UNIVERSIDAD ALFONSO REYES (UNIDAD LA FE)
SUBJET: ENGLISH
TEMA: THE USE OF PAST PERFECT
AND PAST CONTINUOUS AND EXAMPLES.
TEACHER: HECTOR VAZQUEZ
TELLEZ.
GRADO:
3º DISEÑO
ALUMNA:
SONIA ELIZABETH GARZA PERALES. (F-2914)
SAN NICOLAS DE LOS GARZA, N. L.
October-2012
Past Perfect
FORM
[had + past participle]
Examples:
•You had studied English before you moved to New York.
•Had you studied English before you moved to New York?
•You had not studied English before you moved to New
York.
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.
Examples:
•I had never seen such a beautiful beach before I went
to Kauai.
•I did not have any money because I had lost my
wallet.
•Tony knew Istanbul so well because he had visited the
city several times.
•Had Susan ever studied Thai before she moved to
Thailand?
•She only understood the movie because she had read
the book.
•Kristine had never been to an opera before last
night.
•We were not able to get a hotel room because we had
not booked in advance.
•A: Had you ever visited the U.S. before your trip in
2006?
B: Yes, I had
been to the U.S. once before
With Non-Continuous Verbs and some non-continuous uses
of Mixed Verbs, we use the Past Perfect to show that something started in the
past and continued up until another action in the past.
Examples:
•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 over eight years.
•They felt bad about selling the house because they
had owned it for more than forty years.
Past Perfect Continuous
FORM
[Had been + present participle]
Examples:
•You had been waiting there for more than two hours
when she finally arrived.
•Had you been waiting there for more than two hours
when she finally arrived?
•You had not been waiting there for more than two
hours when she finally arrived.
We use the Past Perfect Continuous to show that
something started in the past and continued up until another time in the past.
"For five minutes" and "for two weeks" are both durations
which can be used with the Past Perfect Continuous. Notice that this is related
to the Present Perfect Continuous; however, the duration does not continue
until now, it stops before something else in the past.
Examples:
•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.
•How long had you been waiting to get on the bus?
•Mike wanted to sit down because he had been standing
all day at work.
•James had been teaching at the university for more
than a year before he left for Asia.
•A: How long had you been studying Turkish before you
moved to Ankara?
B: I had not
been studying Turkish very long.
Using the Past Perfect Continuous before another
action in the past is a good way to show cause and effect.
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