PAST PERFECT

SIMPLE
 Do you like pizza?
Yes.
I hadn’t eaten pizza
before.
PAST PERFECT TENSE

Had+Past participle
 PAST PERFECT GRAMMAR
AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE INTERROGATIVE

I had drunk tea. I had not drunk tea. Had I drunk tea?

You had drunk tea. You had not drunk tea. Had you drunk tea?

He had drunk tea . He had not drunk tea. Had he drunk tea?

She had drunk tea . She had not drunk tea. Had she drunk tea?

It had drunk tea . It had not drunk tea . Had it drunk coffee tea?

We had drunk tea. We had not drunk tea. Had we drunk tea?

They had drunk tea. They had not drunk tea. Had they drunk tea?

You had drunk tea. You had not drunk tea. Had you drunk tea?
USE 1
Completed Action Before Something in the Past
The Past Perfect expresses the idea that
something occurred before another action in the
past. It can also show that something happened
before a specific time in the past.

• Kristine had never been to an opera before

last night
• She had never seen a bear before she moved
to Alaska
USE 2
Duration Before Something in the Past

• We had had that car for ten years before it

broke down.

• By the time Alex finished his studies, he had

been in London for eight years.
 6:30 A.M. 7:30 A.M.

Zack had done his homework before he went to school.

 2 1

Gonzalo Jara got the yellow card after he had hit

Timo Werner.
PAST PERFECT

had cooked
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 TIME EXPRESSIONS

After : After Past perfect, Past simple

As soon as: As soon as Past perfect, Past simple

When: When Past simple, Past perfect

By the time: By the time Past simple ,Past perfect.

Before : Before Past simple, Past perfect

Because : Past simple because Past perfect

 SPECIFIC TIME EXPRESSIONS
• Last
• This…
• Ago • For
• Yesterday • By 10.30
• In…. • Since
• On… • How long
• At…
Adverbs : already, never, ever, just, yet.
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PRACTICE !