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Past Perfect: Evento A Evento B

The past perfect tense in English is used to indicate that one past event occurred before another past event. It is formed using the past tense of have (had) plus the past participle of the main verb. The past perfect can be used to show the order of events even if the earlier event is mentioned after the later one. It can also be used with "just" to refer to an action that occurred moments before another past event.

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Past Perfect: Evento A Evento B

The past perfect tense in English is used to indicate that one past event occurred before another past event. It is formed using the past tense of have (had) plus the past participle of the main verb. The past perfect can be used to show the order of events even if the earlier event is mentioned after the later one. It can also be used with "just" to refer to an action that occurred moments before another past event.

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PAST PERFECT

 El "past perfect" hace referencia a un tiempo anterior al pasado reciente. Se emplea


para señalar que un evento ocurrió antes que otro en el pasado. No importa cuál de los
eventos se mencione primero, porque el tiempo verbal deja claro el orden temporal en
que acontecieron. En inglés, el "past perfect" está compuesto por dos partes: el pasado
del verbo to have (had) + el "past participle" del verbo principal.

EVENTO A EVENTO B

John had gone out when I arrived in the office.

I had saved my document before the computer crashed.

EVENTO B EVENTO A

When they arrived we had already started cooking.

He was very tired because he hadn't slept well.

 Estructura:

SUJETO HAD PAST PARTICIPLE

Afirmativa She had given

Negativa She hadn't asked.

Interrogativa Had they arrived?

Interrogativa
Hadn't you finished?
negativa

 "PAST PERFECT" + JUST: 'Just' se utiliza con el "past perfect" para referirse a un evento
acontecido muy poco antes de otro evento situado en el pasado, e.g.
 The train had just left when I arrived at the station.
 She had just left the room when the police arrived.
 I had just put the washing out when it started to rain.

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