1 Lesson Past Perfect

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PAST PERFECT

Past perfect line

FORM:

The Past Perfect tense in English is composed of two parts:

1. The past tense of the verb to have (had)

2. The past participle of the main verb.

Past perfect form

FUNCTION:

The past perfect refers to a time earlier than before now. It is used to make it clear that one event happened before another in the past. It does not matter which event is mentioned first - the tense makes it clear which one happened first.

Past perfect function

PAST PERFECT + JUST

'Just' is used with the past perfect to refer to an event that was only a short time earlier than before now, e.g.

  • The trainhad 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.

 

QUESTION: Complete the following paragraph with the past perfect tense:

It was too late when I got home. Suddenly there was a strange shadow on the wall. It looked like a ghost. I ______________________ something like that. I was petrified!. I couldn't move but I looked for a bat that I __________________ near the door the other day but it wasn't there. I was horrified! Fortunately I looked at the mirror and I could see that this shadow was my coat which I _______________ in the coat stand the night before.