Past Perfect Simple Present by KHON MIN SET

1. Past Perfect Simple
KHON MIN SET (孔 明 赛)
E.G.T.I (E.P.); BA (ENGLISH-EOP); DIP IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING (MU); MA (ENGLISH) PART ONE
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2. What is Past Perfect Simple?
had+ V-3 (Past Participle)
S V- have V-3
He
She
It
Singular
had V-3.
S V- have not V-3
I
You
We
They
Plural
He
She
It
Singular
had V-3.not
S V- have V-3
he
she
it
singular
Had V-3 ?
I
You
We
They
Plural
I
you
we
they
plural
Affirmative Negative Question
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3. consonant  - ed - e  + - d consonant + y
 - ied
double consonant +
ed
Irregular Form
rub
rubbed
go
gone
lie
lied
cry
cried
come
came
tie
tied
travel
travelled
bring
brought
run
run
use
used
die
died
dive
dived
put
put
hope
hoped
listen
listened
 Change the following verbs into Past Participle (V-3)
fly
flown
dry
dried
watch
watched
wash
washed
play
played
pay
paid
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4. What are the speech situations?
 We use Past Perfect Simple Tense to talk about action which occur before another
action or before a stated past time.
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1. The train had left by the time I got there.
Earlier
Past
Present Future
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Past
The train had left by the time I
got there.
2. When he got home, his mother had gone out.
6:0
0
6:0
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3. She had finished doing homework by the time he started to do math.

5. What are the speech situations?
 We use Past Perfect Simple Tense to talk about complete past action which had
visible result in the past.
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1. She was sad because she had failed the exam.
2. He was very happy since he had won the lottery.
3. The girl was so frightened because she had seen a ghost.
4. He was wounded since he had had an accident.

6. What are the speech situations?
 We use Past Perfect Simple Tense is the past equivalent of Present Perfect Simple.
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He can’t find his watch. He has lost it
Present Perfect Simple
I can’t believe that you have seen a ghost.
He couldn’t find his watch. He had lost it
Past Perfect Simple
I couldn’t believe that you had seen a ghost.

7. Review
 We use Past Perfect Simple Tense to talk about
- complete past action which had visible result in the past, and
- action which occur before another action or before a stated past time,
- the past equivalent of Present Perfect Simple.
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