Some tips about Past Perfect.

1. Past Perfect

2. Past Perfect Tense
O past perfect é usado para expressar uma ação que ocorreu no passado
antes de uma outra ação ter ocorrido.

3. Past Perfect Tense
O past perfect é usado para expressar uma ação que ocorreu no passado
antes de uma outra ação ter ocorrido.
I had cleaned my bedroom when my mother arrived home this weekend.
(Eu tinha limpado meu quarto quando minha mãe chegou em casa nesse final de
semana).

4. Past Perfect Tense
O past perfect é usado para expressar uma ação que ocorreu no passado
antes de uma outra ação ter ocorrido.
I had cleaned my bedroom when my mother arrived home this weekend.
(Eu tinha limpado meu quarto quando minha mãe chegou em casa nesse final de
semana).
I- O que ocorreu primeiro? Que ação ocorreu primeiro?

5. Past Perfect Tense
O past perfect é usado para expressar uma ação que ocorreu no passado
antes de uma outra ação ter ocorrido.
I had cleaned my bedroom when my mother arrived home this weekend.
(Eu tinha limpado meu quarto quando minha mãe chegou em casa nesse final de
semana).
I- O que ocorreu primeiro? Que ação ocorreu primeiro?
II- A mãe do garoto ainda viu o quarto bagunçado?

6. Past Perfect Tense
O past perfect é usado para expressar uma ação que ocorreu no passado
antes de uma outra ação ter ocorrido.

7. Past Perfect Tense
O past perfect é usado para expressar uma ação que ocorreu no passado
antes de uma outra ação ter ocorrido.
They had been married for 3 years when they divorced.

8. Past Perfect Tense
O past perfect é usado para expressar uma ação que ocorreu no passado
antes de uma outra ação ter ocorrido.

9. Past Perfect Tense
When I got home, my sister had left.
(Quando eu cheguei em casa, minha irmã tinha saído)

10. Past Perfect Tense
When I got home, my sister had left.
(Quando eu cheguei em casa, minha irmã tinha saído)
I- O que ocorreu primeiro? Que ação ocorreu primeiro?

11. Past Perfect Tense
When I got home, my sister had left.
(Quando eu cheguei em casa, minha irmã tinha saído)
I- O que ocorreu primeiro? Que ação ocorreu primeiro?
II- A pessoa conseguiu ver a irmã?

12. LET’S EXERCISE
01. When I got to Mary's, George had gone.
a) George left after I arrived.
b) George left before I arrived.

13. LET’S EXERCISE
01. When I got to Mary's, George had gone.
a) George left after I arrived.
b) George left before I arrived.
02. Garry entered the room. They told him to wait outside.
a) He entered the room first.
b) He was told to wait outside first.

14. LET’S EXERCISE
01. When I got to Mary's, George had gone.
a) George left after I arrived.
b) George left before I arrived.
02. Garry entered the room. They told him to wait outside.
a) He entered the room first.
b) He was told to wait outside first.
03. Gary entered the room. They had told him to wait outside.
a) He entered the room first.
b) He was told to wait outside first.

15. LET’S EXERCISE
01. When I got to Mary's, George had gone.
a) George left after I arrived.
b) George left before I arrived.
02. Garry entered the room. They told him to wait outside.
a) He entered the room first.
b) He was told to wait outside first.
03. Gary entered the room. They had told him to wait outside.
a) He entered the room first.
b) He was told to wait outside first.

16. LET’S EXERCISE
“I was on the way to a supermarket when I met Gary.
He told me that
he ___ in New York for ten years when he ___ his wife.”
04. The verbs that best complete the blanks above is in alterntive
a) had lived – met
b) lived – had met
c) lived – met
d) had lived – had met

17. LET’S EXERCISE
“I was on the way to a supermarket when I met Gary.
He told me that
he ___ in New York for ten years when he ___ his wife.”
04. The verbs that best complete the blanks above is in alterntive
a) had lived – met
b) lived – had met
c) lived – met
d) had lived – had met
05. According to the text above, it is correct so say that:
a) Gary got married first and after that he lived in New York.
b) Gary met his present wife first so he lived in New Yok.
c) Gary were living in New York and, in that place, he met his wife.

18. LET’S EXERCISE
“I was on the way to a supermarket when I met Gary.
He told me that
he ___ in New York for ten years when he ___ his wife.”
04. The verbs that best complete the blanks above is in alterntive
a) had lived – met
b) lived – had met
c) lived – met
d) had lived – had met
05. According to the text above, it is correct so say that:
a) Gary got married first and after that he lived in New York.
b) Gary met his present wife first so he lived in New Yok.
c) Gary were living in New York and, in that place, he met his wife.

19. LET’S EXERCISE
06. (Mackenzie – adapted) Indicate the alternative that best completes the following
sentence.
“When the manager arrived, the employee _______ the problem.”
a) solved already.
b) should yet solve.
c) had already solved.
d) has still been solving.
e) had yet solved.

20. LET’S EXERCISE
06. (Mackenzie – adapted) Indicate the alternative that best completes the following
sentence.
“When the manager arrived, the employee _______ the problem.”
a) solved already.
b) should yet solve.
c) had already solved.
d) has still been solving.
e) had yet solved.

21. LET’S EXERCISE
“Did I disappoint you or let you down?
Should I be feeling guilty or let the judges frown?
'Cause I saw the end before we'd begun,
Yes I saw you were blinded and I knew I had won.”
“…”
James Blunt – Goodbye My Lover
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVyggTKDcOE