Past Perfect tense. Grammar.

1. Tense -----
Uses and grammar of
By Juan I. Martínez Martínez.

2. Past Perfect is “Past of the past”
• When we arrived to the cinema, The Conjuring 2 had started.

3. We can use these adverbs of time for a
connection in the past…
• When…
• By the time…
• Until…
• Before + V –ing…

4. SUBJECT
AUXILIARY
VERB
MAIN VERB
(P.P.)
COMPLEMENT
I
HAD
DONE
THE
HOMEWORK…
YOU FINISHED
HE WRITTEN
SHE BROKEN
IT DELIVERED
WE QUALIFIED
THEY THROWN

5. SUBJECT
CONTRACT
FORM OF
AUXILIARY
VERB
MAIN VERB
(P.P.)
COMPLEMENT
I
‘D
DONE
THE
HOMEWORK…
YOU FINISHED
HE WRITTEN
SHE BROKEN
IT DELIVERED
WE QUALIFIED
THEY THROWN

6. SUBJECT
(-) AUXILIARY
VERB
MAIN VERB
(P.P.)
COMPLEMENT
I
HADN’T
(HAD NOT)
DONE
THE
HOMEWORK…
YOU FINISHED
HE WRITTEN
SHE BROKEN
IT DELIVERED
WE QUALIFIED
THEY THROWN

7. AUXILIARY
VERB
SUBJECT
MAIN VERB
(P.P.)
COMPLEMENT
QUESTION
MARK
HAD
I DONE
THE
HOMEWORK…
?
YOU FINISHED
HE WRITTEN
SHE BROKEN
IT DELIVERED
WE QUALIFIED
THEY THROWN

8. WH-
WORD
AUXILIARY
VERB
SUBJECT
MAIN VERB
(P.P.)
COMPLEMEN
T
QUESTION
MARK
WHAT HAD YOU DONE
WHEN I GOT
HOME
?WHY HAD SHE GONE
TO THE
STREET ON
SUNDAY AT
MIDNIGHT
HOW
MUCH
HAD HE DRUNK
BEFORE YOU
GOT TO HIM
Who WORD
AUXILIARY
VERB
MAIN VERB
(P.P.)
COMPLEMENT
QUESTION
MARK
WHO HAD TAKEN
YOU TO GO TO
SCHOOL…
?