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Past Perfect: Verbo Auxiliar Participio

The past perfect tense is used to indicate an action that occurred before another past action. It is formed using the auxiliary verb "had" and the past participle of the main verb. Time markers like "already" and "until" are often used with the past perfect to indicate the order of past events. Examples are given to illustrate using the past perfect to show that Event A happened before Event B in the past.

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Past Perfect: Verbo Auxiliar Participio

The past perfect tense is used to indicate an action that occurred before another past action. It is formed using the auxiliary verb "had" and the past participle of the main verb. Time markers like "already" and "until" are often used with the past perfect to indicate the order of past events. Examples are given to illustrate using the past perfect to show that Event A happened before Event B in the past.

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PAST PERFECT

*Permite en inglés indicar la anterioridad de una acción pasada con respecto a otra.
Es decir que se refiere a acciones que ocurrieron con anterioridad a otras que
tuvieron lugar en el pasado. 

* Se forma con el verbo auxiliar  had, y el participio del verbo principal que puede ser
un verbo regular (agrega -ed o -d al verbo) o irregular (3ra columna de la lista de
verbos). 
Todas las personas: + - ?
I, you, he/she/it, we, I had played/spoken  had not Had I
you, they played/spoken played/spoken?

*Los marcadores temporales permiten identificar el tiempo verbal que debe


emplearse en una oración. Los marcadores que suelen aparecer en oraciones en Past
Perfect Simple en inglés son:
 already, just
 never, not yet
 once, until that day
*En estos ejemplos, el Evento A es el que primero ocurrió y el Evento B tuvo lugar a
continuación, es el más reciente:

Evento A Evento B

John had gone out when I arrived in the office.

Evento A Evento B

I had saved my document before the computer crashed.

Evento B Evento A

When they arrived we had already started cooking.

Write the past participle of the following verbs

1 go 7 refuse
2make 8 win
3 speak 9 lose
4 think 10 want
5 call 11 give
6 be 12 buy

Complete the sentences with the past perfect form of the verbs in brackets.
1 Before yesterday’s match, they_______ (not win) any of their matches.
2 Before last year, she _____never _______(be) to Granada.
3 I ________(call) her twice before she finally sent me a message.
4 It was the first time he ________(hear) such beautiful music.
5 _________John ______(think) that he wasn’t a good basketball player?
6 Laura _____never _______ (be) good at dancing so she was very nervous.
7 My parents __________always (refuse) _________ to let me stay out late so I was
surprised when they said yes.
8 I _________never_______ (drink) beer before that day. It wasn’t very nice.
9 By the time I got home, I _______(lose) my wallet.

Choose the correct verb forms. Use the past simple and the past perfect in each
sentence.
1 By the time we arrived / had arrived, the film started / had started.
2 I got / ’d got dressed after I had / ’d had a shower.
3 I didn’t want / hadn’t wanted dinner because I ate / ’d eaten earlier.
4 Zara didn’t watch / hadn’t watched the film before I bought / ’d bought her the DVD.
5 He was / ’d been late for class because he missed / ’d missed his bus.

Join the sentences with expressions in brackets.


I didn't use my credit card. I lost it. (because)
_____________________________
I was in Paris for a week. I met Ann there. (when)
_____________________________
Maria finished the meal. And I arrived. (by the time)
______________________________
I couldn't go out. I broke my leg. (because)
______________________________

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