Past perfect tense

by rawan

Artwork: Marah Mahajni

Joined Nov 2017
Published Books 2

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Name at least 2 objectives of the past perfect tense.

What is the structure of the past perfect tense?

subject	+	auxiliary have	+	main verb
		conjugated in Past Simple
		had		past participle

What is the difference between the past perfect tense and past simple tense?

These two tenses are both used to talk about things that happened in the past. However we use past perfect to talk about something that happened before another action in the past, which is usually expressed by the past simple.

For example:

“I had already eaten my dinner when he called.”
In other words, First I ate my dinner, then he called.
The past perfect is often used with already, yet, just and even.

Simple Past	Past Perfect Simple
2nd column of irregular verbs Example: I spoke	had + 3rd column of irregular verbs Example: I had spoken
regular verbs: infinitive + ed Example: I worked	regular verbs: form of have + infinitive + ed Example: I had worked

Simple Past

Past Perfect Simple

2nd column of irregular verbs

Example:: I spoke

had + 3rd column of irregular verbs

Example:: I had spoken

regular verbs: infinitive + ed

Example:: I worked

regular verbs: form of have + infinitive + ed

Example:: I had worked

Exceptions

Exceptions when adding ed:

when the final letter is e, only add d

Example:

love – loved
after a short, stressed vowel, the final consonant is doubled

Example:

admit – admitted
final l is always doubled in British English (not in American English)

Example:

travel – travelled
after a consonant, final y becomes i (but: not after a vowel)

Example:

worry – worried

but: play – played

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