MPU 3022

ENGLISH LANGUAGE
PROFICIENCY

Sentences of Past Perfect

Tense And Past Perfect
Continuous
Group Members: Ngan Xin Wey
Stella Lim Jing Ying
Sii Tiing Poh
 Past Perfect Tense
An action that happened before another action in
the past
The students had gone before the teacher came.
I lost so much weight because I had begun exercising.
An action that happened before a specific time in
the past
They had established their business before 2002.
I had already fallen asleep before ten o'clock.
 Past Perfect Tense
Positive sentence
I had finished my work last year.
The film had started before we reached cinema.
Negative sentence
It had not rained heavily last month.
He had not slept.
Interrogative sentence
Had a thief stolen my watch?
Had they visited a doctor?
 Past Perfect Continuous Tense
Use 1: Duration Before Something in the
Past
They had been talking for over an hour
before Tony arrived.
She had been working at that company for
three years when it went out of business.

Use 2: Cause of Something in the Past

Jason was tired because he had been
jogging.
Betty failed the final test because she had
not been attending class.
 Past Perfect Continuous Tense
Positive sentence
I had been working.
You had been playing tennis.
Negative sentence
It had not been working well.
We had not been expecting her.
Interrogative sentence
Had you been drinking?
Had they been waiting long?