ENGLISH 03-06-2020

GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY!
Today we are going to learn to use the Past Perfect Tense.

THE PAST PERFECT TENSE   =  El PRETÉRITO PLUSCUAMPERFECTO
El uso de Past Perfect tense es similar al del Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto de Indicativo en español.
El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto se usa para referirse a una acción pasada anterior a otra acción también pasada. Por ejemplo:
-Cuando llegué a casa, tú ya habías comido. - When I came home, you had already eaten.
-Vosotros habíais ordenado vuestra habitación cuando llegó vuestra madre. - You had tidied up your room when your Mum came.

In English it's even easier as you  always use the same auxiliary verb had.

HOW TO FORM THE PAST PERFECT TENSE

The past perfect is formed using had + past participle (3rd form of a verb)

• Statement: I had studied English before I moved to New York. 
• Question: Had you studied English before you moved to New York?
• Negative: You had not studied English before you moved to New York.

WHEN TO USE THE PAST PERFECT TENSE

- 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.

LOOK AT THESE EXAMPLES. WHICH ACTION HAPPENED FIRST?

1 action (Past Perfect)          2 action  (Past Simple)

1.  I had studied English before I moved to New York. 

2. John had gone out when I arrived in the office. (John wasn't in the office when I arrived) 

3. I had saved my document before the compture crashed.  

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

5. When I got to the airport, the plane had left
6. When we had loaded the van, Dad drove it to the new house.

Learn how to use correctly the Past Perfect tense in this video. You're going to see several situations where we need to use this tense

Open your Activity books and complete exercises 1,2 and 3.

Click on the link ➨👂AUDIO 142

Check your answers ➞🔑 ANSWER KEY