μαρία είχε ήδη μαγειρέψει δείπνο.)

By midnight, all the guests had left the party.

(Μέχρι τα μεσάνυχτα, όλοι οι καλεσμένοι είχαν φύγει από το πάρτυ.)
Past Perfect Simple

• Για πράξη που τελείωσε πρίν από μια άλλη στο παρελθόν

When he came home, his wife had already prepared

breakfast.

NOW
wife had prepared breakfast the man came home
(Past Perfect Simple) (Past Simple)
Past Perfect Simple

By the time they arrived at the the bus station, the

bus had already left.

NOW
the bus had left they arrived at the bus station
(Past Perfect Simple) (Past Simple)
Past Perfect Simple

• Για πράξη που τελείωσε πριν μια στιγμή στο παρελθόν

By 21:00, Jake had finished his

homework.

Jake had finished

homework
(Past Perfect Simple)
Past Perfect Simple

By five o’clock, the boy had eaten his

spaghetti.

The boy had eaten

spaghetti
(Past Perfect Simple)
 Past Perfect Simple

• Με λέξεις never, ever, before, This was the first/second etc. time …

This was the scariest film they had ever seen. This was the first time he had tried sushi.
Past Perfect Simple

Time expressions Example

after (εφόσον) Jessica had no money after she had gone shopping.

before (πρίν) Marianna had baked a cake before Tim got home.

as soon as (μόλις) Jane left for the party as soon as she had talked to her husband.
by … (10 o’clock, then,
midnight etc.) – μέχρι ... By midnight, Jessica had watched a romantic movie.

when (όταν) When the kids came home, mum had baked a cake.

never (ποτέ) The teacher had never worked in this school.

ever (ποτέ) It was the worst Chinese they had ever tasted.
 Past Perfect Simple

had eaten
1. They ………………………………… (eat) before he arrived home.
Had you finished
2. ………………………………………………. (you finish) the story before he asked for it?
3. had bought
Jennifer ………………………………………. (buy) a new car before she travelled to Italy.
4. had she done
What ……………………………… (she do) that upset him so much?
5. had cancelled
Our teacher ………………………….......... (cancel) the trip before the winter
holidays started.
had wanted
6. Mark …………………………….. (want) to go to New York before he started working.
had left
7. The robbers …………………………….. (leave) the bank when the police arrived.
had planted
8. As soon as Mrs. Smith ……………………………. (plant) the tress, the rain started.
 Past Perfect Simple

had cut
1. After I ........................ started
(cut) the grass, it ........................ (start) to rain.
asked
2. My boss ........................ had
(ask) me to e-mail a customer but by then I ........................
already ........................
turned off (turn off) my computer.
got
3. By the time my husband ........................ had eaten
(get) home, I ........................ (eat) dinner.
had bought
4. I ........................ found out
(buy) her a watch before I ........................ (find out) she wanted a
bracelet.
had
5. Ann ........................ typed
already ........................ (type) ten pages when her
computer crashed
........................ (crash).
had closed
6. As soon as the bar ........................ went
(close), we ........................ (go) back to the hotel.
arrived
7. I ........................ had
(arrive) at class on time but by then the teacher ........................
started
already ........................ (start) the lesson.
restarted
8. They ........................ had stopped
(restart) the game as soon as the rain ........................ (stop).
Past Perfect Continuous

HAD + BEEN + -ING

Jessica had been washing her car all morning before Tom arrived home.
(Η Τζέσικα έπλενε το αμάξι όλο το πρωί πριν ο Τομ φτάσει σπίτι.)

The kids had been playing games for 3 hours before they went to sleep.
(Τα παιδιά παίζανε 3 ώρες παχινίδια πρίν πάνε για ύπνο.)
 Past Perfect Continuous

• Για πράξη που ξεκίνησε στο παρελθόν, συνεχίστηκε γία κάποιο διάστημα και
σταμάτησε πριν μια συγκεκριμένη στιγμή στο παρελθόν

The bus arrived

We had been waiting

PAST PRESENT FUTURE

We had been waiting there for 2 hours before the bus arrived.
 Past Perfect Continuous

I called her.
She had been studying

PAST PRESENT FUTURE

She had been studying all morning when I called her.

 Past Perfect Continuous

• Για πράξη που άρχισε και τελείωσε στο παρελθόν και άφησε αποτέλεσμα
μετά την ολοκλήρωση της

She was tired because she had been running He was hungry because he had been working out
for 2 hours. for an hour.
 Past Perfect Continuous

had been working

1. I _________________________ (work) all day, so I didn’t go out.
hadn’t been sleeping
2. She ______________________ (not sleep) for ten hours when I woke her.
had been living
3. They _______________________ (live) in Washington for three years when he lost his
job.
had been working
4. When we met, you __________________________ (work) at that shop for six months.
hadn’t been eating
5. We ____________________________ (not eat) all day when we got home from work.
had been washing
6. He was dirtyhad
because he ___________________________ (wash) the car all afternoon.
been going
7. We ____________________________
had been snowing
(go) out for three years when we got married.
8. It _______________________________
had been raining (snow) for three days.
9. It ___________________________ (rain) because the road was wet.