Grammar

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Grammar Past perfect tense
Suchen Middle School
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the Past Perfect tense
Structure(??) hadpp(???????)
clean believe study stop
cleaned believed studied stopped
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cut buy do come
cut bought done come
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Complete the table using the past perfect tense.
Verb Past perfect tense Verb Past perfect tense
act help
be open
begin see
bring sing
had acted
had helped
had been
had opened
had begun
had seen
had brought
had sung
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She had put most of her effort into ballet
training before she entered the film industry.
She had been a model before she became a
Hollywood superstar.
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past )?
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now
future
past
the past past
(before the past)
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Connect two sentences with before?when
?after
1. I finished my homework at 800 this morning.
I went to the museum at 830 this
morning. 2.Millie went home at 600P.m this
afternoon. Millies mother cooked at 500P.m
this afternoon. 3.Daniel taught in a middle
school between 1990 to 1997. Daniel joined the
army in 1998.
I had finished my homework before I went to the
museum this morning.
I had finished my homework when I went to the
museum this morning.
I went to the museum after I had finished my
homework this morning.
Millies mother had cooked before she went home
this afternoon.
Millies mother had cooked when she went home
this afternoon.
Millie went home after her mother had cooked this
afternoon.
Daniel had taught in a middle school for 7 years
before he joined the army.
Daniel had taught in a middle school for 7 years
when he joined the army.
Daniel joined the army after he had taught in a
middle school for 7 years.
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Work out the rule If we want to talk about two
past actions in a sentence, the past perfect
tense is used for the
(earlier, later) action.
earlier
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Exercises
1.The train ____________(leave) before I got to
the railway station. 2.We had breakfast after we
__________(do) morning exercise. 3.Miss Yang
____________(be) a typist before she moved to
Shenzhen. 4.When we reached the cinema, the film
________________(begin). 5. We ___________(learn)
two units by last month. 6.They __________(be)to
the USA ten times by the end of September. 7.She
___________(finish) her homework before nine
oclock last night.
had left
had done
had been
had begun
had learned
had been
had finished
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( 1 ) by ???????
?by 1990,by yesterday evening,by then
( 2 ) by the end of ???????
?by the end of last term
?before 900a.m
( 3 ) before ???????
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What had she been before she became a Hollywood
superstar?
---She had been a model before she became a
Hollywood superstar.
---Had she been a model before she became a
Hollywood superstar?
---Yes,she had.
---Had she been a dancer before she became a
Hollywood superstar?
---No,she hadnt. ---She hadnt been a dance
before she became a Hollywood superstar.
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2.?????hadnt(had not)v-ed ??
3.?????Had ??v-ed???
4.??????????had?? v-ed ?
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Exercises?
???? 1.The party had begun when he
arrived.(???????) ___________________________
______________ 2.I had finished the competition
by 800yesterday.(???????)
__________________________the competition? 3.
They had worked for 10 years by the end of last
year.(?????) ? 4.Ha
d you reached the top of the hill before
midnight?(????)
Had the party begun when he arrived?
When had you finished
They hadnt worked for 10 years by the end of
last year.
No,we hadnt
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Exercises?
???????????? 1. How many English words _____ you
________ (learn) by the end of last term? 2. I
_____ (read) the book twice till
yesterday. 3. He ___________(learn) English
before he came here. 4. When I got to the
station, the train ___________ (leave). 5. By the
time he was fourteen he ________ (set) up a small
chemistry lab for his son. 6. After I
______________(finish) doing my homework, I went
to sleep. 7. They ______________(not read) three
books by then. 8. Why didnt you see the film
yesterday? Because I __________ (see) it. 10. I
received a letter from my friend. We
___________(not hear) from each other
since 1987. 11._____ he _____ (know) anything
before you told him it? 12. We ____________ (
learn ) 2000 English words since we came to this
school. We___________(learn)2000 words by
last week since we came to this school. We
____________ ( learn ) 500 words last term. 13.He
_____________( end ) his project by next week.
He______________(end) his project by last
week. 14. A ____he still ______( do ) his
homework when you _____ ( get ) home yesterday?
B No, he ________ already ________ ( do ) it
when I got home.
had learned
had read
had learned
had left
had set
had finished
hadnt read
had seen
hadnt heard
Had known
have learned
had learned
learned
will end
had ended
Was doing
got
had done
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Passive voice of Past Perfect Tense

• had been done

1.All the books had been sold out last week.
2.The meeting had been finished when they came
yesterday.
3.The thief had been handed over to the police
yesterday.