10 February 2012 / by Radmila Gurkova

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PAST Perfect Tense

 

 

USE:

  1. We use the past participle to talk about actions in the past.

  2. It is used to express that one event happened before another in the past.

  3. The tense should make it very clear which one happened first.


Subject + Had + Past Participle




  • I had been to Paris three times

  • When I arrived to class, Peter had gone out

  • They had never been to Paris until last year


What is the past/past participle of the verb GO?

Go ----> Went ----> Gone

  • I had gone

  • I hadn't gone


Questions: 


  • Had you arrived?

  • Hadn't they arrived?


Click here to watch the video and see if you hear the Past Perfect Tense. 





 

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