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Past Perfect Simple and Conti

The document provides examples and explanations of how to use the past perfect and past perfect continuous tenses in English. It discusses using the past perfect to talk about actions that were completed before another past time point. It also explains using the past perfect continuous to talk about actions that were ongoing up until another past time point or to indicate a result that was in place at some time in the past. Time expressions that can be used with these tenses are also listed. Examples are provided to illustrate the proper usage.

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Past Perfect Simple and Conti

The document provides examples and explanations of how to use the past perfect and past perfect continuous tenses in English. It discusses using the past perfect to talk about actions that were completed before another past time point. It also explains using the past perfect continuous to talk about actions that were ongoing up until another past time point or to indicate a result that was in place at some time in the past. Time expressions that can be used with these tenses are also listed. Examples are provided to illustrate the proper usage.

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ACTION FINISHED BEFORE ANOTHER PAST

ACTION

When we arrived, the film had already started.

The party had already finished when he came


back.

My family had already eaten when I woke up.

Use with: when + past simple, June, last Tuesday.

HOW LONG TO A POINT IN THE PAST


When he graduated, he had been in London
for 6 years.
Use with: when + past simple, for + time

Past Perfect

Already, ever, never, just, when, by the


time, after, by, before
EXAMPLES

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My cousin finished the cake. A while later my mom arrived with lemon pie.

By the time my mom arrived with lemon pie, my cousin had finished the cake.

Kenia didn’t come to classes. That’s why she didn’t learn about the essay outline.

Kenia didn’t learn about the essay outline because she hadn’t come to classes
PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS

+ Subj. + had been + ing + Comp.

- Subj. + hadn’t been + ing + comp.

? Had + subj. + been + ing + compl ?

Past Perfect
continuous

HOW LONG TO A POINT IN THE


PAST

She had been working at that company RESULT AT A TIME IN THE PAST
for a year when she met James.

The pavement was wet because it had


Use with: when + past simple, for + time been raining.

Use with: the past simple.


TIME EXPRESSIONS
already after
by the time before
for when
since how long

EXAMPLES

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I looked for my glasses for an hour. Then, I rested on the sofa.

I had been looking for my glasses for an hour before I rested on the sofa

Camila studied English for 3 years. Then, she got a scholarship to go to London.

Camila had been studying English for 3 years when she got a scholarship to go to London.
WOULD
Formula:
Would + base form is used when referring to the past for things that we expected to
happen at a later time.

I knew he would copy on the test.

She knew he would break up with her.

WAS/WERE GOING TO
Formula:
was/were going to + base form is used to talked about actions somebody intended to do
in the past (but probably didn’t)

I was going to go to the party, but I decided to stay and watch Netflix.

Josue and Remy were going to make a play, but the teacher cancelled it.

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