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The Values of The Past Perfect Tense
The Values of The Past Perfect Tense
PERFECT TENSE
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EXAMPLES
He knew he had been there for more than two weeks and he felt tired.
• Știa că era acolo de mai bine de două săptămâni și se simțea obosit.
• He realized he had been waiting for three months and still hadn’t received an answer.
• Și-a dat seama că aștepta de trei luni și tot nu primise un răspuns.
• She knew he had been very upset with her ever since she had refused to marry Jim.
• Știa că era foarte supărat pe ea de când refuzase să se căsătorească cu Jim.
• He admitted that he had been behaving unreasonably lately.
• A recunoscut că se comporta foarte nerezonabil în ultima vreme.
• He realized that he hadn’t met her yet.
• Și-a dat seama că n-o întâlnise încă.
• He was aware that he had last been paid six months before.
• Era conștient că ultima dată când fusese plătit fusese cu șase luni în urmă.
• He had thought his friend had died in 1990, but in fact he had died much later.
• Crezuse că prietenul lui murise în 1990, dar de fapt acesta murise mult mai târziu.
• The previous night, a wolf had broken in the pen and had killed a sheep, which meant that
he had to repair the fence of the pen.
• Noaptea trecută pătrunsese un lup în țarc și omorâse o oaie, ceea ce însemna că acum
trebuia să repare gardul țarcului.
• He had often visited her and she knew she could depend on him.
• O vizitase adesea, iar ea știa că se putea baza pe el.
• He hadn’t always been such a brute, she thought.
• Nu fusese întotdeauna o brută, se gândea ea.
GENERALIZATION
Mary thought about last night’s events and decided she left
the party too late.
Mary thought about last night’s events and decided she had
left the party too late.
WAS/WERE GOING TO
They told him Sue was going to have a baby.
I-au spus că Sue o să aibă un copil.